After a wonderful lunch at Le Cellier, we wondered around the World Showcase for the rest of the day (including doing some Kim Possible for the first time). We had 6:00pm reservations for Chefs de France. We showed up about 15 minutes before our ressie, and we were seated immediately.
For the record, here's my review of my bad service...
Our waitress Maud was perfectly nice and sweet, but over the course of our meal, things started getting hectic. Before I get into the food, let me just say we were here for 2 hours (I HATE when I'm trapped at a restaurant, because we can't find any staff anywhere). Seriously, after our apps, it would be 20 minutes between visits from Maud. She never refilled anything, even when we asked. She came over between entree and dessert and told us that the "systems were running slow." I understand that for ringing up bills, but that doesn't explain the lack of refills and checking back up with us. There was also a moment where her manager came over, and he was visibly upset with her. I've worked food service, so I feel sympathy for those having bad nights. In fact, it bothered me more when the manager came over to ask the family sitting directly next to us if everything was okay and he asked the large table behind them. He never asked us if we needed anything. Once she came back to clear our entrees, we ordered our dessert and asked for the bill all at once. That seemed to speed it up toward the end.
Was this our worst service this time around at Disney? Yes, by a mile. (We had a mix-up at Tusker House, but that didn't upset me. I'll elaborate later). I basically had bad service because Maud was so slow and it took away time I could be walking around the World Showcase. I had no desire to be here for two hours.
Moving on to the food...
Maud brought us out our rolls first. I think it's cute that they take them out of the basket and put them on a plate. These are hot and have a nice crusty outside (If you like your rolls completely soft, these might not be your fave).
For apps, Brittany ordered the Lobster bisque. Allears.net: Bisque de Homard - Lobster bisque.
Brittany LOVED this. She said it was one of the best lobster bisques she's ever had (and apparently she orders it a lot). This isn't my thing so I didn't try it.
I ordered the house salad. Allears.net:Salade maison - selected greens, house vinaigrette dressing.
I wasn't too hungry for this meal, so salad was perfect for an app. The vinaigrette is on the side, which I did dress the salad after I took this. This was a nice salad, love tomato and onion so I just gobbled this up.
For an entree, Brittany ordered the one and only beef dish of our whole meal! Are you excited?? Allears.net: Filet de boeuf grille, sauce au poivre noir Gratin Dauphinois et haricots verts - Grilled tenderloin of beef with a black pepper sauce original potato gratin of Savoy and green beans.
She ordered this well done, so it looks as such. She also really liked this (I don't eat beef, so I didn't try this either.) I tried the beans and potatoes and they were YUMMY. I seriously kept eating her side dishes, because I liked them so much (she didn't mind). She said the beef had a nice flavor, and she was glad she ordered it.
What did I order? The MAC AND CHEESE! Allears.net: Gratin de macaroni - Baked macaroni with cream and gruyere cheese.
Okay seriously, this was right up my alley. And this is not your run-on-the-mill baked macaroni. First, the flavor of the cheese was strong, which made me love this dish even more. Usually people have salt a dish like this, but this had a wonderful flavor in and of itself. The best bites were the ones that included a little bit of the baked cheese crust. Brittany loved this too. I saw this on the DIS a lot, and I am so glad I ordered it. However, this is rich and I wasn't able to finish all of it.
For dessert, Brittany ordered (smartly) the creme brulee. Allears.net: Creme Brulee - Vanilla creme brulee served with a Madeleine.
Though Brittany thought the Madeleine (that cookie thing) was gross, she loved this creme brulee. (I also tried it, it had a wonderful texture and flavor. I liked that it was vanilla. In fact, Brittany called up her dad just to tell him how good this creme brulee was!
I ordered the Profiterolles. I think this is what it is on Allears.net (The desserts were slightly different than what's online): Orifuteroles au chocolat - Puff choux with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce
Hmm... how do I review this? Let me say this, I didn't hate this, but I didn't LOVE it. It was sort of like, if this were the real world, I would have passed. It's my philosophy that if you don't LOVE a dessert and you only sort of like it, let it go. You don't need the calories. But in Disney, all bets are off, and I can eat desserts even if they're just okay. (Everyone knows calories in Disney don't count!
) Basically these are puff pastries, cut in half, filled with ice cream, and drenched in chocolate sauce. My only complaint was that I didn't care for the cold puffed pastry. It was tough to cut them and chew, and they just didn't have a good flavor. So basically this dessert boiled down to ice cream with chocolate sauce. I also don't really like things like cream puffs (because of the "puff" part), so I certainly didn't like it cold.
Because the receipt's right here, the meal cost us $91.81 before tip.
Overall, this was a yummy meal. Yes, the service was bad. However, I would DEFINITELY come back here. I was here in 2001, and it was a favorite for my family then too.
Coming up next... Snacks Part 2
)! The sassogoula (sp???) dinner looks like taco bell except you said the chicken was big pieces and the bell gives tiny minced meat pieces 
