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Interesting, these really old menus would not look too out of place at a restaurant today.
by cs702 3mo ago
Interesting, these really old menus would not look too out of place at a restaurant today.
- 9dev 3mo agoAnd the other way around too - it sounds like you could have had a very similar dining experience as today. It always amazes me how very little difference there is between past people's lifestyles and ours. I know this on a factual level, but being presented with a tiny peek into the past like this is always very humbling to me.
- MarkusQ 3mo agoI don't think it's safe to deduce that there were few differences from the (perfectly valid) observation that there were many similarities. The problem is that the similarities all exist along shared dimensions (they typically wore two shoes at a time or none, just as we do) but the differences are found along dimensions that are not shared (Does their wireless plan include free roaming? Does your goiter make your cravat chafe?) So looking back we see the similarities but are often blind to the differences.
- ricardobayes 3mo agoUnfortunately in Europe printed menus almost entirely disappeared after COVID. Before, leather-clad, elegant, printed menus were commonplace, but nowadays every place just has a QR code.
- _puk 3mo agoQuite the sweeping statement that contradicts my recent time across a few European countries. If the primary purpose is a bar that also serves food, yes. If it's proper dining. No
- haunter 3mo agoI'm in Europe and never seen a "just has a QR code" menu
- Al-Khwarizmi 3mo agoIn Spain what he says is sadly true, maybe like 70% of the restaurants no longer have printed menus. But of course, saying "in Europe..." is always risky. Europe is very diverse.
- rsynnott 3mo agoI think this is _ultra_-regional. There certainly are places in Europe where it's more or less the case, but definitely can't be said of Europe as a whole.
- shermantanktop 3mo agoYou apparently go to a different type of restaurant than I do. The typical Roman pizza joint or Florentine trattoria or Berlin beer hall rarely had leather-clad menus. And I haven’t seen that many QR codes. But QR codes are not awesome, I agree. They are more hygienic, less wasteful of paper, and easier to update. But I don’t want to use my phone when I am out with others.
- distances 3mo agoWhat nonsense. QR codes exist but seem quite rare around here, it's definitely almost all proper menus.
- com2kid 3mo agoThe first menu I opened had tongue sandwiches and hot beef tea. So some things have definitely changed!
- apical_dendrite 3mo agoA tongue sandwich is still pretty popular in some cultures. My parents and some of their friends served it sometimes when I was growing up.
- kibwen 3mo agoAny respectable city will have a burrito joint somewhere with lengua on the menu.
- iberator 3mo agoCow tongues are amazing with mashed potatoes amd horseradish sauce! Very well known dish in Central Europe
- onoesworkacct 3mo agoThey're a mainstay at my local Japanese and Korean BBQ restaurants.
- esikich 3mo agoI'm not sure I've even been to a Mexican restaurant that didn't have lengua, and I'm in the Midwest.
- com2kid 3mo agoMexican sure, but this was an American restaurant that otherwise had the staples we'd expect today. And then they had a tongue sandwich!