Somehow, I could have predicted this might be an issue with you. (I really don't mean that in a negative way. Just that it pushes certain of your buttons.)
I found that going with a moderately small group, some of whom had been to that specific restaurant before so that they knew what to order (and what might have allergens in it), and making it very clear ahead of time that I was a neophyte, brought success to my meal.
Then there's more room to go, 'Sure, I'd like some' in a /moderately/ turn-based kind of way, without feeling like you're grabbing. (The first time I went, we didn't have an explicit turn-based order, but an implicit order became clear fairly soon.)
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Date: 2006-05-29 04:15 am (UTC)I found that going with a moderately small group, some of whom had been to that specific restaurant before so that they knew what to order (and what might have allergens in it), and making it very clear ahead of time that I was a neophyte, brought success to my meal.
Then there's more room to go, 'Sure, I'd like some' in a /moderately/ turn-based kind of way, without feeling like you're grabbing. (The first time I went, we didn't have an explicit turn-based order, but an implicit order became clear fairly soon.)
OTOH, dim sum's often kind of greasy.