Manager Pascaline and chef Angelo have been, for several years, striving toward earning the coveted “chef’s hat” in the Gault Millau restaurant guide. Tonight is Valentine’s Day: one of the busiest nights of the year. Angelo provides an appropriate menu and Pascaline lovingly sets the tables. As always, Pascaline has everything under control. Her customers expect a lot tonight. For every couple that has won a table they expect to get love on their plate. Hopefully nothing goes wrong.
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