Fondue can do!

Today after work Kaori (who used to work at a place I used to work at) took us to this fancy (but not too expensive) restaurant, where the featured dish was cheese fondue. Now, I'm not a big fan of prissy food--by which I mean food with French names--but I make exceptions for prissy food that's smothered in cheese, such as cheese fondue, and poutine.

Kaori picked a great day for us to go to this place, since live entertainment was provided by L'embranca, that being a violin, a "guiter" (=misspelled guitar), a pandeiro (=tambourine with a fancy name), as well as the people who play those instruments. There were some high-brow music fans in the restaurant, and I especially enjoyed watching one grey-haired fellow shovel food onto his plate in perfect time with the music. (And later I think I caught a glimpse of him chewing in syncopation.)

After the first set was over, the servers started handing out free booze. Everyone in the restaurant was, for some unfathomable reason, presented with a 100 mL bottle of liqueur, with such flavours as karin ("Chinese quince") and pomegranate.

Free alcohol? Who gives out free alcohol? Who do these people think they are?