I have never had this one happen...

[Andrew563]

Tonight I had a guest ask me to place her salad in the oven and warm it for her. I think that was the strangest request I have ever had. I don't know why she wanted it that way. The server couldn't give me an answer, so i complied. It was the most god awful thing I think I have ever seen.

[liv4fud]

I don't taste cold veggies myself...

prefer it at room temperature
the reason that request might have come in is to pull the *cold* out of the salad...

[chrose]

Overly sensitive teeth perhaps ie: recent dental work. Otherwise who knows, people ask for strange things.

[Andrew563]

but it was mesculun mix greens, a stone ground ving. gorgonzola cheese, pear slices, caramel, almonds, and a foccacia bread ring all served hot. yuck.

[sucrechef]

Sounds awful to me, but the first rule of thumb is to give the customer what they want...NOT what we want them to have.

[Mikeb]

Instead of serving it hot just serve it warm (room temp or a little above). That salad sounds like it would be good warmed up just a little - cheese, pear, caramel, focaccia aren't very appetizing served chilled (better at room temp).

[Suzanne]

When I was doing antipastos, we had a customer who came in a couple of times. She wanted all the oil rinsed off her selections. This was stuff like raw fennel and orange slices dressed with lemon juice and OLIVE OIL; sliced roasted portobellos dressed with lemon juice and OLIVE OIL; and so on. To me, that was just as bizarre a request as the one you had.

[Andrew563]

I know our business is customer driven, if they don't like it, they aren't buying it. But sometimes its rather strange and annoying.

[chef from va]

i can do you one better i work for an italian restaraunt and we had a customer request that we replace his pasta for a spag -w- meatballs with mixed greens wearing vin. dressing..... it was a soup of wilted greens vin. pomodoro and meatballs thats a new kinda GROSS

[chiffonade]

I like hot grilled meats and other foods (like roasted tomatoes) on cold salad and I thought THAT was strange...

[LWP]

Originally Posted by sucrechef

Sounds awful to me, but the first rule of thumb is to give the customer what they want...NOT what we want them to have.

I'll agree with that to a point... there are some things I'm just not doing to my food and I really don't care who wouldn't hire me/would fire me because of that.

[Andrew563]

now , I think the contrasts of grilled meats and tomatoes or other vegetables is a nice contrast with the cold and crisp of salad greens. Be it romaine or a mesculun mix, I think thats great. but the meat ball salad soup thing, geez. That tops my oven roasted salad thing by a mile!

[Spritzer]

Originally Posted by LWP

I'll agree with that to a point... there are some things I'm just not doing to my food and I really don't care who wouldn't hire me/would fire me because of that.

I recon that if someone is going to be SO friggen fussy, there is no point in them eating out, becuase it wont be what they want, i.e an order came in for two eggs benedict BUT one lady wanted her eggs runny ( which i recon they should be) but the other one wanted them not too runny not too hard and not as runny as the other lady!
spritz

[Andrew563]

SHE CAME BACK.....

Last night the hot salad lady came back. She loved the salad so much she just had to come back and have it again. Only this time, she wanted blue cheese dressing and the stone ground ving. mixed together and warmed. Then she ordered prime rib well done. What can you do.

[Botanique]

LOL -- if any of us ever come visit you, the secret code key word that we'll get passed on to you will be "fervent greens" so you'll know to come out and say hello!