A disappointing experience

Snails in cabbage

Terrine de sanglier

Riz de veau

I forgot to say that our outing to Au Petit Marguery was not a total success.  The room was Bel Epoque and very attractive.  Nice white table cloths and napkins and, initially, very attentive service.  Maybe even a little on the rushed side.   We ordered our food and then Peter got out the wine list and our waitress was back to take his order before he had turned the page.  We ordered water and then ordered it again!  Peter had cabbage stuffed with snails in some sort unidentifiable filling with a pale sauce round it.  It was interesting to look at but hard to cut into and fairly tasteless.  I had terrine de sanglier, wild boar...or should that be 'bore'.  Not at all interesting.   Then I had sweetbreads - a large helping on a bed of spinach.  It had a rich flavour but was not very subtle.  Peter had veal kidneys which he enjoyed although the sautée potatoes got soggy in the sauce.  I had ice cream afterwards.  There was 'plombiere' (which means plumber) listed as a flavour but no English translation so I asked.  Three waiters shrugged their shoulders in ignorance.  Eventually someone came along who knew.  Rum and raisin!  We are still trying to work out the connection.  The waitress seemed affronted that Peter topped up our glasses, but she had not noticed each time they emptied.   When we came to leave they brought out the wrong coats three times!  In the end I had to go to the cupboard at the back of the restaurant to identify them.  Whereupon the waitress yanked them off the hanger, threw them over her shoulder and marched off to the front of the restaurant leaving me to bring up the rear.  We booked via a website and the next day I left a luke warm review!

Revenge is a dish best served cold!  A saying attributed to the Mafiosi in Sicily!