Don't Want To Be Clocked As An American Abroad? You Need To Eat Slower.
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Servers who work in cities that are popular travel destinations are often prepared to adjust their approach when they discover you're American.
One evening earlier this year, I was visiting Prague with family, and we hadn’t made dinner plans. We wandered into one restaurant at peak dinner time without a reservation. When I asked the hostess if she’d be able to seat us, she went to check with someone, then came back and said to us very cautiously, “Yes, but you can only have the table for three hours.”
We told her that would be more than enough. We were hungry, and also ... well, American.
Most Americans who are fortunate enough to travel are probably aware of the “Rude American” stereotype — self-centered, demanding, inflexible — and don’t want to be perceived as such. If you’re hoping to blend in while traveling, you should know that your dining style could be giving you away.
Tomáš (who goes by his first name for privacy reasons), a staff manager at Food Lab, the restaurant we visited in Prague, finds that Americans “definitely” eat faster than guests from other places.
“We have noticed that the eating cultures are vastly different in this sense,” he said. “Typically European and Czech people like to sit down and be social while eating. During lunches, it might be faster, but during evening dinings, it is always less about eating and more about enjoying the experience of both the food and the people.”
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