Lisa Magnusson: Put the ego aside – let in children in the tavern
Is it allowed to be some good advice on how to handle the combination of children and restaurants? One might think that the chef Tea Malgegård’s list on Instagram would be to delight. But not.
Our elongated country is split in two.
It is those who think The fact that children obviously belong to the pub, and as strikingly often have an annoying « wonderfully continentaaal » entrance: in Sweden we are so boring, here everything should be quiet and arranged and the children tucked away at an institution, we should see more to countries like Italy, where everyone shines up when they see a kid and immediately start pinching them in the cheek!
Well the difference is that in Italy, the growing family behaves, in turn points out friends. There they sit still and shave in the back, with water -combed hair and braids, and seriously politely small faces, and if you ever hear them speak, it is to say a low -key thanks for the food. In Sweden, on the other hand, the kids release and scream and fight, and destroy the restaurant experience for everyone else: Kyparn, it’s a child in my soup!
No, we Swedes have Not at all the same pli on our little ones. It is probably because we – unlike in Italy – do not act them, and that consideration is therefore a lesson that must be worn in other ways. It can take time, as children to nature are curious and high energy.
Therefore, you may not have to bring your youngest to the finest fine restaurants, where everything revolves around the food itself as a swindling extreme sports event.
But else? Why shouldn’t they go out and eat?
Many people think they have the right to stay everywhere without having to deal with things they personally do not like.
I guess the resistance is due to the huge self -centering that has become the norm in recent years: many people think they have the right to stay everywhere without having to deal with things they personally do not like.
But children are an obvious part of society, and if there are to be people of them then they must be allowed to join. Sometimes they will disturb, just as adults can interfere with laughing too loudly, smelling disgusting or having an unbearable personality – such is life.
And on our inexorable Travel towards death is well Tea Malgegård’s tips just excellent. She says things like families should make sure everyone runs off before the visit. That the service should turn directly to the children and let them order themselves, preferably talk to them a little extra. And the kitchen is informed that almost all the little ones prefer when the sauce is served alongside the pasta.
She has not included any tips for other dining guests, so here comes mine instead: have patience. Remember that even you were a screaming little kid.
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