Petty coffee complaints

[moominmolly]

I went out to a restaurant week dinner last night. The company was excellent, the food merely okay, and the service -- well, the service was really crappy. I don't think they refilled my water glass all evening. I indulged in an espresso, since I allow myself a tiny bit of caffeine from time to time, and I was shocked! shocked! to discover that not only had I not gotten a demitasse spoon, but also, that the little saucer was entirely bare.

A nude espresso. How sad and lonely.

[Poll #558807]

I guess I have very strong feelings about my after-dinner coffee. One of the most delightful "me-too!" mealtime experiences I've ever had was with tafkar, where we shared our silly but firm after-dinner restaurant coffee preferences, down to the type of dishware.

Still, even a lonely nude espresso settles my stomach after dinner. It could have been worse.

Comments

[maighread.livejournal.com]

A smattering of dark chocolate covered espresso beans. And then I levitate & vibrate my way home. =)

Oh foo...now I crave a nice wee cuppa!

[goat.livejournal.com]

I had no clue that espresso was supposed to come with anything!

Bad Italian, Bad!

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

So...I answered "none of the above", but this means I don't show up in your poll results at all ;).

I mean, yeah, some of those things might be nice, but I don't expect any of them. I suppose for me espresso is mostly "a thing I might order in a coffeehouse", not "an after-dinner treat". So it's not so ritualized and I don't have dessert-like expectations for its accompaniment. (I also cannot drink caffeine that late, and many people don't have decaf espresso, which is moreover the most nerdish and embarrassing thing to order, so I often don't bother.)

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

the other thing that really rattles me is if i order an espresso con panna and it doesn't come with the teensy spoon. this happened the other morning at diesel -- apparently the customers have THROWN OUT all the teensy spoons. i was hurt. they tell me they're hoping to have more silverware soon.

[dolohov.livejournal.com]

I'm with Uke -- I generally prefer that my coffee not come with any little extras. I admit, though, that while I do not expect anything, I do like the little bit of decorative lemon peel, just because it looks nice.

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

The service was bad, wasn't it? I mostly wasn't paying attention because, well, I was focused on other things, but did they put the right plate in front of anyone even ONCE?

[amber-phoenix.livejournal.com]

sugar, preferabley raw, and a tiny spoon. anything else is optional.

the espresso, however, should be good! last time i got restaurant espresso it *sucked* - no crema, too long, waaaay too bitter. i dumped cream in it before i could drink it, only to discover later that it was also not, despite my request, decaf. silly restaurant. no repeat cusstomer for you. (the restaurant had other problems well, or i might have forgiven them.)

[d3l1r1um.livejournal.com]

Coffee *settles* your stomach? I suppose after meals it might be different... I'm just not a big fan, unless it's got lots of cream and sugar (or splenda).

[keyne.livejournal.com]

I expect either the lemon rind, or nothing, since those are what I usually get. :)

Will you tell us which restaurant, so we can avoid it?

[harimad.livejournal.com]

Coffee is the single most disgusting thing I've even ingested.

YMMV.

[uberjay.livejournal.com]

I selected 'other', since my espresso typically comes with 'nothing', which was not a valid response to the poll. Then again, I usually get espresso in coffee shops and not for dessert. :) I think the few times I have ordered it in a restaurant I've received either a lemon rind or nothing at all.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I'm more of a cappuccino person, but if I do order espressso all I expect is some brown sugar and a spoon alongside.

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

I expect a cup of coffee to pour the espresso into. I see the red eye and black eye as the upper-lover's boilermaker.

-realizing I'm eternally gauche, Dante