Our waiter described each wine by the glass with the air of a connoisseur.

That's not quite true - after all, he is serving a lobster paella that one waiter describes as "sort of like risotto."

The waiter described wonderful french fries one evening, but we were disappointed when a steak arrived with the standard restuffed number.

After the war, a waiter in Berlin described Hewel thus:

The waiter described the sauce on this Pacific fish as reduced lobster bisque.

We were not in the mood for blowtorch cooking either, and our waiter described the house chicken soup as "mild."

Although our waiter described the newfangled portions as midway between an appetizer and an entree, they seemed quite substantial to me.

The waiter described it as having black olives and an olive dressing.

Our waiter one evening described a menu offering of chili-rubbed chicken as spicy but not hot.

As they spun it, the waiters would add ingredients and describe what they were doing to the diners.