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Maybe I'm sheltered but I'm baffled by all of these replies. Is this a US thing? At least in Europe and East-Asia, it's unheard of for any nice restaurant to h
by maeil 2y ago
Maybe I'm sheltered but I'm baffled by all of these replies. Is this a US thing?
At least in Europe and East-Asia, it's unheard of for any nice restaurant to have straws except for kids. And it's not like women there don't wear lipstick. The image of going for a candlelight dinner and drinking from a straw is something straight out of a comedy sketch to me. I guess if it's a certain kind of cocktail, but that's the only exception. And even then the majority of cocktails won't have straws.
I truly have not been this confused by any HN thread and I've been reading this place almost daily for years.
- plorkyeran 2y agoOutside of specific cocktails, straws are not a fine dining thing in the US either. There's a reason why people are talking about things like Coke and burgers in the context of straws in drinks.
- maeil 2y agoRight. Another commenter mentioned "a nice sit down restaurant", and some of the other replies imply they're just not used to not drinking without a straw at all, hence my confusion. Now fine dining is on the extreme end, but a nice sit down restaurant to me implies something at least halfway inbetween a McDonalds and fine-dining, and at that halfway point I'd never expect straws.