We’re doomed. No way the aliens leave us alone now that they know we have cats. 

That’s the difference between fine dining (which can reach the level of artistry) and “regular” dining (which you can do much more often). I would not dare alter a dish at a true fine-dining restaurant because I know that dish took days or weeks to create, each ingredient thought-out, sourced, and balanced off of the…

FYI, there some posts in this comment section where you haven’t yet made it clear that you will only patronize restaurants that will cook food just the way you want it. You’d better get a move on and reply to those posts as well, just to be sure.

Their message was far too kind. Not nearly enough “fuck offs” and “We’re not your personal chef. Eat it or don’t.”  Way too many entitled douches out there in the world. Got to start shaming them more often to reign in this behavior.

Yes, they can.

Now shut the fuck up and go to Burger King or wherever they tolerate you. 

As usual, you miss the point by a country mile. 

McDonald’s is over there.  Burger King over there.   Off you waddle!

Unless you have a personal chef, this is not the flex you think it is.

I am very confused by this story. If you want something other than pasta carbonara, order that thing.

And also doesn’t contain cream (if they were making a traditional alfredo).

Before I go to a restaurant I look at the menu to see if I think I’ll enjoy the food. If the menu doesn’t appeal to me, I choose another place. I don’t go there, demand they make me something not on the menu and then throw a tantrum if they refuse.

I’m not sure why you would even go to a place that doesn’t make a dish the way you like it, then order that dish and instruct someone on how to make it completely differently. You’re way better off ordering something else or going somewhere that makes the dish the way you like it.

Jesus, say it a fifth time. Enjoy your chicken nuggets like the child you are. 

I wonder if that person got “carbonara” confused with “marinara”

“Hi, yes... I’d like a glass of Chardonnay but can you make it red instead of white? Then an order of calamari but made with chicken nuggets. And for entree I’d like the cacio e pepe but with elbow macaroni and ketchup, hold the pepper.  And no cheese.”

True. Maybe that’s the line in the sand. “We aren’t changing any recipes regardless of your Mandela Effect recollection of any dish”. And I can get behind that. Like ordering a bolognaise that they’ve been cooking for the good part of an entire day and the customer insisting on putting ketchup on it because “that’s…

I don’t understand this at all. If you don’t like the dish being offered, order something else. If you want chicken or mushrooms, order a dish with chicken or mushrooms in it. Why would you insist on ordering something but demand they change the entire recipe? 

The amount of times I’ve overheard diners in Italian restaurants insisting to waitstaff that carbonara is supposed to be served with Alfredo sauce, which is itself usually a modified bastardization, is disturbing.

Well I guess I won’t be buying their chicken Alfredo carbonara!

Cream, mushrooms, and chicken are simply not part of a standard carbonara.