The Dinkus of Bambara
Last week I ate at Bambara for the first time.
Great lunch, scary menu:
I never know how to order food when each item has more words than most of my newspaper stories. Do I actually say to the waiter, “Could I please have the Cedar Planked Adobo Canadian King Salmon?” Or does that make me sound like a little kid ordering grown-up food for the first time? A more self-assured diner might just say, “I’d like the salmon.”
Or does that sound unappreciative?
I ordered the Soft Shell Crab Club. Maybe I should have ordered the Crab Club. Or, simply, the Club.
I am the lamest person ever to eat food.
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December 22, 2008 9:00 am
By Garrett, December 22, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
I repeatedly stumbled over the name of some limited-time-only Subway thing a couple of months ago. At least you’re hesitant about actual food!
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By Garrett, December 22, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
Also, the Dinkus of Bambara would be an awesome hobo name, should you ever pursue that lifestyle.
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By susan, December 22, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
That’s why you should only eat in Asian places…all you have to do it say “I’ll have the number 6 please”! :)
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By dmarks, December 22, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
Reminds of the strangest menu I have ever seen. The menu is found online, 25 years after I used to eat at the place. Everything is the same, so I think the menu site is a “historic piece”.
If you want to find out more about a sandwich named “17. Old Fatty Lumpkin, whose wise nose led him here”, click here.
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By Ryan, December 23, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
Wow, that’s also the lunch menu. I would be hard pressed to pay that much for dinner even it is encrusted with the essence of mint.
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By BeckEye, December 23, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
This is why I always just order the burger.
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By Julianne, December 25, 2008 @ 10:31 am
Yeah, you just order the salmon and let them work it out. At I know, paying $6 for chips seems insane, but once you have them, not paying $6 for chips seems insane. It is like crack, I swear.
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