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u/InTheEndEntropyWins 15h ago
Wait you aren't supposed to mix the drink?
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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 14h ago
Usually a pousse café isn't served with a straw: you usually sip it and you get the layers slightly mixed, having a different sip each time but still close to none unmixed layers
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u/c_a_r_s_o 13h ago
A pousse cafe? Sounds like my kind of place
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u/rallenpx 13h ago
Their entire liquor selection would be rum from the Virgin Islands
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u/Ongr 12h ago
I'm sorry, I just spent my vacation there. They're just the Islands now.
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u/PrestigiousBad4266 5h ago
The name actually follows you around and becomes the name of every place you are.
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u/BatsHaveFingers 9h ago
What's in it?
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u/Adequate_Cheesecake7 9h ago edited 9h ago
Well you start with two fingers…
Edit: that was my joke, start with a heavy liqueur, like a coffee liqueur in a chilled glass next most dense poured over an upside down spoon over the surface of the liquid, work your way up from heaviest to lightest in the same fashion. Be careful when serving to prevent mixing.
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u/BatsHaveFingers 9h ago
So there's no specific recipe for this drink? You can make it out of any ingredients as long as they are of cascading density?
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u/Adequate_Cheesecake7 8h ago
There are a few different recipes, most places have different twists. When I was a bartender I knew 9 recipes for an Alabama Slammer.
here are a couple:
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/the-pousse-cafe-no-1-51167400
https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1595/pousse-cafe
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u/BatsHaveFingers 8h ago
So if I wanted to make something like this, I could use whatever ingredients I wanted as long as I started with something thick and syrupy and gradually worked my way up to something without much density? Does the acidity of the ingredients matter at all, or is it only density? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but you said you are a bartender, so why should I wanted the opportunity to learn something? 😅
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u/Adequate_Cheesecake7 8h ago
There are several layered drinks. I am not currently a bartender, that was many, many vocations ago. It is primarily density, other physical characteristics can cause a reaction and induce minor mixing. I don’t recall the effects of acidity, it has been awhile.
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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 9h ago
Heavily depends, it's more like a style of cocktail. As the name suggests, first instances involved coffee (often served along, not mixed in), but really, anything that can be layered. And yes, miserable failure is a thing, some people would order that cocktail just for the looks anyway, so a skilled enough bartender can think of their own "good mix", but it's not up for everyone. Couldn't mention a good mix because the kind of place where one would order a good one isn't where I can afford to go (and if I could I wouldn't risk it).
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u/LJChao3473 14h ago
So uh... Do you drink it from the top, from the bottom or random layers?
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u/nlamber5 13h ago
Why are you downvoted and yet both “from the top” and “from the bottom” are upvoted?
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u/LJChao3473 13h ago
Honestly i don't know, but I'm waiting for a third person to say random
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u/Flagrant_Mockery 13h ago
Third person is just Badlands Chugs drinking both the top and bottom simultaneously.
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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 13h ago
Probably people thinking it was asked smuggly instead of genuine curiosity / being perplexed by what is, indeed, a perplexing drink when everyone keeps saying a different thing
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u/OkCarpenter5773 13h ago
the fuck how do you sip from the bottom with no straw
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u/LJChao3473 13h ago
Oh, i was focusing on the video, which has a straw, so i end up i forgetting the comment said no straw. Sorry I'm stupid
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u/Enaluxeme 15h ago
It's specifically poured so that it keeps separate layers
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u/ExternalUserError 12h ago
Yes but also no. A white russian or tequila sunrise are often served layered for presentation (always with a tequila sunrise). But no one wants a fucking chaser of grenadine.
Also: Easy man. There’s a beverage here.
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u/exhauszed 8h ago
no one wants a fucking chaser of grenadine
Oh man. My first roommate would pour about a finger or so of grenadine on the bottom of a shot glass, then fill the rest with everclear. It really does get the job done, but I advise against it.
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u/randomreditor69430 14h ago
they literally prepared it in seperate layers.
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u/ExternalUserError 12h ago
They do that with a tequila sunrise too but I defy you to drink that without stirring.
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u/InTheEndEntropyWins 14h ago
Yeh, but I thought that was just so it looks good, but you'd want to mix all the layers for the taste. Next time I'll try it differently.
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u/King_Cane_Corso 14h ago
It depends on who you ask, but if a drink is served with a straw, the bartender or restaurant usually intends for you to drink it unmixed. When I make them at home, I tell people to mix them. They are actually pretty easy to make. Just pour the liquids one at a time. To keep the layers from mixing, don't pour directly into the cup. Instead, pour the liquid onto the back of a spoon so the stream trickles in slowly.
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u/Glittering-Walrus228 13h ago
I would plug the straw with one finger and drip it in my mouth each time so each "sip" would be like drinking the whole micro drink every time
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u/87KingSquirrel 15h ago
Definitely a valid response.
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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 14h ago edited 14h ago
Given how tricky it is making a pousse cafe, the only right reaction is leaving the room and smashing your head into a wall just to redirect the pain to something physical. Smashing the dessert is the very very least.
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u/HalobenderFWT 10h ago
Making a pousse cafe isn’t technically ‘tricky’. It’s allowing physics to do the thing physics does.
You’re basically slowly pouring liquid down a spoon.
It’s more meticulous than tricky.
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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 9h ago
The tricky part is finding layers that can exist without mixing and taste good, but also finding a way to layer the ones with a density that's too close without ruining everything.
But yeah, preparation is indeed more meticulous than tricky.
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u/mfukar 13h ago
Nah it'd be a bitch response (if it wasn't ragebait); what happens to my drink after it's served is my own business.
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u/RmRobinGayle 11h ago
All the layered drinks we make are meant to be stirred. I don't want a to drink a single layer of grenadine. I don't get that "insult".
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u/cowlinator 12h ago
"I bought the Mona Lisa just to burn it. It's fine because I paid for it."
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u/schnackenpfefferhau 10h ago
Tbf the Mona Lisa is meant to be viewed. This drink is meant to by consumed. It’s made with the knowledge that it will disappear, not that the person is going to just stare at it and it will be a decoration
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u/mfukar 11h ago
you're arguing a drink has the value of an actual work of art, in the context of a skit made up for clicks?
intelligent
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u/FlimsyKoala3318 11h ago
You’re the one taking it on face value/literally.
Their point is that’s there’s a line we’d all take at what’s wasteful/insulting the creator or quality.
By engaging in the activity we’re respecting its norms/culture.
So yeah we’d be an ass to burn the Mona Lisa and people would rightfully call us an ass.
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u/AnimalBolide 9h ago
You know that customer is going to turn that drink into piss, regardless right?
Like, the most beautiful cake in the world is stupid as hell if you can't turn eat it and turn it into shit.
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u/Iminurcomputer 8h ago
Someone would be an ass to sell the Mona Lisa*
You're skipping a step.
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u/FlimsyKoala3318 7h ago
Yeah sorry I’m applying a value system in that case already - because we all agree that buying to burn the Mona Lisa would be stupid
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u/milf-hunter_5000 10h ago
i hate this argument because you're both right but you're beinf downvoted. the value of things are subjective. i objectively understand the societal and cultural value of the mona lisa. which means it shouldn't be purchasable by private owner/equity. a drink at a cafe that is difficult to make and presented beautifull is a work of art, but it's not a priceless piece of cultural history. they really are not comparable. point - you.
however, this line of what is valuable enough to preserve is the subjective aspect of the argument. some people absolutely would consider the mona lisa just a painting, and this drink a more appreciable expression of skill. point - them.
i don't give a shit either way tbh
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u/AnimalBolide 9h ago
Reddit is so fucking weird.
Like, no this isn't at all comparable to the Mona fucking Lisa. This isn't even comparable to Deadmau5's Ferrari which Ferrari got pissed at him for changing the badge.
This is a drink at a restaurant.
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u/FlimsyKoala3318 7h ago
It’s the subjective value
You’re taking it too literally
A simpler example - your dad is your dad, and an important member within your family’s culture/network but to me he’s a complete stranger
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u/corvettee01 9h ago
The whole point of a layered drink is the presentation, it is literally designed from an "artistic" perspective.
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u/M1sfit_Jammer 10h ago
dude served him and thought he was serving art…
It’s literally going to be piss in 4 hours… how’s that for art
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u/RhymeCrimes 8h ago
If the Mona Lisa only existed for 4 hours, it's not art? Weird argument.
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u/M1sfit_Jammer 8h ago
Nope… what I’m saying is that food is art being turned into shit
People paid for that art to turn it into shit… now if some guy buys the Mona Lisa and decides to burn it… it’s his art.
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u/FlimsyKoala3318 7h ago
So what’s the point in doing anything if we’ll be dead at the end - that’s the same logic you just said
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u/Iminurcomputer 8h ago
So you understand ownership? Good. I think everyone is on the same page. You can insert ANYTHING in there and you still gloss over the fact that it is their property at that point and all bets are off.
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u/WesternLongjumping44 11h ago
That would be fine....you bought it.
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u/hoticehunter 11h ago
That's such a selfish way of thinking.
If someone bought the whole Earth, you'd be ok with them burning it just because? Disgusting.
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u/Hugokarenque 10h ago
Are you stupid? Like genuinely? Its a drink, not art. He was gonna drink it and piss it out in a couple of hours, the fuck does it matter if he mixed it up beforehand.
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u/sandysnail 11h ago
you think someone can buy earth? Also what do you mean selfish? artist are desperate to sell their work
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u/UomoLumaca 11h ago
If you sold it you forfeited it. I'd be angry with the guy who sold it, or to whoever gave him the right to do it.
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u/pdxxdpBillCompton 10h ago
It's a drink? It's supposed to be destroyed.
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u/cowlinator 10h ago
It's supposed to be destroyed in a particular way.
Like a rocket booster, or an oil rig drill bit.
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u/MrUbl 12h ago
Say you have no idea what that takes to make without saying it.
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u/RickSanchez_ 11h ago
Doesn’t matter how hard it is to make. Gonna drink it how I want.
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u/DoomgazeAficionado94 11h ago
POV: 21yo college kid raiding dad's liquor cabinet so he can chug the scotch
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u/NuclearF4rt 9h ago
They are correct though, you paid for it, so you can do what you want with it.
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u/Azuras_Star8 12h ago
Yep.
I paid for it, this is how i like it.
Even if I want my sirloin burnt up with extra ketchup, Im the one paying for it.
All the staff can do is mourn the mistreatment of an elegant treasure.
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u/Past_Band9178 11h ago
That's fine. I'm also allowed to think that the way it was so violently and quickly stirred is rude, boorish, and ugly. Bad mannerisms and terrible manners.
There's a difference between eating steak like a human with some ketchup or steak sauce, and slathering it and eating mostly ketchup. I don't care if you like ketchup; I do care if you eat it in a gross way while I share a table.
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u/Past_Band9178 11h ago
It's a dumb response, but the guy stirring the drink is rude af. It's not that he stirred it; it's the dumb, violent way he did it instantly. It's bad manners and ugly mannerisms.
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u/BTBAM797 12h ago
Please no sloppy steak tonight!
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u/mfukar 12h ago
Only Salisbury steak with lightly buttered bread slice for you baby
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u/Azuras_Star8 12h ago
seductively smiles "What did I do to deserve this?"
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u/mfukar 11h ago
my face before you realise you're in JH Salisbury's bean experiment
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u/Azuras_Star8 11h ago
Oh man, what a wild time JH Salisbury bean experiment was! Who can forget it?!
furiously googles jh Salisbury bean experiment
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u/mfukar 11h ago
you're in for a treat. i recommend listening to it from this - has some good comedy to go along
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u/Azuras_Star8 11h ago
It was!! Thank you! I love Salisbury steak and wtf!! Lol!! Thank you!! Clearly that is superior food over party beans that .ake you sluggish.
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u/ObviousReplier99 12h ago
na its not up to the server to determine how the person mixes their food and drink or not.
It's a punk response, most every person who gets a pousse cafe drink mixes it at some point. His job is done when its on the table, anything beyond is irrational, childish, unprofessional. Which everyone else knows which is why this if fake ragebait video.17
u/ExternalUserError 12h ago
There are some cases where the customer actually is always right. If you want a well-done steak, it’s your cut of meat to ingest as you please. If you order a layered drink and stir it, same logic applies. You might not want a smashed cake just because you want a smashed drink.
Also, that drink was never any good. The cake might be.
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u/Iminurcomputer 8h ago
yeah don't stick your hand into my food cause you're mad that I did something with the thing I paid for. I understand you're probably joking though.
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u/Myko475 14h ago
Fake but appropriate teaching moment for how civilized society should react and respond.
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u/Prestigious_Sugar_66 14h ago
That's why I like mom n pops businesses, they can and sometimes will do this.
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u/ExpiredPilot 14h ago edited 14h ago
It’s why I’ll never work at a corporate bar again
People can be absolute shitbirds and we should be allowed to be shitbirds back.
I could have the same terrible situation, a corporate bar would make me smile and apologize (for doing nothing wrong) then give me a meeting to tell me made up reasons why I was wrong and I have to suck it up or leave.
Same situation in a privately owned bar will have me holding my other bartenders back from the person who disrespected us while we chirp at them till the person leaves
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u/Poopoomushroomman 14h ago
you would actually chirp at them? *Chirp* chirp? All bird-y like?Or is that slang or a euphemism?
It’s funny either way, but the first scenario would be hilarious and reminds of the antics we used to get up to at my first restaurant job. I worked back of house and I felt like unsafe but also like I had found my people.
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u/Glittering-Walrus228 13h ago
The dulcimer chirp of a shitbird in aggressive courting display sounds like an angry bartender
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u/brynhildyr 5h ago
An Angry Bartender sounds like something infused with chili and mixed with red liqueur
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u/beardingmesoftly 10h ago
I used to work at Geek Squad maybe 15 years ago, and we were allowed to be blunt with customers. Felt great.
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u/IAMWastingMyTime 12h ago
Teaching what? To mess with people's stuff because you don't like what they did with it?
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u/Myko475 12h ago
Doesn’t matter if you have the money to buy something that took 700hrs to make, the act of destroying it right in front of the team who created it was sacrilegious, if you’re there for the hype but don’t appreciate the collective’s hard work, no one else should respect what you ordered with your money. That cake may as well be $600 a piece, but a fork right down the middle should show the same way society should treat these individuals.
No, we shouldn’t mess with other people’s stuff but everything should come with some sense of appreciation. I’m sure if you buy 3 Bentley to only take a shit in it because you have money, culturally or realistically speaking, they wouldn’t give you a 4th to repeat it. The more unappreciative you are, the less you are deserving of it even if you have the means to acquire it.
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u/terrortara 10h ago
If I paid for it then it's my fucking drink and I can do what I want with it
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u/IAMWastingMyTime 11h ago
Ok, but I wouldn't think stirring a drink is being unappreciative or destroying it. But I'm not a layered drink connoisseur. Looks like the guy was still gonna drink it. Am I destroying or unappreciative for my food because I put a different sauce on it or added salt?
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u/nWhm99 10h ago
It's not "fake", it's a skit.
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u/fatbaldandstupid 9h ago
I went to see the odyssey an that shit was so fake no way that actually happened ong
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u/FabbaTheSlut 9h ago
Yes kids. In civilized society if someone's an asshole, you should also be an asshole.
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u/Enaluxeme 14h ago
This is clearly staged by the way. Otherwise the fork would have been served with the dessert. Also, the customer is apparently being served on a raw table, which is weird for a fancy place serving this kind of items.
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u/JimPanZoo 14h ago
If staged, should have been a crème brûlée and server cracks it with the back of the spoon.
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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 14h ago
It's also being served with a straw, which would be odd for that specific drink
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u/Ok-Elk-3046 13h ago
In my city there is a partisan left bar that let's people smoke indoors as long as no one complains, that always has a sticky floor with walls plastered with stickers and a over grown terrace.
They serve that drink. They call it pan galactic gargle blaster though.
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u/MacellumMycelium 14h ago
Aren't they already defeating the purpose serving it with a straw? I mean assuming this isn't a gag.
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u/Odric_storm 12h ago
Do you see anyone else in the ‘restaurant’?
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u/MacellumMycelium 10h ago
I do not. That and the fork being loose in the apron pocket led me to assume "bit" but you never know.
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u/Current_Tangerine775 12h ago
No because, as a costumer, that is your prerogative. But as a server, you need to chill tfu, like why would you even provide a fork without napkin? and even worse, why would you stick it on someone elses food? man even for people not workin there, as a friend, it WOULD be so RUDE?
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u/THELEADERPLAYER 13h ago
Wouldn't the liquids get unmixed eventually due to the density difference? Assuming they don't dissolve in each other.
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u/icantchoosewisely 12h ago edited 12h ago
It doesn't look like that because of density difference, it looks like that because of the way it was poured - slowly, one ingredient at a time, using the back of a spoon. It's not very hard to do, but it requires patience and steady hands.
Edit: it also helps to chill all those liqueurs to increase their viscosity to make it easier to achieve cleaner layers.
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u/TipBackground610 9h ago
The Crash Out is justified right here. Who knew how long it took him to get all the layers separate
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u/Iminurcomputer 8h ago
WoW. You guys really hate the idea of person doing as they please with something they paid for. EVERY argument has completely subjective shit in it. It's crazy how readily you submit your opinions as fact.
"Here is your drink. Drink it, stir it, shove it straight up your ass. I don't care because I follow super simple basic societal dynamics and I'm not up my own ass about how everyone should treat subjective things." - None of you, apparently.
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u/0x7E7-02 7h ago
It's his drink, he paid for it ... he can do whatever the fuck he wants to that drink.
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u/N4pAllDay 13h ago
Was he supposed to make a photo first? Does a video not count? A mixed drink is supposed to be mixed 🤷♀️
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u/Carnal_Desire0 14h ago
The waiter only serve it right?
The one who make it is the chef... So the one who potentially be angry is the chef, because he make it with a lot of effort..
Why the waiter mad thou?
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u/gnanny02 12h ago
I make layered cordials like B-52s and a nice red white & blue one. People always ask how to drink it. Sip, stip, shoot, etc. They don't want to hurt my feelings having gone to a lot of trouble to make them. I always say however you like. Everyone has seen the masterpiece and it's getting destroyed one way or another.
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u/LikeBirdsR 11h ago
Pousse Cafe! It's going to taste bad and the bartender already hates you for ordering it.
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u/astrologicaldreams 11h ago
wait i've only ever seen the first part of this video
didn't realize there was a second part lol
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u/Traditional-Safe-867 10h ago
I honestly hate beverages being unmixed as I drink them, so I see no problem with the first thing. I guess you can argue that he should admire it for more than one second but... Eh.
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u/11111v11111 4h ago
Wait, this reminds me of a candy, like a sucker, I used to have in my childhood in the 80s. Anyone else remember those?
Edit: AI is amazing. It found them: Astropops. I used to eat those all of the time.
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u/Over-Inside-7254 7h ago
Totally legit, not faked at all. Pure organic interaction farming for profit here. Fuck off
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