France-Soir
there is a small french resturant on toorak rd called france-soir. a friend's family brought her there, and after perusing the menu on their website, i decided to go there for my birthday dinner. of course, reservations are a must for these resturants.
on reaching the place, i was greeted by a pompous, arrogant waiter, who spoilt the mood totally by his uniquely french hospitality. i started off saying 'i had a reservation under my name for 6 but..' then he checked and said 'yes but.' and i didn't know what he was saying what the fuck was 'yes but' supposed to mean. then he said 'you said but.' and i continued and told him 'but i have 7.' and the pompous un(or over)educated jackass gave me what i would politely describe as a fuck face and walked off. no 'this way sir' or 'please follow me' from this expensive french resturant.
this idiot played little part in the rest of the night as the food took over, but he had one last dirty trick up his sleeve that the serial headbutter zidane would be proud of. the gallic frog asked what water we wanted, still or sparkling. i ordered still. a minute later 4 bottles of evian appeared while the rest of the guests were drinking what looked like home-made still water that was free, compared to my $5 a bottle bottled spring water, fresh from the french alps.
anyway. we made our orders, and the starters came. the oysters were fresh but not fantastic, not as big as when i buy them fresh from the market. the sea perch dumplings were fabulous, and we used the remaining gravy to dip our bread; tasting like lobster bisque. we also had a caesar salad and that was very nice as well. the dressing coated the vegetables lightly but the salad was very tasty.
the mains were not dissapointing as well. the duck breast that i had was tender and the accompanying sauce brought out the flavour of the duck. the rabbit, scotch fillet and rib eye steak was quite good as well.
we had a bottle of white to go with the starters and a red to go with the main. i ended the meal with a creme brulee and a doppio espresso.
verdict: food was good, not great, but the service was a disgrace. may not go back there again. there are many other places that value their guests more than this arrogant eatery.
on reaching the place, i was greeted by a pompous, arrogant waiter, who spoilt the mood totally by his uniquely french hospitality. i started off saying 'i had a reservation under my name for 6 but..' then he checked and said 'yes but.' and i didn't know what he was saying what the fuck was 'yes but' supposed to mean. then he said 'you said but.' and i continued and told him 'but i have 7.' and the pompous un(or over)educated jackass gave me what i would politely describe as a fuck face and walked off. no 'this way sir' or 'please follow me' from this expensive french resturant.
this idiot played little part in the rest of the night as the food took over, but he had one last dirty trick up his sleeve that the serial headbutter zidane would be proud of. the gallic frog asked what water we wanted, still or sparkling. i ordered still. a minute later 4 bottles of evian appeared while the rest of the guests were drinking what looked like home-made still water that was free, compared to my $5 a bottle bottled spring water, fresh from the french alps.
anyway. we made our orders, and the starters came. the oysters were fresh but not fantastic, not as big as when i buy them fresh from the market. the sea perch dumplings were fabulous, and we used the remaining gravy to dip our bread; tasting like lobster bisque. we also had a caesar salad and that was very nice as well. the dressing coated the vegetables lightly but the salad was very tasty.
the mains were not dissapointing as well. the duck breast that i had was tender and the accompanying sauce brought out the flavour of the duck. the rabbit, scotch fillet and rib eye steak was quite good as well.
we had a bottle of white to go with the starters and a red to go with the main. i ended the meal with a creme brulee and a doppio espresso.
verdict: food was good, not great, but the service was a disgrace. may not go back there again. there are many other places that value their guests more than this arrogant eatery.
posted by daniel at 21:02
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