Restaurant menus, especially at the big chain places, tend to use cutesy names for things instead of just calling chicken, chicken.  Instead of nachos, you have to choose between Flaming Extreme Nachos, Veggierific Nacho Bites, or Jalapeno Radish Combo Nachos.  It’s never chicken strips anymore, these once-plain items have evolved into Chicken Fingers (ewwww…chickens do not have fingers), Chicken Zingers, Chicken Chunks, or the occassional Chicken Dippers.  A well known example is Denny’s Eggs Over My Hammy.  Places like Outback Steakhouse are the worst–they have a theme going on top of the weird names.  Everything there is ‘Roo this, or Wallaby that, and as tasty as these items are…I just can’t ask for them by the name listed in the menu.

So what usually happens is, I see something in the menu that sounds good, but I can’t bear to actually speak the words,  I will say, “I’ll have, uh, this…” and point lamely at the item.  At that point, the waitperson will loudly announce, “Oh, you want the Bonzai Bomber Burger?”  And I will shrink at the sound of the exaggerated, ridiculous title bestowed upon a hamburger. 

Does anyone else out there have this problem?