32 - Wednesday, September 4. 19914 - North Shore News

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Mind your manners
A rough and ready guide to dining out

LQUESTS have been

Hooding into Table

Hopping tor a rough
and ready gutde to the cor-
rect Manners oF dining oul.

Timothy Renshaw

TABLE HOPPING

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PerEse in this area amy collec tan
obstamert tres willie sti. tem
keneral dearth of dining: eracey,
but i shall take astab. with the
correct tork Of Course at providing
some restaurant guidelines tor dine
Ing neophytes,

Making reservations:

People with last names that are
uitficull to pronounce, might try
Choosing a nem de manger that
can be simply digested by restau:
rant hosts and others who tradi
tionally take reservations, Phe
practice comes in especially handy
when making reser abons at
ethnic restaurants where stat! oc
casionally have a hard time pro-
nouncing the more extreme aural
twists of the Enulish linguaye.

Psugeest something ing one-
avilable model: Smith or King.
perhaps.

Always be suspicious of restaue
rants whose telephone stat answer
calls wath poor telephone etiquette
and who are caught without pen,
pencd ar paper, Disorganization
starts atthe door and Hows in-
ward,

Reosence carly inthe woek.
Always inform a restaurant if vou
Wwalntto cancel @ reservation to
averd having your name taken in
vain by restaurant management
and stait,

Arriving:

Grand entrances are discourag:
ed. Da nat can to your table,

The Screaming Child entrance is
frowned upon by all but the most
desperate of restaurant personnel,

Stumbhoy and hittieg the reser
vation desk is poor form,

Loud complaints about initial
restaurant observations are to be
discouraged,

Displeasure: is best expressed in
atip, of lack thereor,

Surveying menus:

This depends on financial and
gastronomic priorities, Hf yours are
purely financial, start with the
prices and work lett, My uncle,
ever the careful spender, takes a
small penlight flashlight with bim
so that filing elder eves will aot
be confused in soit restaurant
lighting.

Wf your prorcihes are More gas:
teonomic, reverse reading order:
stant with the rocd and work tight,

row thal lack ot eaginaion uy

NEWS photo Mike Waketield

IN A manner of speaking...Watch your manners, Table Hopping does. And to prove it, Table Hopp-
ing staff have put together a small list of restaurant manners and other tips tor careful diners.

Fosta brary Offerings i risually a
reflection oof the restaurant's
kitchen philosophy.

His usually best not to order
dishes with which the costaurant ts
obviously fess famitiar, harm
burgers ina Chinese restaundot:
traditional salads ran Base indian
restaurant

ok something consistent wah
the restaurant's theme and exper
Tine:

Ordering:

SOR PIN HARES AE WS ITOLS Is at
SUITE AY ta slaw service. boud
demands and Cxasperated tances
avtll rarther slow Kitchen-te tabie
dlodiveey rime

Attenzpt French pronunciatoos
obentrees only rb you are bilingual
or protcioent with the fanguane.
Porting at the selected dish and
otferme the Pnglish ieterpretation
moaccepted by all but he mest
PRehenuaus wl Waiters

fvauare male. order tor termale
SUEeSES GE VES Ow ne pier ed

Selecting wines:
Poses tee Sythe wy stent ce beat aed

Nasedd for veel orcentna

Meh tise
Walter \ ead ster aad ask
about pteterter pee range and
Mather the best uutestiar accord
ues

Recbwatha wohite sath tah

onto, neral rule ot
tournbs
Srutnne ot corks and

Pies qnalitees Gta

Sint ol
De
akon pottle rs tote decourawed
Conversation:

This ateaurse os optranal,
Some diner. pooner to fet ther
senses aheork the sivhts gad smells
Ot theres ant rather than thasc
either dinner wuests,

Speaning loudly about office
pahhes Or the shortcomings of
sourtellow man ts poor tom, asi
spealing loudly about anything

: Finer at PS etta bs aise
HOW Ned Upon
Desserts:

Demands por the dessert trailen
Awhile making ioc sucha porses
svlinot da,

As the greateartooniet B. Aiba
Nas so ustutely advised, never eat
aavthing bigger than vour head

Be sure to como. e all cream
Tram upper hos ater completing
this enc or the meal.

Tipping:

Depencog on your own tanictity
ortearotappeaning cheap. a goad
rule of thumin es benveen 12". and
T°. Higher it semice in an ex.
pensive restuunant has been above
and bevond the call or duty: lower
iesenice has been poor, nothing iv
Hhas been non-existent. Don't be
areas to feave nothing it that is
Whats deserved. but watch vour
back on the wav to the parking for,
Watters can be an emotional
Hreed.

Exit:

Depending on the see orthe up:
arelayed stroll ta stan appliuse or
A hosk man b to cateais and
kichen hosing.

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