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"And finally the chef's surprise - the check!"

La Table

'Wait until you taste the artisanal water. It's not to be believed.'

Hamish Harris. The boy bon vivant.

"Ten Dollars?! I can't eat that." Bob was on a strict low-cost diet.

'If by 'great', you mean 'terrible', then yes, we have plenty of great beers for under $4.00 a six-pack.'

"I cook the sausages in French mineral water, I wear a French beret and I can call you 'Monsieur'."

"I come here for the pepper."

"The wine has subtle hints of expensive pretension, but it's balanced nicely by the screw cap."

Butcher's shop has 'Cuts of salami' sign: End, Middle, Other End.

Credit Crunch Corn Flakes.

"Keep in mind, this dish is best served in a restaurant cooked by anyone other than you."

'S'more wine?'

A traveler comments on the red in the sunset. A wine drinker misunderstands, thinking the traveler is referring to the red wine.

Heimlich maneuver, Gastric bypass surgery, Liver transplant.

'Are you sure this wine is ten years old?' - 'Yes, I remember opening it ten years ago.'

'The Specials are the same as the Main Menu dishes, but with more florid descriptions.'

'My husband will order the wine. He happens to be a graduate of the 3-Second Master of Wine program.'

"Red wine with fish? Sometimes you really are a monster."

"Everybody's doing quinoa—at least Kamut still has a nice grainier-than-thou quality."

'Waiter, you seem to have mixed my bill up with somebody who wants to buy this restaurant.'

"How much longer on your visionary gnocchi, Stefano?"

"Pinot Noir, God's apology for White Zinfandel."

A tureen of chefs

'Today the Yuan rose against the pork belly, the chicken beak, the eel, the wanton, and the egg noodle.'

Roadkill Restaurant

"Is anyone enjoying anything?"

"It would be better with a protein, but add-ons are so expensive."

'I think we're all safe now. Go ahead and say spatlese.'

"Honey, quick – the demi-glace is about to simmer – pass me a shot of Don Julio 1942 tequila!"

"As you can see, my culinary creations are eclectic."

'Lovely soup, just like my mother used to open.'

'Snob, he won't eat domestic slugs, just imports.'

"Pat? de fois gras avec des petits pois et pommes de terre au gratin? Very well, sir ? is generic okay?"

"It's an unpretentious little wine!"