The questions become who between Vianne and le Comte will outlast the other or come to an understanding of the errors of their ways to be able to live in harmony with the other.
#Le chocolat free#
Vianne is viewed in an even less flattering light when she takes up with Roux, the lead of a band of self-confessed river rats floating into town, he, who like Vianne, is a nomadic free spirit. While Vianne, through the chocolaterie, is able to help certain residents in exposing some of the village's hidden ills, she nonetheless raises the ire of le Comte in almost everything about her being: that she is promoting the indulgence of chocolate in the season of Lent, a period of abstinence and penitence that she does not attend church and that she has never been married meaning that Anouk is illegitimate. Renting the long empty space that used to house the patisserie, the property owned by elderly Armande Voizin, Vianne instead opens a chocolaterie which none of the residents are aware of until it opens. Literally blowing into town is free spirit Vianne Rocher and her adolescent daughter Anouk Rocher, who move from place to place wherever the north wind takes them. The only exception to this rule is the Mayor, le Comte de Reynaud, who is seen as the town's moral authority, even more so than Pere Henri, the new young Catholic priest whose sermons are vetted by le Comte.
at the counter, un-acknowledged, while the manager (owner?) conducted what appeared to be a "staff meeting" with two employees on the opposite side of the glass dessert display (in sight & ear-shot).It's early 1959 in a provincial French village, where residents know their place, and if they see something against the unspoken rules, they are to look the other way. While my husband was waiting for the check, I went up front to buy a dessert at the chocolate/dessert take-out counter. (The restaurant is very noisy, with no sound absorbing material in the lofted space.) She returned with two tiny pitchers of the requested additional dressing. Our server apologized for misunderstanding the order.
We ordered one grilled salmon salad to share we were served TWO large salads - salmon nicely grilled, served hot and tasty on a large bed of chopped romaine lettuce - necessitating us to question whether the salad had been dressed. There was an absence of a bread basket (baguette?). So non-French! Taste: average and not piping hot. The onion soup au gratin was placed in front of me with soup slopped on the under-bowl plate. The server was clearly still learning her job! No drinks were listed on the menu and the server failed to ask us what we wanted. When we were finally led into the bar/dining room to a tiny two-top, there was additional waiting for a server. Additionally, during our wait, a group of four that arrived after us were seated. Several times during our wait, the hostess returned to inform us that the people at the table "for us" were 1) finishing 2) finished 3) still chatting and 4) leaving. "Do you mind waiting?" The cold, rainy day gave us the patience to wait for a table. The hostess preceded to "unload" on us that there were two pre-paid groups and there were limited tables left for lunch. with French restaurants in France hence our unmet expectations were based on experience.) Upon entering, we requested a table for two for lunch. My husband had found this eatery via an online search of "French" restaurants in Naperville - no reservations accepted. With that said, the following is a description of my husband’s & my experience at Le Chocolat: Restaurants with Outdoor Seating in Naperville.Restaurants for Group Dining in Naperville.Food Delivery Restaurants in Naperville.Middle Eastern Restaurants for Lunch in Naperville.Late Night Italian Restaurants in Naperville.BBQ Restaurants for Families in Naperville.Hotels near Naperville Fine Arts Center.Hotels near Moser Tower & Millennium Carillon.
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