Ethnic Cuisine Enthusiast Gifts

Frank and Ernie's Greek Cafe. Menu. I'd like a gyro with everything. One encyclopita!

'Do you do the squished up little balls that taste of fish - or are you the wrong ethnicity?'

'We can order Lebanese, Thai, Italian, Indian, Greek or Chinese...'

'Do you want your zebra de la margola rare, medium or well done?'

"I think the 'Exotic Recipe' diet will make me lose weight. I'm running all over town trying to find the ingredients!"

"I know it’s a challenge, but it needs your input!" "...Your breadth of knowledge of different interest groups, religions...cultures!" "Right, so the staff Christmas meal will be a traditional lacto-vegan one at a Thai restaurant sometime in March?" "Do you think the Pagans will be OK with that?"

"Put out the Asian sates, the Russian blinis, and the Mexican bean dips, while whip up something Korean."

'This is my kind of Chinese...A chocolate double fudge fortune cookie!'

Culture clash

'Are you sure you don't have any Indian blood?.'

Lottery - come back to eat here 20 times and you will win million dollar in lottery.

"I just explained 'kugel' to him."

'It's an acquired taste!'

'I think we should eat out in the hotel tomorrow dear.'

In the Works: Eurocheese, Eurobread, Eurowine.

"Baldo, I don't like you eating that nasty food!"

The Great Dietary Pyramids of Egypt.

Hoax Ethnic Food

"That's one thing you can't get up here, a good hot curry."

'I eat them myself, and I can assure you that beetles are even better than ants.'

"Combination No. 5--no MSG."

'Free Chen Cuangcheng fortune cookies are here!'

'There's a new push to improve the quality of food available...here's the takeovut menus for Ling's Chinese and the Indian in the High St!'

We're sunk. Everyone's supposed to bring their Grandma's best dish to the potluck. Don't panic. Helen's Grandma was from Scotland. Yeah. But the Patakis cook Indian feasts. And the Mercantis still make 10 course Italian dinners. What was your Granny's specialty? Jell-o cube salad. Mmm ... sweet or savory?

"Why don't you just ask the waiter for a knife and fork Brian?"

Explorer's Club: 'Rule one - when you eat a hamburger, don't ask what's in it!'

"You call this guacamole?"

"Sales are plummeting. Shall I get out my fiddle and play you some of that sad, sad puszta music?"

'A bird's nest. . . hmmm, I wonder what that would taste like in a soup?'

'Oh, quit blubbering about not finding any quality walrus fat in the city!'

"I thought that we were going to eat something exotic tonight - not just a traditional English meal."

'Yes, it takes a little while to learn to handle chopsticks!'

'Our cuisine has moved from the eclectic to the schizophrenic.'

"Well, what sort of customers did you expect if all you ever learned to cook was bamboo shoots?"

Restaurant Sign: All our food is locally consumed.