So, yeah. I took French in school. I had to be different, you see. Everyone else took Spanish because we were in Florida, and that seemed sensible. But NO. I had to take French. And as a result, I am sometimes useless at Mexican restaurants. Well, not as much any more. I've learned a bit in my time in Los Angeles. But in the beginning? Useless. A stranger in a strange land.
But I'm pretty sure, even back then, I would have known this was wrong:
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| Screengrab by XB |
When I plugged "arros can pollo" into google, I got that whole
did you mean arroz CON pollo? response that it gives when it thinks you're stupid and is judging you, so I guess that version doesn't even exist. ARROZ CON POLLO, y'all. Chicken and rice. A universal dish.
I have no idea what "Bed of Lettuce" is a euphemism for. Because everyone knows a plain old bed of lettuce doesn't need fancy capital letters, right? So that has to MEAN something.
You can see the rest of the menu
here. I've become a big fan of eat24 recently, and in no way blame them for this minor tragedy. They pull the info from the restaurants, as I understand it. I still heart you, eat24!
(Thanks, XB!)
I too took French in high school. And for part of my high school years, I lived in a Spanish speaking country where it would've made LOADS more sense to learn Spanish, but NOOO, I went for the French. And then living in Los Angeles for college, I still took French. Post college, all I can really do now is make fun of my high school French teacher for speaking French in a Southern accent.
ReplyDeleteAs for the menu item, when I first looked at it, I thought "is that some sort of hispanic version of beer can chicken?"