The narrator introduces us to the owner of a French restaurant, who has agreed to let us in on his secret: he is an "i-was-obstinate" guy who has never appeared in the media before. He's also an odd duck, since he's never spoken to anyone in the English-speaking world before. We learn that the owner is a "very competent" French chef, but that's because the owner doesn't speak English very well. The owner is also an "oddball" because he'll never make it in the world of food. The food is a wild boar and venison dish, and the narrator is impressed by the dish's "slicing and richness" . The narrator is glad to hear this, because it's the first time he'd ever had such a dish.