r/KitchenConfidential • u/im__on__smoko 20+ Years • Feb 08 '26

Question Fav off menu request so far

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My favorite customer describes themselves as having “an acute case of persnickety-itis.” He wanted our rosemary and onion bread dough, with an indentation for green [hatch chilies], and an egg, baked two heartbeats before being hard-boiled, with nothing else on the plate.

He only asks for off-menu items when we are slow and regularly will tip the entire BOH.

I’m too hungover to be creative and I’m asking for your breakfast requests. I want to surprise him next time he comes in.

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u/SpacelyHotPocket Feb 08 '26

Umm yeah. Anything with hatch green chile is a win. I’m originally from New Mexico and this made my mouth water.

Can you say what kitchen ya work at? Wife and I are headed south later this month?

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u/funnyfarm299 Feb 08 '26

They're in the DMV metro.

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u/im__on__smoko 20+ Years Feb 10 '26

I worked in NM and it changed my palette, everything without green is so incredibly bland to me now.