Foodie On Vacation Gifts

Excess Baggage: From the 'Travel Promises that were never to be kept' Department.

Excess Baggage: By the end of your cruise vacation, your clothes seem to have shrunk for no reason.

Come dine with me!

"I know you didn't order the snails, sir. They're complimentary with the salad."

6 Brothers Falafel

"You owe me five bucks."

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

"I've never heard of it, either, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, I always say!"

"I envy you, but my dietary requirements make it difficult for me to travel..."

"Let's just go in and see what happens."

"Darling, wait until you taste the new year's menu I have ordered for us!"

And then in Italy. . . "But I really don't like bubblegum gelato."

Newark by Night. A new Dutch restaurant just opened. What do you know about Dutch cuisine? Nothing. But I'm a big fan of the "Dutch Treat" concept.

"I think you should be aware that the chef is a summer intern."

'We call it the 'Tomato Surprise' because the chef tinkered with the DNA a little.'

"The pizza came late and it was cold!"

Reserved space is reserved for a dinner table.

Pizza Tower Bridge

'Who ordered the shark?.' '

Captain Hook's lesser known brother - Captain Spatula

Tzatzikicicle

"Can we get some more bread sticks over here?"

Excess Baggage: Some folks believe that calories consumed during vacation do not count against your diet.

"They know me here."

Excess Baggage: You never have to worry about finding your way around those humongous new cruise ships. Your stomach will lead you.

"You're about to learn what New York hot dogs are made from."

"The fish - will it be the market price at the time of ordering, the time of eating or the time of paying?"

"Perhaps Monsieur would care for something more expensive?"

"We succumbed to your hype."

Try our new genetically engineered produce.

'We call it the 'Tomato Surprise' because the chef tinkered with the DNA a little.'

'As far as we know, no one who has eaten our genetically-modified food has turned into a creature or anything.'

"When you said, 'Let's go out for dinner,' I thought you meant foraging. This is much better!"

'You want to eat out tonight? -- What if we get addicted to good food?'

"Why are we eating all this fattening stuff? Pier pressure."