I guess I am living in an inverse universe; I assumed haphazard \’innovations\’ were pretentious and that cuisine which has been painstakingly perfected over eons is NOT. And Kevin, buddy, I have no interest in Mac and Cheese, Coors, and the like. Rather, I enjoy the best of foods from every region, \’genre\’, and approach. That said, their seems to be a trend in throwing out time-honored technique in exchange for cutesy novelty and poorly thought out fusion. Give me what Grandmas the world over cook. Not what fresh faced students conjure up after a few blunts.

Regarding the \"Have it THEIR way\" section, it is obvious you have never worked in the restaurant industry. People who go into a restaurant with that kind of mindset are ignorant and rude. It is very difficult for the kitchen to prepare a dish with all kinds of weird requests. They are having to think about 5000 things at the same time and when they get a ticket that says this instead of this and this on the side and extra this but cooked a different way and on and on and on, you are throwing a monkey wrench into their whole flow.

A good restaurant has spent a lot of time planning out their menu and are preparing dishes for you that they want you to try. However, they are not your personal chef. While most places will accommodate your demands, it is still incredibly rude and immature to not try what they have to offer. Are you two years old? Order something from the menu, eat it, pay, and leave a 20% tip. If you didn\’t like it then don\’t order it again or don\’t go back.

I know this article is just a rant and isn\’t meant to be taken too seriously, but let\’s just keep in mind the people in this world that are starving to death next time we\’re bitching about there being too much kimchi and truffle oil in Houston restaurants/food trucks.

Come on editors, get it together and realize when something isn’t worth releasing!

However, I have to say, Omar, that if you want your food prepared exactly how you want with the ingredients exactly how you want, then you should stay at home and cook your food your damn self.

There’s nothing more infuriating than substitutions on a well-thought out and well-executed menu. The dishes are created in a way that everything on the plate compliments everything else. It’s a total experience that you are cheating yourself out of by altering. If you don’t want a menu item because of the way it’s prepared, then don’t order that item. It’s simple. If you look over the menu and find there’s nothing there you want to eat, then I would suggest getting up and walking the fuck out. I guarantee you won’t be hurting any chef’s feelings.

This kind of snob prefers the mac & “cheese” from the blue box, instead of painstakingly prepared from scratch by someone who really knows the steps.

This kind of snob thinks the pinnacle of global fromage is the Kraft Single, and actually believes fish comes out of the water in a perfect rectangle, breaded by Our Lord.

This kind of snob lives entirely on hotdogs and hamburgers (without onion, please) because they’re convinced sine childhood that they should never venture out.

This kind of snob drinks hateful things like Coors and Bud Light because they actually love the complete of flavor.

Omar, keep publishing excellence – because you do. but please stay away from the art of cuisine. You’re sadly out of your depth.