E. Malkin

Review of The Fat Duck "Gastronomic Rest...

Fantastic, delicious, and personal.

Fantastic, delicious, and personal.

The one thing that was better though was our waiter, or "storyteller". He seemed to be the most charming of the staff, and was just brilliant. I have to mention something, but it involves a spoiler, so if you don't want to ruin the surprise (you don't!), stop reading here.

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I realised that they had an acrylic laser printer after they gave us several personalised plastic pieces, including a highly-detailed windsurfer after I mentioned to the waiter that I liked windsurfing at the beach during the course of the dinner. My brother joked that as they were personalising everything so incredibly well, he was expecting a motorbike - something he's always wanted. When my brother went outside, I asked the waiter whether he could print my brother a motorbike, and the waiter even ascertained the specific model (a Triumph Speed Triple R) and managed to have it printed for the end of the dinner to my brother's complete surprise and astonishment. The motorbike was so detailed that my brother noticed the unique exhaust and three small distinguishing pipes at the front of the machine.

The waiter is tall, has a strong French accent but is perfectly understandable, and wears glasses that he says aren't good enough for him to read the fine print on the menu, even with the magnifying glass. He also has a nice watch that has a face which looks quite complicated, as though it reveals the workings of the watch.

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Thank you.