According to Gordon Ramsay, you should never order this in a restaurant
Now that eating out is becoming increasingly expensive, it’s of course important that when we do it, we do it right. Personally, I (unfortunately) have a habit of always ordering exactly the wrong thing, and I’d really like to stop doing that. Luckily, Gordon Ramsay has a golden tip for this, because there’s something he will never order in a restaurant. And of course, I’m happy to adopt Gordon Ramsay’s standards.
According to him, you should always be on your guard when reading the menu and coming across a certain category of words.
‘Suspicious boasting’
That’s what Gordon Ramsay calls it, referring to dishes described as ‘famous’ or ‘best in the country’ without any further explanation. ‘Who says that’s the case? Who ever called it that?’ says Ramsey.
Specials?
He also adds that this is especially the case when there are specials outside the menu: ‘specials are there to disappear over the course of the evening. When a restaurant has ten specials, it’s no longer special.’ And when that’s the case, you should be very much on your guard—and actually not order it. His tip? When a dish is described as the ‘dish of the day’, ask what it was the day before. If it’s the same, you know enough; it’s not a special.
Gordon’s tip: table for 2
He has another tip that probably won’t be appreciated by many restaurant owners: always make a reservation for three people if there are two of you. That makes it much less likely that you’ll get a tucked-away, atmosphere-less table—and then you simply say that the third person has fallen ill.
Hmm, I’m not going to try this one just yet, but I’ll definitely take his other tips on board.
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