Frog Legs
anonymous
November 23 2012, 00:15:56 UTC
A/N: The word ça va means okay/all right in French. Enjoy!
Tiana’s restaurant had been open a year and a half when it happened.
Naveen was this particular diner’s server for the evening and when the diner, in a thick Cajun accent has asked for frog legs of all things, Naveen’s face blanched noticeably.
Naveen resisted the urge to yell in Maldonian at the diner, finding the idea upsetting, but he took a deep breath to compose himself and said, in a reasoned voice, “I will speak with the chef. Feel free to look though our menu some more, ça va?” before he left for the kitchen, where Tiana was both cooking and directing the kitchen staff.
“Hey, darlin’?” Naveen asked, as he watched her work on a big pot of gumbo.
“Yeah, Naveen?” she asked, patiently.
“We don’t serve frog legs, do we?” he asked, slowly, feeling uncomfortable asking the question.
“What?! Of course not!” she exclaimed, jumping in surprise. “Never!”
“Okay, okay, good. A patron asked for that, and… I, come on, frog legs kept us alive in the bayou! It just feels
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Tiana’s restaurant had been open a year and a half when it happened.
Naveen was this particular diner’s server for the evening and when the diner, in a thick Cajun accent has asked for frog legs of all things, Naveen’s face blanched noticeably.
Naveen resisted the urge to yell in Maldonian at the diner, finding the idea upsetting, but he took a deep breath to compose himself and said, in a reasoned voice, “I will speak with the chef. Feel free to look though our menu some more, ça va?” before he left for the kitchen, where Tiana was both cooking and directing the kitchen staff.
“Hey, darlin’?” Naveen asked, as he watched her work on a big pot of gumbo.
“Yeah, Naveen?” she asked, patiently.
“We don’t serve frog legs, do we?” he asked, slowly, feeling uncomfortable asking the question.
“What?! Of course not!” she exclaimed, jumping in surprise. “Never!”
“Okay, okay, good. A patron asked for that, and… I, come on, frog legs kept us alive in the bayou! It just feels ( ... )
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