This week Gordon and his ever fading accent are visiting an Italian eatery called La Galleria 33 which is run by two (delusional, as always) sisters, Rita and Lisa and one (Spanish speaking, as always) chef called Doug. Some preamble informs us that Rita likes to smoke and Lisa likes to drink and together they like to threaten the servers. Their parents run a very successful Italian restaurant and they have done everything to try and be as successful as their parents. They have tried such things as changing their curtains and adding '95' to the end of their prices. Their mother has suggested that the problem is the font in the menu. I'm sure that the real problem is the food but still, their mother runs a successful restaurant and they don't so maybe they should listen to her.
Well Gordon shows up and Rita and Lisa are sitting outside arguing about whether they should spit or swallow (ooer) their gum. At least they seem to have watched the show before and know that Gordon doesn't approve of gum chewing. I always find it hilarious when Gordon shows up and the restaurant owners are all "but we thought he would like our food! Why is he so mean??" Gordon walks right past them, only to discover they are the owners. They discuss the business. Like every other episode, the restaurant is in the shit, the cooks and servers are lazy, etc. Rita finks on Lisa for drinking at work and Lisa is all "duh! He would have figured it out when he sees the service later". HAHAHA. I do appreciate Lisa's dedication to honesty.
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| "Don't swallow, girl!" |
Next it's time to try the food. Server Sara, who we can all tell is going to say every horrible thing she can imagine about the place, goes to take Gordon's order. She recommends the seafood ravioli while Rita watches in fear from behind the bar. Rita mentions that the ravioli are 'not good'. Sara is kind of dumb. When Rita confronts her she just laughs like she's happy to see her boss suffer rather than saying "I want him to see what the food is really like so he can fix it!" Anyway, Gordon makes his usual comments about the food. Basically just compare the dish with some inanimate and inedible object roughly the size of the food you are eating and voila! Ie: This potato tastes just like a rock. Gordon also thinks the ravioli is "not good". Sara informs him that everything is frozen. Duh.
Next he calls a strange guy, called Pat over. Pat explains that he used to be in shoe sales and now he is the GM here at the restaurant. I think this picture says it all.
Rita swoops in to inform Gordon that Pat is actually a busboy. At this point I really like Rita, she's a bit clueless but at least she seems to give a shit. After the usual exclamations of shock that Gordon didn't like their food, Lisa says she isn't going to call Gordon 'chef'. Rita says 'at least call him 'Mr. Gordon'.'
Next it's time to meet the chef. Doug is the ex husband of Rita. I do not know why people on this show always think it's a good idea to work with their exes. Maybe if they were amicable but it's always like "maybe if you'd been nicer to me when were were married you would be able to cook a decent veal!". Anyway, I'm trying to like Doug but he seems kind of useless. He says he knows how to cook good food but he's too lazy and doesn't care. Rita and Lisa hand his ass to him but he just stands there looking bored. Next it's time for the dinner service. Doug clearly has never expedited in his life. Gordon comes around to try and encourage him to call out bills, etc but Doug just drops some chicken on the floor and then tries to cook it anyway. Gordon seems too bewildered to even yell at this guy. He goes to tell the girls about what just happened and since now both have them have boarded the delusion train they say 'yeah but he wasn't going to serve it!'. I am really curious as to what they think he WAS going to do with it. The famewhores customers who have just come in to be on TV guests, as usual, start sending food back with suspiciously specific complaints (ie: "this ravioli is not authentic, and doesn't the chef know about salt?!). Rita has now completely lost it and confronts a customer who sent some cold food back. Rita rudely informs her that it is not cold, even though basically everyone in the restaurant and some customers from next door have tried it and agreed it was cold. They go inspect all the fridges and find many nasty things, etc. Nothing really new or shocking here. Lisa, not wanting to be left out, storms off saying she's leaving and Gordon tells her that if she goes, he goes. AND CUT. To Be Continued. NB: The customers new they were being filmed and scenes are not shown in order that they were filmed. No shit.
I kind of liked this episode. I think they have given the voice over guy a holiday though because he seemed oddly absent.
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