Marinated Pork Sandwich

So, here is how the menu read:

Shredded Roast Pork Marinated in a Semi-Sweet & Spicy Southern Asian Marinade with Slices of Fresh Cucumber and Jalapeno Peppers and Sprigs of Cilantro on a Toasted French Roll. Served with Coleslaw on the Side.

So the sandwich came to the table and looked great! Until upon further inspection I discovered gobs of mayo ON BOTH SIDES of the bread...nasty! What part of that menu description says, "comes with loads of mayonnaise"? This is where you have to ask yourself a critical question...do I send it back? I didn't ask for "no mayo", but why would a pulled pork sandwich with Asian marinade come with mayo? If there had been mayo on one side I could possibly have salvaged the sandwich, but it was on both sides and was touching the meat...I was NOT eating this sandwich. So I decided to politely send it back. As you know this is a risky decision, but to be honest, after weighing the options, it was worth the risk. So I told the waitress that I was sorry, but I didn't think I could eat the sandwich with mayo on it and I didn't realize it came with it and could I please send it back and get a new one without mayo. She said she would ask the chef. About 10 minutes later the chef came out and personally delivered my new mayo-less lunch. He explained that the reason he puts mayo on it was so that the toasted french roll does not get soggy.

So I was appreciative of the new sandwich, but thought the explanation was lame. Protect the bread by ruining it with Mayo. There is a moral to this story though...always request "no mayonnaise" regardless of whether the menu states that it comes with it, or if you can't fathom that mayo would come on it. Better safe than sorry.

So the story has a happy ending too, without the mayo, this may have been one of the best pork sandwiches I have ever had. It was fantastic. Oh and bonus...instead of cole slaw on the side I got piping hot crispy french fries. I didn't ask for a substitution, I was just going to leave the slaw on the plate. But the fries were hella good. WAY better than some mayonnaise slaw would have been!