Karen at a formal dinner

We always ate dinner in the formal dining room as we had our own private table and didn't have to make idle chatter with strangers - SWEET! We had breakfast once in the formal dining room and were seated at a table with a family from France that didn't speak English. We got to try all manner of dishes as you could order as many appetizers, entrees and desserts as you liked. We usually would start with some kind of cold soup (apple, pear, vichyssoise, etc.) add a few hot appetizers, a single entree each (usually one of us would try whatever Jose was recommending that night) and then we'd each get a dessert. The food was excellent.