nouvelle cuisine

[stuck]

On the table, in the restaurant we just ate in, salt, pepper and sanitiser.

I did sprinkle a little salt on the chunky chips that came with my meal but declined the option to add sanitiser.

Ken

[HansV]

Eating in times of Covid19...

[Rudi]

It similar to finger bowl water in fancy restaurants. Always comical when people accidently drink from it.

[John Gray]

My favourite Thai restaurant/café also has on each table an exotic-looking plastic flower in a small container. I don't think anyone has tried to eat that yet...
I'm never quite sure whether the cleverly-carved carrot which comes on your plate should be eaten, or simply admired and left, decorously.

[GeoffW]

Isn't it normal for alcohol to be offered at a restaurant?

[HansV]

I'm never quite sure whether the cleverly-carved carrot which comes on your plate should be eaten, or simply admired and left, decorously.

You're NOT supposed to eat it, as far as I know.

[HansV]

Some 45 years ago, I was staying in a youth hostel in Cork, Ireland.
During dinner, bowls of gravy were placed on the tables. One of the guests immediately picked up a bowl, brought it to his mouth and drank it in one gulp...

[John Gray]

Some 45 years ago, I was staying in a youth hostel in Cork, Ireland.
During dinner, bowls of gravy were placed on the tables. One of the guests immediately picked up a bowl, brought it to his mouth and drank it in one gulp...

At least your hapless guest did not put his foot in it!
["One Foot in the Grave-y"...!]

[ChrisGreaves]

..immediately picked up a bowl, brought it to his mouth and drank it in one gulp...

So you have met other Australians!
And a beer-drinker, at that!!
Chris

[ChrisGreaves]

["One Foot in the Grave-y"...!]

(sigh!). I suppose you expect(orate) me to ri-poste with the observation that he might have had a coffin-fit ....
Cheers
Chris

[HansV]

So you have met other Australians!

Are Aussies known for drinking gravy?
(The person in question didn't look but looks can deceive of course)

[HansV]

At least your hapless guest did not put his foot in it!

While on holiday in France, I have eaten at least twice in restaurants named "Le pied dans le plat" (The foot in the plate). I had to suppress the tendency to check my plate for footprints when it was served.

[ChrisGreaves]

So you have met other Australians!

Are Aussies known for drinking gravy?
(The person in question didn't look but looks can deceive of course)

Not at all.
It was the phrase "drank it in one gulp" that caught my attention. I speak from experience.

Chris

[Leif]

While on holiday in France, I have eaten at least twice in restaurants named "Le pied dans le plat" (The foot in the plate). I had to suppress the tendency to check my plate for footprints when it was served.

Footprints of the elephant in the room?
(Mettre les pieds dans le plat)

[ChrisGreaves]

... the tendency to check my plate for footprints when it was served.

Hans, I don't care which wine you ordered; footprints never show up in wine if it has been properly filtered!
Of course, there may be numerous hansprints on the outside of the bottle (he said, wobbling back on-topic)
Cheers
Chris

[HansV]

Footprints of the elephant in the room?
(Mettre les pieds dans le plat)

Yes - that's what the phrase refers to. "To put one's foot in it".

[GeoffW]

FB_IMG_1627597403165.jpg

[StuartR]

[John Gray]

My pedantic inclination would make me question whether your hands actually 'consume' the alcohol, since undoubtedly it evaporates quite rapidly from the surface of the skin.

[ChrisGreaves]

My pedantic inclination would make me question whether your hands actually 'consume' the alcohol, since undoubtedly it evaporates quite rapidly from the surface of the skin.

Hi John.
Surely this would depend on whether or not you were a liquor-licker?
Cheers
Chris