# The delivery menu I am reading... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305 "2003-03-18T16:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/1 "2003-03-18T16:46:31Z")
I was just reading a new delivery menu, and here are some of the menu descriptions verbatim: **Humus** Purred chickpeas blended, tahini sauce **Ezme** Chooped vegetables blended, walnuts **Falafel** Fried vegetable balls **Tarama** Fish reo, blended, olive oil, lemon **Carrot Salad** Carrot gratered, yogurt, oil **Mix Appetizers** All appetizers piece **Cacik** Cucamber gratered, yogurt, garlic, water **Kofte Sand.** To mince grilled lamb with salad **Humus Sand.** Purred chickpeas, tahini, salad **Young Sish** Little piece lamb o beef, green salad, rice **Hasan Pasa Kofte** Pool lamb balls, potato purre, mozeralla and rice **Mujver** Fried zuccuhini potato, service yogurt, dill **Arnavut Ciger** Sauteed liver cubes **Dolma** Green, Red big pepper in rice, chooped lamb The typos aren’t mine. Mmmm mmmm Mmmmm…lunch, anyone? If you’re gonna go to all the trouble to open a restaurant and print delivery menus, would it kill ya to have someone proof-read the sumbitch? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/2 "2003-03-18T16:57:19Z")
[shrug] Most Chinese restaurants around here have typos. I geuss they just don’t bother with fixing errors, or don’t care. That’s pretty spectacular, though. The restaurant may still be good. The food sounds good, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/3 "2003-03-18T16:58:52Z")
You’ve never chooped a lamb? ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/4 "2003-03-18T16:59:40Z")
Yeah, I have a hankering for those Pool lamb balls, I must admit. :o ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/5 "2003-03-18T17:06:36Z")
Sounds yummy! ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/6 "2003-03-18T17:15:02Z")
We get the daily specials from a local restaurant faxed to us at the office every day. Imagine my consternation when I spied the following as the soup of the day: Split **Pee** Soup :eek: Ummm…thanks, but maybe I’ll stick with the seafood bisque. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/7 "2003-03-18T17:37:26Z")
Is > [@](#): > > service yogurt an ingredient or an instruction? ---
**Author:** ![BurglarGenie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BurglarGenie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurglarGenie)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/8 "2003-03-18T17:41:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jadis \* > Split **Pee** Soup > > :eek: Come on, order a large _bowel_. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/9 "2003-03-18T18:16:59Z")
maybe they reckon that people will think the food is more authentic (and therefore better) if the english is so bad? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/10 "2003-03-18T20:36:44Z")
Maybe they don’t know anyone who’s english skills are better than theirs. And they could also be aiming more for the middle eastern ex-pat contingent than the american contingent. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/11 "2003-03-18T21:07:06Z")
Chinese restaurant in town here has a sign for: “Shemp in gralic sauce.” I was always more of a Curly fan, myself… ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delivery-menu-i-am-reading/162305/12 "2003-03-18T21:14:35Z")
I think what’s even worse is when in China or it’s SARs, get the american translation of the menu, apparently marketing isn’t their strongest suit. I’ve seen: Fat of Snow Toad Soup Cold Gelatinous Blubber and Silver fungus and other such delights.