Sophisticated Dining Prints

'He's judging our reserve pinot noir - five years to produce it, five seconds in his mouth.'

'I sent out for everything.'

"Your food didn't melt, young man... this is the soup course."

Come dine with me!

"Cheers! Well, this is exciting. I've never had a dinner date with a duck before." "Relax, honey. I'm just here for the bread."

Grace For Flies

"The menu just says fried fish, but may I give you a more compelling, surprisingly lyrical description?"

Sloaney Pony.

LAY ZEE FUK

"I love this place—its food, its ambience, and its political goals."

"Stephen and I are today's special."

"Behold! As I transform this family size frozen lasagna into a meal for one."

"And I'll also take my steak raw thank you."

"Cheers! Well, this is exciting. I've never had a dinner date with a duck before." "Relax, honey. I'm just here for the bread."

'I'll have the crab cake, and he'll have the crabby cake.'

"I'd like the garden salad with the blue cheese dressing, and my mother would like me married by age thirty."

"I know you didn't order the snails, sir. They're complimentary with the salad."

Life is for the birds.

Cutaway view of Ocean liner.

Party of two? No, it was quite a large party.

'Sorry sir, we've run out of parmesan cheese.'

"The chef is going to need more than just your ‘compliments’ tonight … he’s in one of his moods."

"You'll love this. It's swarthy yet munificent, didactic and gregarious with hints of dogma."

Diner.

"You do like octopus?"

"Monsieur, si vous plaît. I'm sure I ordered the fusilli and not the Fusilier."

'Your French dip, sir.'

The wonderful world of cheese.

T"ruly, Susan, I envy no man."

"Even the waiters here are organic."

"The fish sticks here are very good."

"This place is one of New York's best-kept secrets."

'You complimented the chef on his dumplings -now he wishes to return the compliments!'

'‘Because I said so' or ‘Just wait until you have kids of your own' section?'