December 19, 2005

noodle or tomyam?

Emily & I was in this renowned cheesecake bistro again the other day, to have our dinner. A Malay lad came to take our order. I was eyeing on a particular item labelled as “Noodle In TomYam Kung”.

Me: “I would like to have this tomyam noodle here” [pointing at the item in menu]

Waiter: “I’m sorry sir, would you like to have the noodle itself or the tomyam kung?”

I gaped at him for a short moment there…

Me: “What do you think? The item here says ‘Noodle In TomYam Kung’… I guess I’ll have everything that comes with it…”

Waiter: [gave me a sheepish smile and bolted off]

I didn’t know that our food are sub-itemised. So, should I custom order my food by reciting the whole goddamn length of ingredients next?

Is being stupid a prerequisite to adapt oneself well in the society? If yes, somebody fucking kill me with a cheesecake please.

#  | michaelooi | conversation | 

10 comments: “noodle or tomyam?”


  • Haha… good one.
    Btw. thats a waste of cheesecake. Let me eat the cake and you can kill yourself with the plastic? fork. lol

    #  | mahagurusia  | December 19th, 2005, 5:02 pm

  • Kanineh.. that waiter.. hahahahahahahahhaahah…

    i think, michael, next time when you go there again you should start ordering like this:

    Tom yam kung noodle without the noodle
    Ice Lemon without the lemon
    Char Kuey Teow without the kuey teow…

    Hhahahahhahaahahah…

    That waiter really blur…

    #  | william wilstroth  | December 19th, 2005, 5:11 pm

  • Didn’t you once have quite a similar encounter something to do with cheesecake tat in the end the salesgirl didn’t reply you becos she didn’t know how to? They’re all the same human…creatures…whateva…

    #  | Jess  | December 19th, 2005, 8:21 pm

  • Err, sir, you want to be fucking killed by cake or by the cheese? Or just wanted to get fucked?
    :-)

    #  | BeefStew  | December 20th, 2005, 3:28 am

  • mahagurusia - You’re mean. You won’t get that 10 minutes orgasm from uncle Santa…

    willstroth - Next time I’m gonna just order the hydrogen molecule in our water…

    jess - They’re pieces of rocks.

    beefstew - Hahahh, kanneh you. I want to fuck the cheesecake, let you eat it and then kill you… how’s that?

    #  | michaelooi  | December 20th, 2005, 8:04 am

  • I actually order wantan mee without wantan. And just the other day, I asked for “marmite pai kuat without the kuat.” Hahaha!

    #  | Primrose  | December 20th, 2005, 2:51 pm

  • Oh come on Mike, kasi chance la. Maybe he read too much ‘Waiting Tables for Dummies’ he just HAD to ask some stupid question to make it look like he cares.

    Sucks for him it made him look even more of an idiot than he already is :p

    #  | Silencers  | December 20th, 2005, 6:50 pm

  • I think the waiter have succeeded in making a fool out himself and also his customer.

    He shouldn’t be a waiter, he should’ve been a stand-up comedian.

    #  | MaN|acZ  | December 21st, 2005, 1:22 am

  • primrose - A lot of boyfriends/husbands ordered their girlfriends/wives without the trouble too… but they always get their orders wrong…

    silencers - Kasi chance? I didn’t do anything to him right?

    MaN|acZ - Wow, that’s refreshingly informative. Thanks for the info.

    #  | michaelooi  | December 21st, 2005, 9:17 am

  • the bistro menu. read the fine print la:

    - tomyam kung (with prawns and noodle)
    - tomyam noodle ( no prawns)

    #  | lex  | February 5th, 2006, 12:46 am