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as they should. i dont like american culture, where some people seem to think it is ok to take an item of the menu and alter pretty much everything about it.
btw: if you want to be treated like a king in france... look up history
I mean if it's for a meal I get you but being mad about different type of milk for coffee is crazy
Do they even have it in the shop? Should a cafetier store every type of plant base milk in their pantry just in case someone ask for an off-menu variation? It is not either the job of the waiter to run at the shop to find oat milk.
It's a real "I like pancakes" moment here.
No one said the waiter should run to the store. But making a reasonable request for a reasonable ingredient for a coffee is... reasonable.
No one is sending the waiter anywhere.
That's reasonable according to your standard. That's not reasonable in most café in France. You don't need to know that but you're suppose to understand what's not reasonable to expect from not seeing it in the menu.
If I can get oat milk in my coffee in fucking eastern Europe I'd think expecting it in France isn't too crazy.
But then of course French people gotta fail the "Get out of own anus challenge about anything food related" on the beginner level.
You could get free-lactode milk and probably some plant-based milk in some place but no. Oat milk is not a staple in café in France.
Acrshuely the onlie acceptablé additcion to café in le fhronce is uhhh the chef de cuisines coque
Stuff like a plant-based alternative shouldn't even be "off-menu". The problem already starts here.
Coffee is plant-based. It is not that weird that a plant-based version of the un-veganised version of a plant-based beveurage is off-menu.
Making adjustments to dishes for the customers the restaurant serves is not unique to american culture.
Furthermore I find it important to enable this. For example due to health reasons as in lactose intolerance, which is common in humans as about two thirds of humanity is lactose intolerant.
exactly because of allergies it is important to stick to the menu. if someone has a real allergy, not 'i fart a little more', they know exactly what they can and cannot eat. so they will order what they know is safe and the restaurant knows how to prepare the stuff on the menu.
i dont know how bad you can mess someone up with lactose, but milk has a large possibility of cross contamination. i know you can kill someone with celiac disease from just a little cross contamination. so lets just not risk it.