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The Menu · 2022 — 第 9 / 13 章 · 5'30" · C1

Slowik Serves Tea and Truths, Explained：hard home truths

Slowik presents tea as a palate cleanser, then uses it to soften a round of accusations. "It offers a soothing balm when facing some hard home truths," he says, and the room realizes the comfort comes attached to a verdict.

あらすじ

For this course Slowik serves tea, explaining that it cleanses the palate and offers comfort before hard home truths. He then turns to the guests and names them one by one: the critic, the regulars, the investor. He admits he was fooled into chasing people who could never be satisfied, and says even his own restaurant is part of the problem.

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part of the problemangel investorcleanse the palateenable

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このシーンの表現

part of the problem

contributing to the problem rather than solving it

主厨承认自己的餐厅并不无辜，而是这套糟糕体系的一环。

If you stay silent, you are part of the problem.

このシーンの他の表現

  • angel investor

    an early private backer of a business

  • cleanse the palate

    to clear the taste between courses

  • enable

    to make a bad behavior possible by allowing or supporting it

このシーンのメモ一覧

104 行のセリフに 55 件のメモ

表現 · B1there's a sayingThere's a saying.
発音There s

liaison

There's a saying.
表現 · B1a good cup of teaSometimes all you need is a good cup of tea.
表現 · C1cleanse the palate

to clear the taste between courses

I've found that not only does tea cleanse the palate
文法 · C1not only does tea cleanse

inversion after not only

I've found that not only does tea cleanse the palate
表現 · C1a soothing balmbut it offers a soothing balm when facing some hard home truths.
表現 · C1hard home truthsbut it offers a soothing balm when facing some hard home truths.
表現 · B1any questionsare there any questions about me or Hawthorn?
表現 · B2speak for everyoneUh, I think I speak for everybody here when I say that, uh...
表現 · A2wanna knowI wanna know. I mean, we wanna know.
スラング · B2manWhy the fuck is this happening, man?
表現 · B2think of someone as somethingWell, I'll tell you. Think of yourselves as ingredients in a degustation concept.
文法 · B2Think of yourselves as

think of someone as

Well, I'll tell you. Think of yourselves as ingredients in a degustation concept.
表現 · B2a tasting conceptWhat? SLOWIK: A tasting concept.
発音A tasting

liaison

What? SLOWIK: A tasting concept.
表現 · B2figuratively speakingFiguratively speaking. [CHUCKLES]
表現 · B1the best way to do somethingI think that is the best way to describe it.
表現 · B1be a surprise to someoneBut none of this should be a surprise to most of you.
表現 · B2if I mayLillian, if I may, my cherished early advocate
表現 · C1yearn for somethingMe yearning for your attendance. [SCOFFS]
表現 · B2be to be expectedYour ego was fed. But that is to be expected.
表現 · B2feed someone's egoAnd no, you've fed my ego as well.
表現 · B1go to the hospitalPlease. My... my husband needs to go to the hospital.
表現 · B2let someone goI'm fine. Just let my wife go.
表現 · B2loyal regularsMy loyal regulars.
表現 · B1how many timesHow many times have you eaten here in the last five years?
表現 · B1in the last N yearsHow many times have you eaten here in the last five years?
表現 · A2more than thatI think it's more than that, Dick. Eleven. Eleven times.
表現 · C1consider oneself blessedMost people consider themselves blessed if they eat here only once. 19945606
表現 · B2name a dishMr. Leibrandt, kindly name one dish you ate the last time you were here.
表現 · B2what we're feeding youWe tell you exactly what we're feeding you.
表現 · B1the time beforeOr the time before.
表現 · B2it wasn't somethingIt wasn't cod, you donkey.
スラング · C1donkeyIt wasn't cod, you donkey.
表現 · B2what does it matterWhat does it matter?
表現 · B2it matters to someoneIt matters to the halibut, Mrs. Leibrandt. And to the artist whose work turns to shit inside your gut.
表現 · B2the price pointI've allowed my work to reach the price point,
表現 · B2the class of peoplewhere only the class of people in this room can access it.
表現 · B2be fooled into doing somethingAnd I've been fooled into trying to satisfy people who could never be satisfied.
表現 · B2never be satisfiedAnd I've been fooled into trying to satisfy people who could never be satisfied.
表現 · B2be part of the problem

contributing to the problem rather than solving it

And my restaurant is part of the problem.
表現 · B2just being honestBut if we're all just bein' honest tonight, it's not.
表現 · C1an angel investor

an early private backer of a business

You're right. Doug Verrick is my angel investor.
表現 · B1one's entire lifeAnd since Hawthorn is my entire life,
表現 · B2would have to sayI would have to say that Doug Verrick owns me. Except now things are a little more complicated.
表現 · B2a little more complicatedI would have to say that Doug Verrick owns me. Except now things are a little more complicated.
表現 · B1say how muchJust say how much and we'll give it to you.
表現 · B2keep something openHe kept you open through COVID, you prick.
スラング · B2prickHe kept you open through COVID, you prick.
表現 · B2question somethingYes, he did. And he questioned my menu.
文法 · B2despite the fact that

despite the fact that

He would even request substitutions, despite the fact that
表現 · B2no substitutionsthere are no substitutions at Hawthorn.
表現 · B1do you hearDo you hear?
発音Do you

liaison

Do you hear?
表現 · B2that silenceDo you hear that silence? Listen, can you hear it?

「Slowik Serves Tea and Truths」を読み解く

What's really going on

The tea is a Trojan horse. Slowik presents it as a courtesy, then uses the pause to say what the menu has been building toward. "It matters to the halibut," he tells a guest who asks what difference her taste makes, and the answer widens the blame from the diners to the fish, the growers and the artists they consume. By calling his own restaurant "part of the problem," he refuses the easy pose of the outsider judging from above; he is implicated too. What the course really does is strip the guests of their usual defence: that they were only enjoying a meal. Facing hard home truths needs a soothing balm, and the tea is both the balm and the excuse for delivering them.

Theme

ClassThe tea course is where Slowik names the kind of people who fill his dining room and takes apart their money and their taste.
PowerSlowik turns a palate cleanser into a courtroom, using the menu to pass judgment on his own paying customers.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Notice how "hard home truths" changes the exchange.
  • Listen for the attitude carried by "hard home truths".
  • Try the phrase in a comparable conversation.

発音のポイント

  • There s — liaison
  • A tasting — liaison
  • Do you — liaison
And I ve been fooled into trying to satisfy people who could never be satisfied

Slowik admits he spent his career chasing diners who cannot be pleased, and that the chase was a delusion rather than devotion.

It matters to the halibut Mrs Leibrandt And to the artist whose work turns to shit inside your gut

He argues that taste has consequences beyond the guest: it matters to the fish, the growers and the artist whose work is wasted on people who barely notice it.

but it offers a soothing balm when facing some hard home truths

The tea is framed as comfort before criticism: something warm to hold while Slowik tells the guests what he really thinks of them.

Sometimes all you need is a good cup of tea

The line works on two levels: a plain, cosy bit of comfort and an ironic cap on a speech full of accusations.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Slowik serve tea before the hard truths?

He says tea cleanses the palate and calls it a soothing balm before some hard home truths, so the course becomes a way to soften the judgments he is about to deliver.

What does Slowik mean by people who could never be satisfied?

He means the diners he has spent his life trying to please. No dish or effort ever made them content, and he says he was fooled into thinking he could change that.

Why does he call his own restaurant part of the problem?

Because it caters to the very people he is accusing. By serving them he helped sustain the world he now condemns, so he includes himself in the judgment.

What is angel investor doing in this scene?

Slowik uses it to reveal who funded the meal and to tie one guest to the money behind the restaurant, turning a business term into part of his case against them.

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