Most of Iltalehti’s readers think that it is good to go to a fine restaurant to eat with children, but bad behavior should not be tolerated.
Do children belong to fine restaurants? Last week, Pippuri.fi wrote about a topic for which a top chef Henri Alénilla was an unequivocal opinion. According to Alén, children belong to restaurants, including fine ones.
– It is worth taking the child to the restaurant to enjoy being together and sitting at a table right from the moment he knows how to sit in a high chair, Alén said in an interview with Iltalehti.
We also asked the readers of Iltalehti for their opinions. The topic provoked a lively debate and there were well over a hundred responses. The majority of respondents were of the opinion that children should and should be taken to the restaurant, as long as the parents take care of the children and do not let the children get upset.
– Now Alé’s talking! Of course, I wouldn’t go to Michelin restaurants with my own dumplings. But those children’s rattles and sausages and nuggets are a scourge. One of the biggest reasons why it is not fun to go on a trip to Finland for a longer period of time is to feed the family in restaurants. The idea that muks are munching on a week’s ran is disgusting. The children themselves do not want to eat those traditional portions of children, but prefer to eat the right food. Put half the portions on the restaurateur’s list. You can get there yourself easier, writes the nickname Delicious Momentum.
– Get and keep. Personally, I have had to be with my parents in all situations since I was a child, and that’s what has taught me to behave. Many problems with children start right when they are not taken anywhere to places where they need to know how to behave properly, says Tessu.
Some respondents said they still remember visiting a restaurant after years of good experience.
– We were eating in Salud, Tampere years ago. Includes 7-year-old daughter and 5-year-old twins. The children were introduced to the list, as were the adults, and they ordered their curiosity about lobster and lamb chops, among other things. The experience is amazing. And not least thanks to the hall staff. It left an eternal memory, a love for good food. One of our children is a chef, one a passionate home cook and one a connoisseur. That is, children are involved and feel free to give them a chance to test new flavors. And it doesn’t hurt to be able to enjoy Finnish restaurant culture at its best from a young age, the nickname Mintsu writes.
– My 4-year-old visited my granddaughter once a month. The manners were learned. The 8-year-old took garlic snails as an appetizer like Grandma. It became his favorite food. Always wanted to try new dishes. Nowadays, when a teenager is in a hurry, they go for sushi. Our wonderful moment together will probably be remembered by both, writes Pirre.
– You really can and will! I have been to a variety of restaurants with my whole extended family when they were little. In addition, we cooked a variety of specialties at home, even octopuses, etc. At home, we also put a table on top of the last one, crystal cups for coke, great napkins and tablecloths. They grew up open-minded about food, now continuing the tradition with their own children. Grandma’s (my) table is still gathered with an even big group in the Italian style, time and sound are not saved, writes the Professional Chef.
Parental responsibility
Many recalled that it is the responsibility of parents to teach manners if one goes to a restaurant with children.
– If you can behave, then yes. If Dad and Mom have fun with each other and leave the kids a nuisance to other customers, then definitely not. I have seen both varieties. More stressful are parents who just admire the actions of their offspring as they run around the restaurant screaming and stay at each table knowing how many times and perhaps disrupting a very important conversation, writes the nickname I don’t want to talk to stranger children.
– Yes, but under parental supervision. Great to enjoy the refined flavors and taste something new, develop a palette, learn how to eat in a restaurant. But running around, roaring under the tables, drowning in restaurant equipment is not ok. The restaurant is not Hoplop. If crying or anger doesn’t go away with consolation, it’s time to ask for food. Everyone sometimes has a bad day, others have a right to enjoy. It is great that children are included and introduced to this part of the world as well, but the world must also become familiar to the child, taking into account others and the place according to the place. A big heart for the restaurant’s child attention, writes Bonusmummu.
– Yes you can, but age matters and character. If these bullies are running, screaming and screaming, then there is an absolute no. The restaurant needs to know how to behave whether it is evening or day. Parents need advice and guidance and, if necessary, take their irritating, provocative offspring away from disturbing other diners, says the nickname Sometimes.
“Don’t parents need their own peace at times?”
Some readers felt that small children were not part of the restaurant.
– As a parent of four small children, I would say no. Because both in our family, and probably in many others, you can only get there when the children have been in a night village for a long time and, frankly, then you want to go somewhere else and don’t want to listen to the children’s voices and there are fewer restaurants in the bar.
– Once you want to sit in a fine restaurant eating an expensive menu, you don’t want to listen to the children running around, squeaking, or even joking. Not to mention children’s scenes of crying or other behaviors when something is not pleasant. Don’t parents even need their own peace and freedom from the two? write nickname I thought.
– Very rarely have I seen children in a finer restaurant and once with a partner at the time, such a fire came against me. He didn’t stay in the chair, ran along the restaurant and had a terrible noise as we tried to relax at the table next door. It became nothing, writes the childless aunt.
– You can visit the restaurant during the day with the children, I wouldn’t go to the finest places in the evening. It is important to teach your child how to use a restaurant. Guests pay for the atmosphere and a tired annoying child can ruin everyone’s evening. I have been to a restaurant where screaming children ran and threw food, it would have made sense to leave the same place because the evening was ruined and the staff could not handle the situation. Also, restaurants where a lot of alcohol is consumed with food are not the best places for children, So Only.