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**cauddyVab** · 11-03-2010, 05:38 AM

The last time I was in France I asked for a steak well done what arrived was a very bloody piece of meat that looked as if it would have been back on its feet if there had been a good vet in the house.

because you are obviously not french, if you order a steak 'well done', the french are likely to think, "you have absolutely no idea what you are doing if you order a steak well done. this is france and we do not do steak 'well done'. i fart in your general direction and will bring you what you obviously intended to order... if you were french."

i'm being only mildly sarcastic with that.
unless your french is pretty stout, you'd probably get a steak "more cooked" if you attempted to order medium-rare.

this is just my perception.

seriously, though, if there is no salt/pepper on the table and you really, really want to piss off the waitstaff and/or chef, just ask for the salt/pepper.... because the food was perfectly seasoned when it was brought out to you. if it needed more salt, the chef would have put more salt in it to begin with. for you to add more salt means you are killing the specific taste the chef intended you to experience.
(but maybe that's just the case at higher end restaurants)..

11-03-2010, 05:38 AM	#8
cauddyVab Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 602 Senior Member	The last time I was in France I asked for a steak well done what arrived was a very bloody piece of meat that looked as if it would have been back on its feet if there had been a good vet in the house. because you are obviously not french, if you order a steak 'well done', the french are likely to think, "you have absolutely no idea what you are doing if you order a steak well done. this is france and we do not do steak 'well done'. i fart in your general direction and will bring you what you obviously intended to order... if you were french." i'm being only mildly sarcastic with that. unless your french is pretty stout, you'd probably get a steak "more cooked" if you attempted to order medium-rare. this is just my perception. seriously, though, if there is no salt/pepper on the table and you really, really want to piss off the waitstaff and/or chef, just ask for the salt/pepper.... because the food was perfectly seasoned when it was brought out to you. if it needed more salt, the chef would have put more salt in it to begin with. for you to add more salt means you are killing the specific taste the chef intended you to experience. (but maybe that's just the case at higher end restaurants)..
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