On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 11:40:03 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:

>
> I agree. I've done that many many times and *only once* ever been
> refused because it was a secret.
> The refusal was a restaurant's family secret recipe for scrambled
> eggs, handed down from grandmother.
>
> I had seen "scrambled eggs" on the lunch menu and commented that this
> was rather unusual in that kind of restaurant (high class food and
> service ) Who on earth would go to such a restaurant then order
> scrambled eggs? The owner replied " These are not ordinary scrambled
> eggs, not like any you've ever tasted. People come hundreds of miles to
> eat this very secret recipe from my grandmother.It has never been shared
> outside the family and never will be."
>
> Naturally I thought he was joking or boasting but I reckon my
> scrambled eggs are pretty damn good so of course I had to order his to
> compare.
>
> Well, they were the best most delicious scrambled eggs I have ever
> eaten. The magic ingredient was indefinable, half way between a scent
> and a flavour, with a specially creamy texture, and he would never tell
> me how they did it. Countless guess-experiments at home with truffles,
> herbs, spices, different creams, buttermilk, sourcream, yoghurt etc but
> I have never managed to replicate it.


Was this restaurant in the UK? Wherever it is, I'd love to know the name of it.