Tasting Menus Mugs

'It's the essence of springtime. You're really enjoying it.'

"I was with you right up to the cumin."

"Just bring me something that's going to look good on social media."

"You'll love this. It's swarthy yet munificent, didactic and gregarious with hints of dogma."

Big Tex Silver Saddle Restaurant advertises 'BBQ, $10, Chatter in a Vanishing Regional Dialect $1.00 Extra.'

'Why, of course I remember our first date -- I had filet mignon, potatoes au gratin, sauteed....'

'Oh, and I suppose I'm the only one who's ever heard it's a 'dog eat dog world'?'

"Tonight, perhaps Mrs. Lewis would prefer this quiet little table for two from which to send back her entrée?"

"You say your crème needs more Brulée?"

Try to guess the continent dining...

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

Picking pastries.

"Vindaloo hot enough?"

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

At This Restaurant, There Are Only Two Dishes on the Menu and They Both Suck

Our visit to the flan factory.

"Is the MSG local?"

"I come here for the pepper."

"Any of you guys feel like hot dogs?"

"How fresh is the calamari?"

The Main Types of Cheese

"Pizza sounds wonderful. Italian, Greek or Hipster?"

A shop selling "Ice-cold Vodka" in 31 flavors.

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

The Coffee Shop Vats of New Jersey

"Must everything with you be a landmark decision?"

"You got maybe one that smells like cheese blintzes frying?"

Cheese

'Men order. . . women shop.'

"Charles didn't like tofu."

Gramma's Tators & Gravy...All You Can Eat!

Church Basement Foodie

"The soup of the day is pineapple with a hint of rum."

"Bob takes everything with a grain of salt...and pepper...and garlic..."

Grand Escargot at a Parisian Eatery.