World Cuisine Enthusiast Gifts

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?

"Vindaloo hot enough?"

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

Birthday Cakes: From Around the World

"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."

Kentucky Fried Horse

"So, I went into this fancy new butcher shop and they were selling ostrich of all things!"

"And finally the chef's surprise - the check!"

'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.

Culture clash

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

"Say it with Pierogies"

Inappropriate garnish.

Octopi a la mode.

"The insect menu is very popular nowadays."

"Is everything all right? Any reactions to the irradiated carrots, the transgenic tomatoes, or the antibiotics in the chicken?"

Roadkill Restaurant

Simulated travel...dine with us in local cafes & pretend you're in London, Paris, Tokyo, Mexico City, etc...

Children hold hands around a map of the world with picnic food.

" 'Chicken Vindaloo for the Hindu Soul' is but the tip of the iceberg in our initial strategy of global expansion."

"I'm going to ask for a fork. Don't try to stop me."

“It's his first hibachi.”

'I don't know what I ordered, but I think it's going to be good!'

Served "giant claw" style.

'You think ideas are contained in food?'

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

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

Quark soup

"The chef would like to thank you for filling in the questionnaire and after watching you on our CCTV, he has these comments for you: You all chose the wrong wine and cutlery with your food and...'"

"You can do business anywhere... as long as you can speak their menu."

"Oh no! Not Polynesian again!"

"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!'