The Gladines in the 13th

Okay, right ... so I'm going to be completely honest. My professor asked me to write about this place which had impressed him and the other two professors. The portions were huge, but I wasn't impressed with the food itself nor the service. Maybe it's because my table did not have a French speaker other than me (and I'm more of a French writer, not a French speaker if you know what I mean), while the other table had my professor (who was the only French professor on board) and the other three French majors. But the server forgot our table. We were missing two Cokes and several plates for the food. I also think that someone didn't have silverware for a long time. It wasn't good.

The food was okay - I really liked the potatoes, but this Basque-style cuisine paled in comparison to the Basque-style chicken that I learned to make at La Cuisine. Oh, and speaking of La Cuisine, do you remember this dessert?

The floating island. Yeah, usually it looks like this :

It's served in a whole bowl of crème anglaise. It was surprised that it was cold. The meringue was exquisite though - the best thing I ate there. It was sweet and just melted in my mouth. It wasn't too sweet, which is good because that crème anglaise ... yeah, that was really sweet.

I wanted to like this restaurant - I really did - since the three professors seemed to enjoy it immensely, but I just couldn't make the leap.