I've learned to enjoy asking waiters for their recommendations. They usually enjoy the chance to talk up the menu if they see you are genuinely looking for their earnest opinion, and I find it helps break down the social barrier too and bond as a "fast friend" - something that's rare for an ASer to be able to do on the spot! Many waiters will come back and show special personal interest in asking how the meal was, as they now have a personal stake in it.
Otherwise, I literally just narrow it down to basic food type (usually the options are: salad, snack, pasta, sandwich, or "special" dish (i.e. fajitas)) and pick the first thing that sounds appetizing. I know I'll enjoy whatever it is, and personally don't care to stress about whether one good tasting dish will be better tasting than another good tasting dish.
At home, I try to stagger meals so I'm not eating the same thing all the time. But generally, I'm not too picky there either. I view choosing food as a more social thing, rather than an actual preference based on immediate whims.
OK, who else, when asked by your NT significant other (or any other NT, for that matter) a simple question such as: "What's your preference for dinner?, is likely to just shrug and say, "Whatever."
My wife has a hard time grasping that I really don't have a preference and that whatever she makes will be OK with me.
Apparently my brain's priorities don't extend to questions like this, any more than I can do "small talk".
My NT husband is like that.. it comes from learned behavior from the home.. his mother told me she spoiled him. He expects a menu for each evening's meal 
He denies it but his mom told me , he is like that .
But if there is no food on the house or something like that i prefer to buy anything, and quick, because if i don't eat after too many hours i get myself very low functioning
Sometimes It's a little difficult for me too became clear what i really want, as Noetic i need to be hungry or have the needing of something, otherwise i don't care what i eat, except if is something i definitively don't like
I think its more of a guy thing than aspie. <G> NT males are like that too. And a pain in the bohinee too ! <G>
yeah thats right and some females are thus too
, well it's a good thing if you are in a travel and you only will eat canned beans
OK, who else, when asked by your NT significant other (or any other NT, for that matter) a simple question such as: "What's your preference for dinner?, is likely to just shrug and say, "Whatever."
My wife has a hard time grasping that I really don't have a preference and that whatever she makes will be OK with me.
Apparently my brain's priorities don't extend to questions like this, any more than I can do "small talk".
i kno how u feel man
I'm the same way. I don't even think about eating/cooking until I'm hungry. Whenever I go the grocery store, I have to go when I'm hungry or else I won't buy anything at all. Sometimes my mom will ask me in the middle of the afternoon what I want for dinner, and all I can say is "I don't know, I'm not hungry right now". How does she expect me to just know what I will want to eat later?
loool xactly
i find it really irritating when i just can't think fast enough for a question, although i'm finding it easier as i get older by learning and practising what to say in different situations when i'm by myself. with meal times i get around the problem by planning in advance, when ever i have a craving i make sure i remember it and have that at the next meal time. my back up is always pasta with sauce. its handy when my mum asks me what i want because i always have an answer prepared. i love food so i'm often thinking about it.
I usually eat the same thing every day ( reasonably healthy stuff ), then I don't need to think about it.
If I'm in a restaurant it's a bit difficult because I can't use a knife & fork, so I usually choose something I can eat with a fork, or my fingers, but not all restaurants have these options.
It frustrated mom to take me shopping for school clothes because she kept asking me what I thought of different dress she held up and I kept telling her I didnt care. Which would cause her to discard them and hold up MORE items, asking me over and over.
She apparently thought the phrase "I really don't care. Buy whatever you want" meant "I hate what you are holding now but if you torture me long enough in this store, you'll find a perfect dress that will make me weep with joy".
LOL.
If you really don't care, just select every other one and be done with it. 
I hate making choises in general if their not common choises.
Quick decisions in driving is really difficult for me. i got my permit about 8 monthes ago (i procrastinated getting it) and so my mom is always bugging me to drive but i cant make the quick decisions and she gets angry and i always end up regretting even the shortest attempt at driving.
OK, who else, when asked by your NT significant other (or any other NT, for that matter) a simple question such as: "What's your preference for dinner?, is likely to just shrug and say, "Whatever."
My wife has a hard time grasping that I really don't have a preference and that whatever she makes will be OK with me.
Apparently my brain's priorities don't extend to questions like this, any more than I can do "small talk".
"What's your preference for dinner?" I don't even know if I am hungry right now, let alone what I will want later. I have stated this same opinion on my deviantart page.
It frustrated mom to take me shopping for school clothes because she kept asking me what I thought of different dress she held up and I kept telling her I didnt care. Which would cause her to discard them and hold up MORE items, asking me over and over.
She apparently thought the phrase "I really don't care. Buy whatever you want" meant "I hate what you are holding now but if you torture me long enough in this store, you'll find a perfect dress that will make me weep with joy".
I know exactly how you feel! "Mom, whatever, you decide." I had/have no interest in clothing, so I don't care what she got me, as long as it wasn't a tight little shirt/pants,itchy sweater, shoes with a heel(I hate the sound of shoes with a heel), and ankle-socks(long socks are my preference). My mom and sister would spend hours in a store, looking at clothing, and I'm watching them, thinking "what the heck is the appeal in looking at millions of clothes." Most times, my mom would pick out clothing that she deemed as "so cute!! it'll look great on you, you'll finally look like a teenager girl, rather than that weird dressed girl, where is your style?" this would then be something that looked and felt like it was for a 8 year old girl, tight,uncomfortable, and completely not MY STYLE. After a while, my Mom realized that I would only wear big shirts, that didn't hug me so tight. Uuugghh, I hate shopping.
I wonder how many of us find driving difficult because of the sequencing issues involved and the requirement to concentrate on more than one thing at a time. It wouldn't surprise me if it were quite a high proportion of us.
I find driving very difficult, at 17 yrs. old, I took driving lessons, the book work was easy ,but driving always gave me a feeling of dread. Everytime I flipped on the turning signals I forgot to turn them back off, luckily sometime it turns off automatically, if it didn't I would drive for about 5 minutes with it on, giving people the impression that I was going to turn, my instructor always had to remind me to turn it off. Turning signals beep constantly, this beep would be tuned out as I tried to concentrate on everything else. So, at 18, I am afraid to go get my license. Many times during our lessons, I would freeze, stop the car in the middle of the street, and have to wait until I could connect back to the horrible task of driving.I just kept getting overloaded by all the sounds, tasks(turning signals, brakes, speed limit, pedals, adjusting my seat, seeing over the steering wheel, traffic lights, speed of the car, the car behind me, on the side, in front, the truck coming too close to my car, pedestrians, and the non-stop talking of my instructor.) My instructor thought that my nowhere near perfect performance was due to lack of practice( I only wish this was the problem, though maybe practicing would help.) I hope, soon I will try to drive again. Though I already know that my passengers will have to be quiet when I'm driving or there will be consequences.