The most popular dishes on Deliveroo

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If you want a home delivery from the restaurant which would not deliver otherwise, call Deliveroo. Many do. The data published by Deliveroo early this year makes me wonder: how many dishes are in the top ten in the UK which you can not eat with your hands? (Yes, rice is eaten by hand in India. Yes, Debrett's agree that pizza is finger food. And many other dishes too ).

Deliveroo UK's top ten most-ordered dishes 2017

1. Cheeseburger, Five Guys – London, UK 
2. Boojum's Twojum, Boojum – Belfast, UK 
3. Chicken Katsu Curry, Wagamama – London, UK
4. Cheese 6oz American Cheeseburger, Gourmet Burger Kitchen – London, UK
5. Chicken Tinga Burrito, Mission Burrito – Bristol, UK
6. Medium Grilled Chicken Burrito, Tortilla – Brighton, UK
7. Crazy Salmon Roll, Kenji Sushi – Edinburgh, UK
8. Byron Burger, Byron – London, UK
9. Dead Hippie Burger™, MEATliquor – London, UK
10. Oahu Bowl, Ahi Poké – London, UK

But cutlery is still in high demand. 

Increasing interest to prepare different cuisines and special gourmet dishes at home, gaining popularity of concept of social dining and fine dining concept, and growing popularity of casual dining are likely to drive the global cutlery market growth. Further, growing number of households across geographies will influence aggregated demand for the products. Increasing use of edible cutlery is one of the major trends that the market is expected to witness during the forecast period. Cutlery Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2017 - 2022

Fingers, beware.

CATCHING BACON MID-AIR

Finger food is an exciting topic. Common sense helps. If it jumps off the plate when touched with the knife, lay down your arms. Use your fingers. (Washing them before and after is not optional).

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Let us know what you think about table manners.

Do you need a table for table manners?

No, not really...

How to offend the locals (at the table and away from it...)

First of all, tell them they are locals. I did it in Macedonia. He was supposed to pick me up in the morning to bring me and my (big) suitcase to their office, so I could work for a couple of hours before taking off, back to London. He was born in Skopje, went to school there, still works in the same city 30+ years later.

So here I am. Waiting at the corner of the streets he mentioned yesterday. It is freezing cold. Little do I know that he is turning into a piece of ice at another corner of the same streets. You don't expect one of the streets to be a crescent and crossing the other one twice, do you? Good forty minutes later we manage to meet each other. I am confused, he is unhappy. And then I say:" But you are local..." I learn more than I ever wanted about the Balkan tempers in the next three minutes

I still don't know why. But he took it as an offence. He said "What? You called me local?"
Any advice on why you think this happened will be very much appreciated. Let us know in the comments what it meant to the guy if you think you understand what it was.

Below - more ways to offend the locals. And much more of rather useful information on etiquette abroad. Let us know if you are local (did I say it again?) and you think the advice in this article is not 100% correct.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/Travel-etiquette-how-to-avoid-offending-the-locals/

TK