Mental Floss sent me a list of dining-related taboos from around the world. The list was compiled from several different sources, it seems. One of them states that you should not ask for extra cheese in Italy.
That reminds me of how it is impolite to add wasabi to your sushi in Japan. And also about how you shouldn't ask for ketchup in France. It seems like whenever a particular cuisine is the pride of a country (or should we say a chef), it is impolite to do anything other than eating it as it is presented to you. The chef's work should be already perfect; making any change to it means that you are implying it isn't.
In Italy, never ask for cheese if it's not explicitly offered to you. It's considered a sin to put extra cheese on top of your pizza -- and it's even worse to put it on seafood.
That reminds me of how it is impolite to add wasabi to your sushi in Japan. And also about how you shouldn't ask for ketchup in France. It seems like whenever a particular cuisine is the pride of a country (or should we say a chef), it is impolite to do anything other than eating it as it is presented to you. The chef's work should be already perfect; making any change to it means that you are implying it isn't.
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