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Default Dataw Island Valentine's Dinner 2014

On 1/28/2014 2:58 PM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
> March Hare wrote:
>> On 1/28/2014 11:39 AM, Michael Kuettner wrote:
>>> Tell them it's Coquille Saint-Jacques and they should at least tell
>>> how they prepare it.
>>> I also like the "lightly dusted with [...] peppercorns" ....
>>> Lightly dusted with pepper, OK. Lightly sprinkled with peppercorns, OK.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Michael Kuettner

>>
>>
>> Are you grasping that ineptitude bleeds through their pretension?

>
> I'd call it "delusions of grandeur" ...
> That's why I find Jills reports of that overpriced restaurant so
> entertaining.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Kuettner
>
> PS : Keep them coming, Jill !
>

I will, Michael. Not all of the menus are interesting. This one
struck me as funny. They usually make silly mistakes in their attempts
to make things sound like haute cuisine.

Jill