“… the menu’s a delirious poem/on which the names of Moghlai and Punjabi and Parsi/”
Amit Chaudhuri (1962) contemporary Indian-English novelist
Real Time (2002)
“In the menu, there should be a climax and a culmination. Come to it gently. One will suffice.”
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“I can’ t go to a restaurant and order food because I keep looking at the fonts on the menu.”
Donald Ervin Knuth (1938) American computer scientist
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“I hope God speaks English. If I get up to heaven and have to point at a menu, I'm gonna be pissed.”
Daniel Tosh (1975) American stand-up comedian
True Stories I Made Up (2005)
