The next sentence: Me gustaría pedir, por favor.
You have taken your seat and are looking for someone to take your order. By now the huge loaf stands for me gustaría – so on your table there is a basket of delicious bread.
Nobody waves in this restaurant: there is a pedal under the table. You press it, a bell apparently rings outside, and the waiter comes in, dressed like a director (pedir – from “pedal” and the German “Direktor”). Of course he comes in through a gate, the gate for por favor.