AIBU to think that if you order Chicken, Bacon and Avocado salad...

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It should have some flipping avocado in it? Even a tiny bit?

Just been out for dinner at that Chiquitos Mexican chain place (Shit-eatos it should be called, all restaurants of this ilk are not my choice ever but the DC wanted to go there and we were in a hurry) and I ordered the chicken, bacon and avocado salad and it turned up with no avocado.

Apprently the kitchen had run out even though it's a Mexican theme chain and they must have gallons guacamole for the fajitas and they never thought to offer me any of that instead so they just decided without consulting me that they'd serve my 3 MAIN NAMED INGREDIENT salad without one of the main ingredients.

I really hate it when restaurants do this. It happens to me a lot. I recently ate somewhere where the halloumi salad that arrived in front of me was doused in a warm spicy tomato sauce (not mentioned in the description at all on the menu at all) buy totally minus the rocket salad it should have come with, as per the description.

It's not on. It's not. AIBU?

And btw OP you ANBU. Avocado is the best bit of that salad.

I've just looked at their menu online, it looks amazing. My nearest is Bluewater. Will have to go now.

Love Wahaca.

Cut avocado in half, so you have one half stone in and the other stone out. Cut halves into quarters, stone just comes away. Then peel off skin. Sorted.

Now I want avocado on toast and I ate my last one yesterday

To cut slices from an avocado I hold it upright, fat end at the bottom , and slice what I want from the top. Eventually more than half the stone is exposed and can be lifted out without laceration or stabbing risk .

Go to Wahaca.

Waitingimpatient please read this: allergysymptomsx.com/avocado-allergy.php its sounds as if there is a chance you actually have a latex allergy, if this site is right. It would be worth getting checked.

I'm allergic to avocado, dried apricots, kiwi fruit and walnuts. Which is sad. I wasn't always allergic to avocado, sore tongue but it progressed to swollen tongue and airway. Think I overdosed.
Wahaca is fab. I also like their street food van on the south bank. Without guacamole.. waa

I was hugely disappointed in Wahaca. We were so excited when they opened in Cardiff but it was shit. My tomato salsa was still frozen and when I complained to the waiter he wandered off and never came back. I emailed a complaint and never heard back.

Cashewnutty I'm with you, just use my fingers to claw out the stone. Minimal risk.
I'm using 6 avocados for today's lunch.(we have visitors they're not all for me)

I do the wallop it with a heavy knife, no problems so far

www.closeronline.co.uk/2015/06/eastenders-star-james-bye-rushed-to-aande-after-avocado-accident

Speaking to The Sun, James revealed that he slipped while trying to cut the stone out of an avocado and slashed his arm.

He rushed to A&E, where doctors discovered that he had damaged an artery and ligaments in his hand.

They treated his wounds and popped him in a cast up to his elbow - meaning show bosses have to come up with an accident for Martin to explain away the bandages.

He explained to SoapSquawk: “I was trying to get a pip out of an avocado and I put the knife through my hand.

“It went through an artery and the ligament, which makes me feel sick thinking about it.

“I’m ok though, but I’ll be in a cast for a while so they are writing it into the show.”

James Bye on the red carpet
But it’s not just the cast that EastEnders bosses have to write in; they also have to tell the props department to remove ALL avocados from Martin Fowler’s fruit and veg stall in Albert Square.

Apparently the incident has left him unable to even look at them.

He told The Sun: “I can’t look at avocados now.

“I’ve asked for them to be removed from my stall [in the show].”

I slice the avocado in half, cutting onto the stone. Then I cut the half with the stone in it in half again, onto the stone, ending up with a quarter avocado with the stone in it - and it's easy to get it out from there.

I had the most gorgeous breakfast, at a French cafe in Selfridges - whole grain toast, mashed avocado, toasted seeds, sprouted seeds, roasted cherry tomatoes and poached eggs - utterly delicious! I have tried to replicate it for a special treat for lunch.

The original Wahaca cookbook has the guacamole recipe in it. It's delicious - I eat it by the spoonful.

My favourite lunch is sliced avocado, tomatoes, mozzarella and torn basil leaves, with a whole grain mustard, balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing. Yum.

There is a valid reason for eating in Chiquitos and it's called Pina Colada.....dunno if it's just my local branch that makes such an amazing one but ive never had such a good cocktail.

That's where you went wrong OP, you need to drink enough cocktails that you slide under the table and you won't give a shit about the avacado.

Oh I lie....it's ChimiChanga im thinking of. Don't think I've ever been in Chiquitos unless that's the Mexican near ikea on the m62. Ive been in that Mexican and it smells of dirty nappies.

The Pina Coladas at Chiquitos are really good Simon.

One of the only things I really miss from living in the US is proper Mexican restaurants. I don't suppose anyone can recommend a good one near Bristol?

Last time I went to Chiquitos I asked if I could have the paella sans squid, as it doesn't agree with me.

"Sorry, it comes ready made. We just heat it up."

Not been back.

Chiquitos Must surely be on the way out. It's always revolting. The food is scummy in the extreme. It's so expensive for pure crap.

Similar to Pran, my great-aunt thought she was very sophisticated in the 70s to serve avocado pears with custard at a dinner party.

My DNan never ate at her house again

Given that this looked a pretty boring OP, this thread has turned out exciting. Who'd have thought there'd be so many ways to get an injury from an avocado?

Back on theme, a friend of mine once ordered an instalata tricolore at an Italian restaurant - mozzarella, tomato and avocado. Instead of avocado it came with cucumber - can you imagine the disappointment?

sorry, insalata, not instalata.

hackmum that would have gone straight back to the kitchen, although I suppose technically it still complied to its description.

I've just remembered another one and the reason I hate Frankie and Benny's. My DS ordered a pizza there and it came with virtually no mozzarella on it. There was the teeniest amount of cheese but not enough to actually melt down and stick the toppings to the bread so they'd just COVERED the thing in chopped peppers. When he picked it up all the peppers slid off and landed in his lap. When I asked what the hell was going on I was told that they'd almost completely run out of cheese, so they were having to ration it. In a place that mostly sells pizza.

And again, right next to a massive supermarket.

I went for breakfast at wetherspoons mistake last year with a friend. I ordered eggs benedict while my friend ordered the large breakfast. 20 minutes later my friend had her breakfast and the manager told me they had no poached eggs... I could have fried or scrambled eggs but they were out of poached eggs...

Never been back...

hahahaha