He smiled gently and said, "Basically we just order for two and they bring the food out in courses. It's a lot of food so if there's something you don't like, you'll likely be able to find something in the next course."
“Oh, that sounds like fun." He smiled.
It was an affectionate smile and I didn't feel like he was judging me at all for not knowing what a "tasting menu" was.
It was one of the things I'd loved about him back when I was just his employee as well; he never seemed to judge people based on their background or social status.
Alex wasn't kidding when he said there was a lot of food. For most of it, I had to ask Alex what it was, but he patiently told me what each thing was and after a while, I wasn't even embarrassed to ask him.
For our first course, we w
