POST #4—FOOD

I wonder if I could eat some of the fruit/soup/fish things/grasshoppers off the street without dying of some exotic disease or getting diarrhea.

What was that disease called? Blubber's disease?

I can't believe that 90 million Mexicans all have diarrhea.

I can't believe that 700 million Hindoos all have diarrhea.

I can't believe that one and a half billion Chinese all have diarrhea.

Or that they're all going to drop dead tomorrow morning.

Is there a menu in this restaurant?

What is the word for menu in (language)?

Do you know what any of these things are?

Can you understand what he is saying?

I think he said it tastes like chicken.

Is that his name or is that what we're eating?

Maybe it's the name of the restaurant.

Could we have some water please?

Can you please bring a glass of water?

Is there water here?

We would like some water with the meal.

I'd like a bottle of mineral water, please.

I can see the minerals and everything.

Well maybe we shouldn't drink it.

He doesn't care as long as we pay for it.

But I don't want to hurt his feelings.

It's probably ditch water.

Are you sure you're using the right phrasebook?

Ask for some salt.

Do you have a salt mine here?

I like to bring you Daily Special.

Could you bring us some salt, please?

Yes, Daily Special good good.

Do you think they understand us?

That's salt. There in the sugar bowl.

This tastes kind of fishy.

I'm not feeling so good.

That's what you ordered.

Ask him what's in it.

I can't understand what he's saying.

Please say it again.

Please say it again more slowly.

There must be some mistake.

I think I just put a cookie in my coffee. I thought it was some kind of natural raw sugar.

I didn't order that.

Oh yes she did.

Oh yes you did.

Can we see the menu again please?

There is a fly in my soup.

There is a worm in my (fruit).

There is a bug in my salad.

Is this a bug?

Is this a hair?

Is this a feather?

Is this a piece of fuzz?

Is this a kind of spice?

The bill, please.

I didn't order this.

What are all these extras?

The bread cost more than the meal?

I thought the plate cost two million bongoes.

I don't think he understood you.

Say it again.

Say it louder.

Wave your hands as you say it.

Why is he still standing there?

Never mind. Say thank you and let's leave.

Why is everybody looking at us?

Should I give him a pink one as a tip?

Is 100,000 bongoes plus two of these tin coins a good tip?

Was this restaurant listed in Part of the World for Cheapskates?