Different every time. I had the goat at a nice Mexican restaurant in San Antonio last year. It was really good. I travel constantly so I'm always trying something new.

Something familiar - food allergies. Not the way I want to go out. lol

Otherwise I'd try new things.

Usually order the familiar - typically seafood.

Several years ago I was attending a study session in DC and we tried a different ethnic restaurant every night. I loved it. I tried things I will never have the the opportunity to try again. You only live once and my employer was footing the bill.

If it's a restaurant I've never been to, I usually try something safe that I know I like, that way I get a feel of how the quality of their food is. If it ends up working out, then the next time I go there I tend to try new things I've never had.

I was a chef for almost 16 years so always something new

Good question. I have two modes of ordering. The first is ordering what I call "restaurant food" - that is, food I am unlikely to make at home. I can make a damn good spaghetti bolognaise at home, so why order it when I am out? As opposed to blue swimmer crab, which I can't do at home. The second is the classic test - a meal I've ordered in so many restuarants that I know my benchmarks. My best example of that is massamum beef curry in Thai restaurants. That and larb. It is by those that I know if the Thai is any good. (Sidebar comment - the second best Thai I've ever had was in Bangkok. The best? In Copenhagen. Crazy, I know, but there it is.)

Depends either or, usually I don’t order fish at a place I don’t know it’s standard

I don't try new things really at all

We are vegetarian. But we always ask the staff what they are most proud of. We tend to try what they think they do well. We usually aren't disappointed.

Depends. If something is on the menu with inteeresting ingredients or an interesting combination of ingredients, I would be tempted to try it.

If it is new restaurant, everything is new or a fresh spin on what you have had before.

That being said, sometimes I will order something I know, or will mix it up if I am bored.

I avoid eating at restaurants since they tend to add chemicals like MSG, to the food, make you tip the waiter instead of paying him a living wage, and I have no idea what's really organic or not.

Whole Foods used to have an organic food bar where you paid by the ounce.

I look to see what is in it for something new and if it sounds good I will order it.

Usually, I will study their menu on line first, as a professional chef it is tough for me to try new places, dishes....first cause there isn't much I haven't made ot eaten, second if it is bad, I'll usually just eat it, if it is really bad, I send it back.

I usually try something that I like to cook and if they do it better I will go back to try somethig different.

new restaurant-new food. will go to known restaurants for familiar favorites

Because i a lagally blind, and dot' want to have todeal with the meny, I usually order the same things.

However, I do like to try new places and try new things, especially if I am out of town.

I especially liek to try the local or different craft beers wherever I am at.

I ask for a recommendation in each menu category. Sometimes I take the recommendation.

Depends. I usually research new restaurant adventures. Unless it's a diner or something cheap like that, then I almost always get a hamburger and fries. It's one of the few places I will induldge myself and order fries.

In between. I'm not all that adventurous, but if I like the ingredients, individually, I'll try something new.

I always order whatever I feel like eating

These days because of stomach problems I try to stick to tp I know what won't bother my stomach. Noemally tho, adventurous

I try to venture outside my comfort food zone, but some days I just want to stick with the usual.

I am pretty adventurous, and like to try new things. I would most likely try something different.