Roughly a thousand courses later, deep into our desserts, the sommelier returned to our table.
The theme is echoed, two courses later, by a cheese sampler, also $12.
Twelve courses later, we waddled out, with a first-hand understanding of the creativity, skill and tensions behind a great restaurant meal.
Four courses later, and still digesting the seven exquisite portions of the night before at the Michelin-starred Auberge de la Montagne in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, we were reluctantly dragged away to a champagne house.
It's a tapas bar, there are no reservations, but that's another of the many beauties of this place: you come in fancying a smattering of expertly cut Ibérico ham and seven courses later you're looking at a sizable bill and ortiguillas (sea anemones) or deep-fried lamb's brain.
Two hours and four courses later, each of which had been meticulously prepared and served in intricately patterned blue and white plates and bowls that seemed to breathe even more vitality into the food, Mr. Bardakçı asked Kiera if she'd ever tried rakı, Turkey's national drink.
Among the 916 pupils assessed at the beginning of the study, 690 (75.3%) pupils (73.6% of those allocated to the control group and 77.5% of those allocated to the intervention group) were reassessed three academic courses later, and valid measurements were obtained.
The earlier seating features six courses, the later has eight plus a New Year's balloon drop.
One immersion course later, he rolled out Nokia's phones and digital wireless technology in North and South America.
