But I still don’t get why anyone would order a mushroom burger with no mushrooms.
I know, an exaggeration of an example, but I can’t personally think of a food order like this that would be acceptable. If you want a burger, and the only serve one burger, it ain’t going to be a mushroom burger on the menu. Just order something else! Every menu has literal pages worth of dishes, but you can’t find one that would satisfy you? I just find it weird that people care that much about having a ‘perfect’ experience.
Maybe its because when I go to a restaurant 90% of the time its because I just don’t want to cook/clean, not because I want a specific type of food.
Usually stuff like burgers comes with groups of toppings, eg. mushrooms+swiss+garlic vs bbq+bacon+pickles. If you prefer most ingredients in the first group much more than the second, but heavily dislike mushrooms, you have to either 1. make a small mod or 2. settle for a much worse option. Sure you could order something else, but why would you when you can get the ideal experience with a minor mod?
Note that I consider major mods bad form not only because it’s more difficult for the kitchen staff but also because if you’re doing that then it would be more efficient to just order something else.
Sometimes it’s the easiest way to get a particular toppings group. Like a “mushroom burger” comes with Swiss, bacon, sautéed onions, and some sauce, or you can build your own for 10% more than getting a pre-built mushroom burger, minus the mushrooms. Plus, when you and-then an order, there’s a high chance they’ll miss something.
I mean, my local place asks me every time if I want to add peanut butter to my burger. I’d also expect modification to be more and more frequent with the prevalence of touchescreens allowing customers to highly customize items. I don’t see modifying as a big deal, within reason. Not just for burgers, obviously.
All fair points.
But I still don’t get why anyone would order a mushroom burger with no mushrooms.
I know, an exaggeration of an example, but I can’t personally think of a food order like this that would be acceptable. If you want a burger, and the only serve one burger, it ain’t going to be a mushroom burger on the menu. Just order something else! Every menu has literal pages worth of dishes, but you can’t find one that would satisfy you? I just find it weird that people care that much about having a ‘perfect’ experience.
Maybe its because when I go to a restaurant 90% of the time its because I just don’t want to cook/clean, not because I want a specific type of food.
Usually stuff like burgers comes with groups of toppings, eg. mushrooms+swiss+garlic vs bbq+bacon+pickles. If you prefer most ingredients in the first group much more than the second, but heavily dislike mushrooms, you have to either 1. make a small mod or 2. settle for a much worse option. Sure you could order something else, but why would you when you can get the ideal experience with a minor mod?
Note that I consider major mods bad form not only because it’s more difficult for the kitchen staff but also because if you’re doing that then it would be more efficient to just order something else.
Sometimes it’s the easiest way to get a particular toppings group. Like a “mushroom burger” comes with Swiss, bacon, sautéed onions, and some sauce, or you can build your own for 10% more than getting a pre-built mushroom burger, minus the mushrooms. Plus, when you and-then an order, there’s a high chance they’ll miss something.
I mean, my local place asks me every time if I want to add peanut butter to my burger. I’d also expect modification to be more and more frequent with the prevalence of touchescreens allowing customers to highly customize items. I don’t see modifying as a big deal, within reason. Not just for burgers, obviously.