# Your method for ordering tapas

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 16, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-method-for-ordering-tapas/812503 "2018-04-16T13:26:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-method-for-ordering-tapas/812503/1 "2018-04-16T13:26:37Z")

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Not in Spain, I mean in the U.S. where you stay at one location. My wife and I will usually order three at a time, starting with the more appetizer-like tapas, such as croquettes. After we’ve finished we’ll then order a few more. These are usually the meats and vegetables. Most often we’ll order once more, again another meat and vegetables.

What is your method?

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-method-for-ordering-tapas/812503/2 "2018-04-16T14:34:52Z")

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Not in the US, but…  
My usual method is to order everything I think I might want to eat in one go. It usually arrives staggered anyway, cold stuff right away then warm stuff after.

This is also how I deal with mezze and antipasti, but not dim sum.

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-method-for-ordering-tapas/812503/3 "2018-04-16T15:18:58Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Not in the US, but…  
> My usual method is to order everything I think I might want to eat in one go. It usually arrives staggered anyway, cold stuff right away then warm stuff after.
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> This is also how I deal with mezze and antipasti, but not dim sum.

Also not in the US (I’m UK) but we do similar to the above - ordering 5-6 items between two, and that’s pretty much always enough, so we don’t need to order any more.

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**Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-method-for-ordering-tapas/812503/4 "2018-04-16T16:45:22Z")

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In the US.

My appetite tends to be fickle so I am careful not to over order. I identify 5-6 items on the menu that I want, initially order the two or three I _really_ want, and if I’m still hungry, order the others one at a time after that.  
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