As promised, I’m back to share my story of one dream of a waiter, who treated me to an extraordinary dining experience.
He even gave me a special recipe!
On this particular evening, we enjoyed a lovely meal at the hotels’ outdoor café – complete with said waiter, who went well beyond the call of duty.
The previous night, we had explained to him our disappointment earlier in the week – a dinner that had been set up with the hotel for a special occasion.
Despite the advance notice, the meal had not only been disappointing, but confusing.
(It was unclear whether the wait staff and the kitchen even knew about my dietary restrictions).
I’ve long been aware of a certain “disconnect”, as I call it, among restaurant staff – meaning that whatever special instructions you give to your waiter might not get all the way to the chef.
This is why you always need to ask, and ask again, whether your food was properly prepared and is indeed gluten-free.
The process can be frustrating and tiresome to say the least.
So, imagine my delight when this particular waiter informed me that the hotel takes food allergies very seriously.
When dessert arrived with a non gluten-free cookie sticking out from the sorbet at a jaunty angle – never a good sign – he whisked it away and personally prepared a fresh serving.
