Au Bascou — Restaurant in Paris

It was OK. Really.

But a small interaction/misunderstanding could have been avoided.

And my French isn't great, so somebody else might have had different interactions with the waiter in question.

While I ordered, a lunch "special" was mentioned to me (for a few euros more), for a total of 20 euros with dessert.

I hadn't seen the size of their portions so I chose to order "à la carte". I told the waiter that. He wasn't thrilled. But he let me.

I thought that I could decide later. And I did.

I ended up paying 11 euros for the same dessert everyone else got. They paid approx. 6 euros. And I paid 11.

And the problem is I only remembered him mentioning that on the bill, my dessert would have to appear under a different name, Vacherin. Without mentioning the price would go up.

I survived, obviously. And, yes, I'm writing it to vent.

But I wouldn't do that to other people and I just want you to know.

Later that winter, my French colleague, a smart, single, female individual, taught me a very useful expression.

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