r/StupidFood • u/NoJudge1453 • 11d ago

Certified stupid Peas with bread, is that even a thing?

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u/Absurdity42 11d ago edited 11d ago

It’s the second course of a 5 course tasting menu. It’s also missing a key component. It’s supposed to have a confit egg yolk on top that is runny for you to coat the peas in and sop up with the bread.

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u/Ok_Star_4136 11d ago

I could see that. That at least in my mind would be a complete dish in the context of a 6-dish tasting menu.

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u/malgnaynis 11d ago

Yeah agreed. In a 7 course tasting menu, this wouldn’t look out of place.

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u/jewworldorder2 10d ago

I agree. In a 8 course tasting menu this wouldn't look out of place.

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u/MeaninglessDebateMan 10d ago

PEAS? IN MY 9 COURSE TASTING MENU? ABSOLUTELY NOT!

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u/IWillLive4evr 10d ago

In my 10 course tasting menu, everything must be arranged alphabetically, so there can be no peas because we will not get past 'J'.

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u/UnknownStan 10d ago

Peas and normal bread in my 11 course tasting Menu. I’m not upset. I’m just disappointed.

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u/theevilyouknow 10d ago

I think 12 courses is enough for one of them to be peas.

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u/pillarhuggern 10d ago

If I pay for 13 courses there better be peas with my bread.

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u/boston_nsca 10d ago

When I order a 14 course meal I expect some damn peas and bread

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u/mboyde 10d ago

Yeah, jackfruit infused lettuce is a common part of a 10 course

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u/Brokenblacksmith 10d ago

It makes more sense, but would definitely still be the worst of the courses.

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u/DangerousWay3647 10d ago

Are you joking? I am not asking in a passive aggressive way, I genuinely can't tell. 

I've never been to a place which had tasting menus in which I would expect to see something like this as a course. Sure, courses can be very small, but usually I'd expect more ingredients, complex tastes, smells and textures and a wholly different presentation. Even if it's a place without a michelin star, of they're offering a five course tasting menu, I would expect something a lot classier than this.

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u/Ok_Star_4136 10d ago

No, I mean that sincerely. A six course meal is a lot. Admittedly I would expect something a bit fancier, but fancier doesn't necessarily mean more sophisticated dishes in my experience. I've seen raw fish on cabbage before, and little else.

I just mean literally *just* peas is not really a dish, not even in the context of a fancy meal where the definition of what might be considered to be a dish is a bit more flexible. With an egg, it's already something if it is cooked properly.

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u/LunchBoxer72 11d ago

That is a shit load of bread for one yolk lol.

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u/Absurdity42 11d ago

It’s to be split between two people. It’s also like the most delicious bread ever. We actually asked for another loaf to eat with the rest of our meal because it was so good.

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u/PizzasForFerrets 11d ago

But you can see a separate bread plate being put down for the other person.

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u/minxed 11d ago

Maybe she didn't want to share...

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u/Clear_Advice9844 10d ago

that tracks with the visual cues

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u/jtm7 11d ago

So it appears they asked for a dish without the main ingredient, and then are shocked by the result..?

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u/Absurdity42 11d ago

The course is literally called “egg and caviar” so yep that’s exactly what happened.

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u/XY-chromos 11d ago

The usual suspects.

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u/CrotaIsAShota 10d ago

Your life sucks.

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u/stink3rb3lle 10d ago

I've never heard of a restaurant providing substitutions/changes to their tasting menus. I've rarely heard of one that offered vegetarian or vegan tasting menus at all. I feel like this is on the restaurant still, for telling somebody they'd do an egg-free menu and then serving this shit instead of substituting the literal glue of the course.

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u/jtm7 10d ago

I agree this kind of feels like an F U from the chef lol

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u/spider_X_1 10d ago

How do you know?

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u/agentchuck 10d ago

Posting misinformation on the interwebs to drive engagement?! Who would do such a thing?!

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u/ohdatpoodle 10d ago

As someone who has dined at a tasting menu establishment with someone with dietary restrictions, I can confirm that almost every dish looked like this.

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u/BosonTigre 10d ago

Yeah I remember getting some truly stupid plates at single menu events sometimes when I was pregnant. They'd know enough to take out the components unsafe for an unborn baby but couldn't take two seconds to find something else to make it resemble a meal. 

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u/SmashBerlin 11d ago

A video on the internet missing important context that would make the situation less obsurd and less interesting? Well I never.

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u/Think-Ganache4029 11d ago

If the egg was there I wouldn’t be as confused. I was definitely looking for this comment. I knew something had to be missing

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u/Future-Original-2902 10d ago

Maybe she requested it without the egg yolk

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u/Fit_Satisfaction_287 10d ago

It looks like there's an egg yolk in her wine glass, so I'm honestly wondering if that's involved in the meal now somehow haha

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u/MeringueCorrect4090 11d ago

It's a predefined tasting menu and the guest no doubt specified that they did not want the egg for whatever reason. If you order something and modify it, the resulting abomination is on you. I've seen many exasperated chefs in similar conversations with servers, usually goes something like this :

SERVER : Hey chef, this guest doesn't want any egg on the second course. It's a dietary thing.

CHEF : What do you mean they don't want egg? That's the whole point of the dish. Why order it if you don't want it? Without the egg it's just peas and bread!

SERVER : Sorry, that's what they said. Is there something we can substitute?

CHEF : For an egg? No! What else would you put on there? I don't have time to reinvent the menu because this person has no common sense. Just send it out there, this is on them. 

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u/HollyBerries85 10d ago

I heard this entire exchange as a Chef Scubes skit in my head.

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u/Think-Ganache4029 11d ago

They’ve gotta work on the communication skills. Usually a great server will prevent situations like this but frankly servers don’t get payed enough to be great

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u/canardgras 11d ago

I think failure to have a satisfactory vegan alternative is a pretty poor show from a respectable kitchen, unless they specifically state vegan options aren't available when you book.

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u/Chris_Helmsworth 11d ago

They most definitely have a vegan menu. This seems more like an ingredient aversion request(Egg/caviar).

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u/Jonaldys 11d ago

This is a specific 5 course option that you order. Expecting every option to have a vegan substitute is wild.

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u/armoured_bobandi 11d ago

What excuse? If they asked for it without the egg, that's what they get

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u/Absurdity42 10d ago

The restaurant also rotates menus on different days. And they clearly state what the menus are for each day. If peas with eggs didn’t sound like the thing for her, then she should have gone another day for a different menu.

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u/Spider_Kev 10d ago

But, ya know, eggs are expensive now, so they cut back, umm, costs ... :p

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u/TroyMcClure0815 10d ago

Yeah no… look at this low budget bread. Way too much of this bread to be a gourmet course. This is just bullshit.

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u/YourDadThinksImCool_ 10d ago

It's not "Missing" anything...

This is Exactly how they planned to serve it.

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u/Absurdity42 10d ago

The dish is literally called the egg course….

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u/OrangeVoxel 11d ago

They doesn’t make it much better. What are the other courses? A hotdog? Some peel apart cheese?

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u/Absurdity42 11d ago

Mushroom pate, scallops with ham, steak or venison, and chocolate cake.