We ate this evening at Mannequin Pis, a Belgian restaurant in Olney, Maryland. This is a fabulous place in a scary, barely accessible strip mall in suburban Maryland. Famed for its mussels, pommes frites, and beers, it is definitely worth the trip.

This was our second outing to the restaurant and we had excellent food again. I had a frissee salade to start, which could have been a meal in itself with all the smoked country-style bacon. I then had their Red Devil spicy mussels, about a kilos worth. Very spicy and to die for. A side of french fries completed a wonderful meal. We had a wonderful server and great company.

The meal would have been 100% perfect, except for the clueless and rude waiter (not our own wonderful server), who came to our table as I put down my pen from signing my part of the receipt. He told the whole table that he’d appreciate us hurrying up since another couple was waiting for our table. Well, we’d dropped over $200, ordering alcohol, appetizers, four entrees, and two desserts. WTF!!! I’ve never been so insulted or been treated so pathetically in my life. F-them. I couldn’t recommend this place, for service, though I’d have to say if you want great food, give this place a try. Just watch out for a pompous blond-ish haired freakoid who works the early-evening weekend shift.