"Margaret Suran" wrote in message

In the 1960's or 70's there was a wonderful French restaurant just North
of NYC, in Westchester County. My family and I went there for special
occasions. It was the French in-place at that time, at least for the
people who lived at the norhtern tip of the city.

We get to know the owner quite well. He as not French, he was German.
For a while we thought he might be from Alsace Lorraine or from the
Grench part of Switzerland, but he was a German who had come to the USA
long before WW II.

All his waiters were either Jewish or German and the busboys were
Chinese.

Nobody cared, we all "knew" that the establishment had a wonderful
French chef.

Then we went there to celebrate my cousin's birthday or anniversary.
The chef had outdone himself and my cousin wanted to meet him and thank
him for the wonderful meal he had prepared for us. The owner was happy
to introduce him to us. He went into the kitchen and within minutes he
came out with a broadly smiling.......Chinese man, attired in the
typical chef's white apron and sporting a chef's hat. )

I wish I could remember the name of the restaurant.

That's a lovely story, Margaret :-)

Dora