On 8/2/05, Olaf M. Kolkman <olaf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Yesterday I had a very nice salad in this slightly overpriced > restaurant down the road from the IETF venue. Its a Brasserie > specialized in Fruit de Mere. > > I ordered Salade Italienne. Very nice indeed, until I hit a bug, > covered in olive oil, that was enjoying the salad too. I am not a > specialist in insects but I know cockroaches come in many different > shapes and forms. The small animal covered in oil could have been a > baby cockroach. > > I signaled the waiter and after several "Oh-la-la's" he offered me a > new salad. I lost my appetite so I refused. So far nothing to > complain about. But then came the bill. I was charged. Then I > specifically asked if something could be done about that. And to be > honest I'd settled for anything symbolic, free wine, free desert, > espresso, anything. But the waiter could not be convinced. > > Hence my recommendation. Do not go to: > Le Ternes Pereire > 84, Avenue de Ternes > 75017 Paris > > Actually pass by, look at the menu, and if the waiter tries to > convince you to come in just mention the cockroach in the salad. > > http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/cockroach.html > > > --Olaf > > > PS. Somebody suggested that it would be nice to have a meeting Wiki > for recommendations on restaurants, stories about pickpockets, and > other non process and non technical cruft. > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > You should have refused to pay citing health concerns, and thretened to report the restaurant. Exactly what kind of conditions does the kitchen have that a baby cockroach would make it into the salad? And further, why would it be common enough that they would have to charge for these salads, or not be profitable? _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf