It’s a very smart answer to flatter your hosts’ culinary speciality.
I read this interview with the chef of the French Presidents’ residence once.
In that he told about the first visit from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. After the dinner she asked for the chef to come up, complimented him and asked Chirac if he could spare his chef for a masterclass to the German chefs in residence.
It’s a very smart answer to flatter your hosts’ culinary speciality.
I read this interview with the chef of the French Presidents’ residence once.
In that he told about the first visit from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. After the dinner she asked for the chef to come up, complimented him and asked Chirac if he could spare his chef for a masterclass to the German chefs in residence.
I then knew what a brilliant diplomat Merkel was.
Yeah, but what you supposed to do if you’re visiting England?
Compliment the endurance of their lettuces
Go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint and wait for this all to blow over
Now here is someone who understand how important it is for us to go the Winchester.
Yeah Roooooyyyyyyyyy!
God I love that movie
Compliment the queen on the taste of her sausage
Ask where to get a cheeky Nandos, wa-HEY!
Clammy handshakes and avoiding difficult topics.
Bring some hot sauce and slip it in when no one is looking.
Lol. Oddly enough, I’m totally that guy. Also, the sauce I usually keep around is what most would say is way, way, too hot.
She had to put up with Putin’s dogs. While speaking Russian.
She’s afraid of dogs.
Yeah, for whatever her faults, she was a pro.
The fact she handled it underscores my point.