RESTAURANT LINGO.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 15 February 1917, Page 3

RESTAURANT LINGO.

HOW ORDERS ARE GIVEN IN

AMERICA

A down-town city restaurant (described in the Ladies’ Home Journal) has made its reputation upon one waiter who has never yet been found wanting in translating an order into a language of his own, and he and the cook understand each other absolutely. ‘jOne order of pea soup/’ one customer will say.— “Splash of split peas/’ cries the waiter. “Couple of doughnuts and a cup of coffee without cream,” another will order. —“Two submarines and a mug of murk, no cow!” orders the waiter. “An order of ham and eggs,” says a customer.—“ Roast two on a slice of squeal!” the waiter shouts into the tube. “Beef stew and a cup oFtea for me/ a new arrival says.—“ Bossy in a bowl —boiled leaves on the side!” sings the waiter. “A dozen raw’ oysters,” orders a busy business man. —“Twelve alive in the shell!” shouts the waiter. “Where’s my eggs on toast?” complains a man who has been waiting.— “Rush the biddies on a raft!” cries the waiter. “I want rump steak rare,” orders another man. —“Slab of moo—let him chew it!” the waiter calls. “I want a bowl of tomato soup,” ordered one man, “a plate of beans, bread, and butter, a piece of apple pie, and a glass of water.” — The waiter seemed puzzled for an instant; then he shouted into the tube: “One splash of red noise, platfer of Saturday night dough well done with cow to cover, Eve with the lid on and a chaser of Adam’s ale!”