Originally Posted by
magiciansampras
How do you handle restaurants in Asia? My experience is that food not coming out at once is the norm, not the exception.
Originally Posted by
Taiwaned
In many parts of Asia, it is brought over immediately after it is ready. Some times I have finished my food while my wife's meal hasn't even arrived. I just learned to chew slow.
I prefer it this way, then the food is eaten hot instead of "warming" under some lamp in the kitchen so everybody can eat the meal at the same time.
Who eats at the same speed anyway?
I found Asian restaurants in Asia were very poor at serving "Western" meals, because the Asian custom is to serve food in series, not in parallel. We had 10 people at a dinner, and it was 20 minutes from the first person's meal to the last.