I literally came in here just to make this comment. Like Ragusea, I prefer every bite to be slightly novel and different.
One of my favorite hacks for Ceasar Salad: Take a bag of packaged croutons, put it flat on the table, and crush it with the bottom of a pan. Repeatedly. Until you get a mix of various sized crouton chunks, gravel, and dust. Apply to salad.
I ate a Ceasar this way in some fancy restaurant and I've been making it that way ever since.
You brought your own croutons and pan to a fancy restaurant?? Bold.
If it was a fancy restaurant, he probably asked the waiter for pan-smashed croutons.
At normal restaurants, you can use the two-plate method to approximate the effect of pan-smashing croutons.