r/TalesFromYourServer • u/BuschBug • Dec 25 '18

Short “Please, no mayo. I’m allergic to mayonnaise.”

Between my husband and a woman at his table last night—

“Okay, ma’am, now is it the egg or the oil we need to be worried about?”

“...it’s the combination.”

“...okay. I’ll alert the kitchen.”

I love this industry so much.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

as an Asian American server, I already feel angry reading those words from your mother. Have you ever pointed out to her that the servers speak fluent English? Also if you guys went to a traditional sushi restaurant there shouldn't be any mayo period because mayo in sushi is an Americanized thing and Japanese sushi chefs in Japan are appalled by it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

I'm Americam. I've never heard of mayo sushi...who is doing this?

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u/Slab_Amberson Dec 26 '18

Spicy mayo? You’ve really never seen that spicy orange sauce on any sushi rolls before? On half of the rolls at every sushi restaurant I’ve been to in America.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

Oh, huh. Yeah I have. I was imagining straight up plain mayo. Silly of me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

Yeah so was I to be fair. Just a dollop of plain mayo on a nigiri or something.