Go high-class place and dunno how to pronounce chim words

crimson soldier SG

I always paiseh....quite noob when it comes to weird french or italian words...

sometimes point...

when cannot point like in marche then cannot order Embarassed

FireIce SG

sometimes the servers themselves oso dunno.

stay away from french and italian eateries if u dun want to sia suay urself
or, maybe the jipoonese restaurants too

risou SG

try ordering a mille feuille Mr. Green

nightzip SG

just say, I want this want (point), this want, this want,.......and this want (point). Laughing

sure works.

CannyOng SG

Order set lunch or dinner loh.. I always do that. Btw,nothing to feel paiseh. Sometimes,I just point to them the dish I want. Nothing wrong!

Stoat SG

Just point... food is meant to be eaten Laughing

kramnave SG

point also can but i try to ask the servers how it’s pronounced so the next time i know….

Fatum SG

I waited tables at snotty establishments before ... don't sweat it lah ... you think the average part time student server or hokkien beng really knows meh ? ...

you point, you say "pthpthpthpthpth, ... we look, we write down, end of story ... Laughing

you want to act class or kek seh just leave a $100 note behind as tip, we'll be more impressed than anyone knowing how to pronounce "foie gras" ....

Gedanken SG

It's not a great confidence-builder when the waiter says, "Would you like some mine stroan, sir?". Laughing

If I don't know how to pronounce something, I'll just come right out with it and ask the waiter how it's pronounced. After all, what have you got to lose?

Fatum SG

there may be a problem ....

the average half baked potato singaporean's chinese may not be powerful enough to read chinese menus .... just something I've noticed ... Laughing

FireIce SG

yah..
esp when the items usually have more bombastics "beautified" names
daogay is yin ya
chicken feet is feng zhua

then got those jin yu man tang, dai dai ping an, jin zhi yu ye......

sEphIrOth SG

i remember MTV boiling point, there was one episode where the waiter laughed at the peoples' mispronounciation Laughing