My lovely man loves a curry. Well, this is not strictly true, because he doesn’t really like hot or spicy food.
He loves a stew really.
Anyway, there is seldom a stew on a restaurant menu (why is that?), so his default is the curry.
Also not true, his default is an omlette. He quite often asks at a fancy lunch restaurant if they have an omlette.
But generally… The curry is ordered, with the ‘it’s not too hot or spicy is it?’
The restaurant people are always puzzled by this of course.
Order something else you can see on their faces.
Without fail he is told… No, no. It’s fine. Not too hot.
Also… Without fail he will say to me ‘it’s very nice, but a bit too hot for me’.
And then, the next time .. He will order the curry.
Consistent. I like consistent. Love him.