On 2014-09-23 10:33 AM, David E. Ross wrote:

>> I can't think of one formal setting that would serve you shrimp in a
>> shell. If you're talking about a typical Chinese restaurant, that's
>> hardly formal.
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> I was thinking of a rather expensive Italian restaurant: many waiters,
> white table cloths, vallet parking, a wine list longer than the menu, NO
> pizza, everything tasted fresh (no canned or frozen).

Is there such a place outside of Italy. Any Italian restaurant around
here has a menu that consists mostly of various shapes of pasta with
slight variations of tomato sauce, may al Frado or a clam sauce. Some
of the upscale Italian places have fancier pasta dishes, like ravioli
with a lobster sauce. I don't think I have ever seen one that has no pizza.