re: What dish makes you cringe when other people order it at restaurants?

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Nah, its not about the money, hes just a moron when it comes to ordering

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LOL!
I am guessing this could be another thread by itself, but for the most part I would assume most of the people who do these thing that bother all of you are not all that smart? I know it fits the bill for people I know that are totally against trying new stuff and order in silly ways.

My dad is an old country jake and would always get his steaks extra well done. If he cut in it and saw even a shade of pink, it was going back. He to this day will not eat at a chinease place and I bet it is because of the old dog meat rumors from the 80's.

I wouldn't judge someone for drinking water at a restaurant. I would judge someone who orders water with extra lemons and then leaves a 10% tip at the end of the meal.

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I love a glass of ice cold water, better than any soft drink

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For whatever reason, most places in NOLA stopped automatically bringing water to the table - save for the high end spots. Pretty annoying!

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Really? I can't think of a time I've ever had a meal somewhere where that has happened.

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I had lunch at MiLa about 10 days ago - had to ask for it then.

A few days later, Taqueria Corona didn't bring it either.

It's not that big a deal. I haven't encountered a place that won't bring you water if you ask.

I almost find a place like Commanders Palace a bit over the top, in how they constantly have a wait person literally switching out entire water glasses throughout the meal if they get so much as 1/3 empty.

I bet you all would cast such scorn on me for ordering po-boys with just lettuce and tomatoes.

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No mayo or mustard?

Dry?

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Correct.

Well, at least you won't be the person at Subway holding up the line with, "Yeah, put some extra olive oil on there. Couple more bell peppers. You can gimme a few more black olives back there. Just a little more cheese than that."

I've seen people order shrimp poboys with nothing but cheese.

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For whatever reason, most places in NOLA stopped automatically bringing water to the table - save for the high end spots. Pretty annoying!

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I remember as a child, almost every restaurant (high end or not) had water automatically brought to the table. Over the past few years, hardly any restaurants do this.

But when I visited D.C. in December, almost every restaurant automatically had water brought out. I miss that.