Setanta wrote:"Ah, je vois . . . vous avez d'autres coquillages, Monsieur? Je n'ai pas à vous gêner de mes gaucheries . . . "
What is the translation of that?
"Oh, i see . . . do you have any other shellfish, Sir? I certainly have no business embarrassing you with my gaffes . . . "
littlek wrote:the wrong pronounciation is broosheta, the right version is broosketa. Kicky, you forgot the h in gnocchi.
Damn, you're right, littlek!
I still have a hard time getting the italian 'o' pronounced right.
After much practice--to impress my date--I ordered the entire meal in perfect French. The waiter was astounded. It was a Chinese restaurant.
Gnocchi is such a pain in the ass to prepare, one is well advised to eat it only in restaurants, and save themselves the grief.
kicky, just say: "I'll have number 27, please."
I really need to refine my tribal language skills.
One thought - say something like gee .... everything here sounds so good, then ask the server for some suggestions. That is an especially good idea if you have no clue as to what an item is on the menu (forget about even pronouncing correctly). That way you don't end up with cow lips or something like that. This one guy I used to work with once did that at a Vietnamese restaurant. He ordered something that he read off the menu. The server realizing this was a typical American that had no clue what he was in for - suggested that he may not like what he was ordering. I think it was some sort of chicken that was barely cooked. This guy being as arrogant as he was insisted that he wanted that particular item - I wasn't there at the time, but all my other co-workers said it looked disgusting. To save face, he ate the whole thing. Funny thing is he never ordered that particular dish again.
You want real fun, try a French restaurant in Tokyo. A buddy travels there often - one time they got ostrich liver. Now they stick to places with pictures on the menu.
I've gotta ask - why would anyone want to go to a French resto?
Save your vocab classes for an interesting cuisine.
uh -oh.
now you've done it, beth!
I sure hope she isn't going to say British food. "Cuisine" it is not.
Now, if you want to talk about cajun/creole....
I kind of agree with Beth though....not a big fan of French restaurants.
Thai
Vietnamese
Goan
Venezuelan
almost anything that isn't from Europe
so there
I love pasta and sauce . . . them Frenchies, they do up a nice sauce, but pâtes, their notion of pasta, just don't get it . . .
(Psssst, Francis, i know you ain't supposed to use them little hats over the vowells no more, but it ain't entirely agains the rules now, is it?)
pates has nuttin to do with pasta. and it's damn tasty. french cheese and wine cannot be beat either. as we slovaks say: there's as many tastes as there's people.... or i guess to each his own.
Kicky, just order the freedom toast.
Big belly laugh here!
