Absolutely right Keith: I do speak reasonable French, but am limited to "Hello", "Goodbye" and "Thank you" in the languages of the other countries! Pointing at pictures on an illustrated menu is a useful technique that usually works!
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Whaley Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:15 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Spaghetti Sauce John Coyle wrote: > My experience in France (probably applies everywhere in fact) was to only go > in those restaurants where there is barely a table to be had, and the > clientele are all locals. > Worked a treat in China, Vietnam and Hong Kong: not so well in Egypt, where > I found I did not really like much of the food anyway. > > John in Brisbane No question you're right, John. However...if you DO go to a crowded restaurant, be sure you or one of your table partners speaks the local language. Nothing worse a hassled waiter hates than having to figure out what the heck you're saying, what you want to order, because you don't speak the language fairly well... ESPECIALLY in France! :-) keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
