[Irvine] [French] CrepeMaker

CrepeMaker
73 Fortune Dr # 105
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 585-9898
http://www.crepemaker.com

My boss had a party at his home, and got CrepeMaker to cater for our dinner and dessert.



It was amazingly good! Dr. P and I had 9 crepes total!!

[Laguna Beach] [French] French 75 Bistro & Champagne Bar

French 75 Bistro & Champagne Bar
1464 S Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
(949) 494-8444
http://www.french75.net

French dinner date with my Dr. P.



We had a $50 voucher which I purchased from OpenTable for $25.

[Fullerton] [French] The Cellar

The Cellar
305 N Harbor Blvd
Fullerton, CA 92832
(714) 525-5682
http://www.cellardining.com

I had a $30 for $60 dining voucher for The Cellar for a long time. I actually bought it for our anniversary, but ended up not using it. The voucher was about to expire so we went to this fancy French restaurant for a "casual" weeknight dinner. :-P



This restaurant was a little hard to find. It is hidden inside a shops/apartment building. We had to call the restaurant to find the hidden stairs to the basement "cellar".

[Dana Point] [French] Gemmell's Restaurant

Gemmell's Restaurant
34471 Golden Lantern St
Dana Point, CA 92629
(949) 234-0063
http://www.gemmellsrestaurant.com

I couldn't believe I forgot to bring my camera for Dr. P's birthday dinner! The pictures came from my phone so the quality was not that good. But the bad quality pictures still were much much higher quality than Gemmell's Restaurant. This gotta be the WORST restaurant we've been to in South Orange County! I felt really bad and angry that I took Dr. P there for his birthday dinner. Well, we tried our best to enjoy our time together at the restaurant. But I want to tell everyone, STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! Just to make it clear, the food at the restaurant was actually decent. But the service, oh the rude rude rude serivce, totally ruined this place.

I bought a daily deal voucher from Travelzoo for Gemmell's Restaurant. For $65, we would get 4-course dinner for 2 which values at $135.45.  The meal includes a shared appetizer, 2 salads or soup, 2 entrees, 2 desserts, 2 cups of coffee or tea and 2 glasses of wine. Sounds good, right? We made reservation at 6:00pm. When we arrived at the restaurant, there was nobody at the hostess counter. There were a few customers in the restaurant, but no waiter was seen, no hostess was seen, just nobody. We stood around and waited for at least 5 minutes until a lady finally came out from the back room. We told her we had reservation. When I made the reservation on OpenTable, I noted it was my husband's birthday. Normally when I tell restaurants about birthday, they would give you a dessert with candle on it, or at least say something like "happy birthday". But this lady, she read what I wrote out loud. Then she turned to Dr. P and said, "don't worry, we know it's your birthday, ok?" What did that mean?  Then she asked us where would we like to sit. We said we would sit at the outside patio. She seated us at a crooked table with one shorter leg that moved around. After that, we waited for another 10 minutes for someone to bring us a menu.



The handsome birthday forced a smile in the picture. This was supposed to be a nice French restaurant. But looked at that menu! The menu was dirty, had water stained, and wrinkled? After we were given the menu, we waited for another 15 minutes for somebody to pay any attention to us. After we placed our order, we told the waiter that our table is crooked and if he could fix it by placing a napkin under the shorter leg to fix the problem. He just said, "no it's the floor" then walked away. We wanted to ask him again when he comes back, but that could be another 30 minutes. So Dr. P actually got down on the floor in his suit and placed his own napkin under the table leg himself. Yup, that sure fixed the problem, which our rude waiter wasn't willing to help.

[Los Angeles] [French] Cafe Beaujolais

Cafe Beaujolais
1712 Colorado Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90041
(323) 255-5111

跟弟弟和妹妹到這家位在Eaglerock的法國餐廳Cafe Beaujolais吃晚餐，這家店小小的，感覺很溫馨，雖然招牌一點都不明顯，但是一進到裡面可是滿滿的都是人呢！我們訂了位但是遲到了十分鐘，沒想到他們已經把我們的位子給了別人，所以我們等了四十分鐘才有位子。在這家店工作的服務生都是法國男生，沒錯，都是男的，而且每個人都有很重的法國腔，看起來也很法國，蠻特別的。


法國麵包 Bread

坐下來不久，服務生先上了一籃法國麵包，這麵包外硬內軟，也許是我們肚子都餓了吧！配上奶油的麵包吃起來特別好吃。

[West Hollywood] [French] Le Dome Restaurant (CLOSED)

Le Dome Restaurant
8720 W. Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
(310) 659-6919
http://www.ledomerestaurant.com
(CLOSED)

好朋友珍妮佛的生日，一向非常注重生日的她，每年都會選一家頗為高檔的餐廳，找大家一起吃頓高級的生日晚餐。今年她選中餐廳是位於西好萊塢日落大道上的Le Dome法國餐廳，這家餐廳有名的是好吃的食物、昂貴的價錢、還有很多大明星喜歡光顧，去的前一天我就上網找了一下資料，有哪些大明星喜歡來這家餐廳呢？席維斯史特龍、唐強生、李察吉爾、伊麗莎白泰勒、瑞奇馬汀、胡立歐、史汀、已故總統雷根、魔術強生等等都是這家餐廳的常客呢！



因為知道要來這樣高檔的地方，我那天可是穿上我的貴婦裝外套，準備要來當一天的VIP呢！照片中由左至右為Sybil、我、Julie，怎樣？看起來夠貴婦吧？！

我們到達的時候下著雨，進了停車場後，代客停車的人馬上拿著雨傘來迎接我們，幫我開門後一一幫我們撐傘護送我們到餐廳的大門口，服務真是周到。還好代客停車並不會太貴，只要美金五元而已。

們一共有十個人，被安排到自己的小房間，門上還有可以拉起來的門帘，蠻有自己的隱私，可以隨便我們在房間裡大聲喧嘩。我想很多大明星來餐廳吃飯應該也蠻喜歡有自己的隱私權，所以應該也常常被安排在這種房間裡吧！

我們今天可是還有自己專屬的服務生呢！年紀比較大的Michael，是負責幫我們解說菜單、點酒、點菜的服務生，還有另外一個不知道名字的年輕人，是專門幫我們倒水、上菜、收盤子的，這兩個人可是站在門外隨時待命的呢！