Dinner at a French restaurant

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Woman: This place is so nice


Man: This is supposed to be one of the best French places in town.


Woman: mm, I did not realize that you were so cultured.


Man: You're sweet. My French is pretty good, so I can order for both of us.


Woman: Ooh. 


Man: If you'd like.


Woman: Well, well, well.


Waiter: Bonjour, welcome to chez de la notre vendre, I am your waiter for this evening. My name is jean-luc de la Pierre-Renault, but you may call me Jean.


Man: Bonjour, Jean.


Woman: Ooh, look at you.


Waiter: If you have any questions about anything at all I am more than happy to assist you.


Man: Jean? I got it. Merci beaucoup.


Waiter: Tres bien. Well, our first special tonight is our poisson du jour. It's a loup de mer plus [speaking french], served with a [speaking french], that is served on bed of [speaking french] and also served with [speaking french] and [speaking french].


Man: Mmm. 


Woman: Mmm.


Man: Yum.


Waiter: Our soup today is a [speaking French] with a dash of [speaking French] and served with melted [speaking French].


Man: Soup. 


Woman: Yeah.


Waiter: Our other seafood today, we have a very nice [speaking French], from the [speaking French] valley in [speaking French]. It is served with a side of [speaking French] [continues speaking French] sauce.


Woman: Man, it's just, I'm a little bit overwhelmed.


Man: Haha, yeah, yes. Oh, god, I'm so glad you said that. I was about to say the same thing.


Woman: So you would recommend getting the [speaking French] with the, um... Ooh, I'm sorry, is the [speaking French] in a heavy [speaking French] sauce?


Waiter: Oh, no, no, no. It's more like a [speaking French] sauce.


Woman: What do you think? I'm gonna defer to him on this one. Because he knows this stuff way better than I do.


Waiter: Oh, yes. Monsieur?


Man: What? Um, yeah. We're--we'll have the… Swund--uh, The– [nasal honking] I'm– Shhnn. [speaking gibberish] We'll try the fleur– [speaking gibberish]. It's been nice knowing you. Have a lovely dinner.