Meaghan Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I very much enjoyed the article on typos in menus this moning. IMO we're lucky to have Jane Black writing in this town. Earlier in the week a nice piece on the Aspen Food & Wine Fest and then the whole animal piece and menu typo piece today. All very different but entertaining food related articles. Keep up the good work Jane!! I like finding typos on menus and don't mind the poor spelling and grammar at all. It makes me feel better about myself than those lowly, uneducated restaruant people : ) "Fetch me a drink. Can't you spell!??!?" Don't make me eat a shit take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laniloa Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 My dad and I always look forward to the typos. Some of them are pretty funny. We still talk about the veal palmigian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterriffs Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 My favorite typo on any menu I've seen (in this case, a Chinese delivery joint) has been one that proudly proclaimed at the top of the front page of the menu: WE DELIVERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escoffier Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 The last time Grover and I were in Korea, we passed a lunch place that offered to have you "Eat In our Outhouse"...for some reason it just wasn't very enticing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Grinnell Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Lalibela, which are wonderful Ethiopian restaurants, makes sure that you know which dishes have row beef. It's not a typo, it's on the menu half a dozen times. Lord knows I like my little beefs all in a row. Bear in mind, the Jane Black piece in the Post caveated that ethnic menus don't really count. I'd eat mescaline greens, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Just spotted at a restuarant here in Bermuda ( ), "Beef Lion Strip". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 In today's Post: "...I am irritated when public figures...use the term 'at the end of the day.' ...I feel nauseous when I hear the term used..." Uh huh. Why am I thinking something about sinning and casting stones? And does the Post have real live editors anymore? I feel nauseated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edenman Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Sea Urchin Bukkake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grover Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Chocolate Bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DameEdna Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 A sign in front of a restaurant: "DINE IN TOGO" I thought it was an African Restaurant. No, ordinary Chinese carryout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Slater Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Favorite Chinese restaurant name: Wonton Desire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pax Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Favorite Chinese restaurant name: Wonton Desire At first I was just going to respond to your post with a smiley face, because it made me laugh. But then I noticed your cat and well, ...maybe our cats need to go to that restaurant together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pressley Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I don't mind the occasional misspelled word on menus. A lot of the time, they provide me with a chuckle rather than a scowl. There are tons of misspellings in newspapers, TV news programs, Sportscenter, books, magazines and the rest of mainstream media outlets that I see and don't particularly mind either...and they are created by paid writers and are appoved by professional editors. I think that they are entirely more embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 My dad and I always look forward to the typos. Some of them are pretty funny. We still talk about the veal palmigian. When I lived in Greenwich Village in the late 60's there was a much beloved, very affordable soul food café called The Pink Teacup, where I frequently ate. I always looked forward to seeing the menu item--Veal Pamigimer--though I never ordered it. [A good friend of mine's stepfather was a meatcutter, and he warned me against eating cheap "veal cutlets," which he explained were made from ground up scrap and gristle. If I'm going to eat ears, noses and tails I prefer that they be served honestly.] At The Pink Teacup, I usually ordered fried chicken, smothered pork chops, mixed greens and/or corn fritters, which were massive, crisply fried and served with maple syrup. Did I mention it was cheap, as well as delicious? And that the older African-American ladies who staffed the place hailed from someplace in the Deep South and were always welcoming and full of warm endearments for the customers, most of whom were penurious actors and writers-- How you doin', baby? Whatcha gonna eat, darlin'? Cue the soundtrack--"Mem-ries, like the corners of my mind, misty watercolor me-em-ries..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkycom Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 While not a typo, "Chef-dusted Oysters" on a menu always makes me chuckle. Maybe it's just me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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