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Galoshnik Restaurant..anyone remember?


I've been trying for ages to track down a sketch about a Galoshnik Restaurant which I remember vividly. In it RB was a disgruntled Eastern European waiter to RC's customer with posh girlfriend. It involved their going through the menu making remarks and him writing it all down as an order and commenting, e.g.
"It's disgusting!"..."Dix gustings? That's a lorra gustings!", and also when the woman asked for "The smallest room", he writes "One smaal-eshtroom". The 'visual punchline' at the end involved RB coming out of the kitchen with a trolley laden with dishes, including 10 plates of food each with a whole banana stuck vertically in it (the 'dix gustings'). Do YOU remember it? It isn't in ‘All I Ever Wrote', nor does an internet search bring it up. I'd love to see it again, or even just read it.
CAN ANYONE HELP???

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Don't forget "Te bill", which appeared to be a toucan's bill on a plate. I seem to recall the only English the waiter understood was when Ronnie Corbett suggested they nip off without paying.

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Really? Are you 100% sure, before I order it? Only I can't find ANY reference to it in the very brief and inadequate summary on some sites...I only just looked at your reply and it's December!!! I'd given up on any further replies and was browsing my yards of bookmarks and found this again...

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It's the first sketch in series 3 episode 8.

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Isn't that the one where Ronnie B says "Oosh balocki"?

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"Oosh Balocki" is an item on the menu. Ronnie C initially enquires as to what it is and Ronnie B describes very melodramatically what it is and how it's made. Ronnie C and his girlfriend then each order it. It looks very unappetising and a lot like the heads of a cauliflower.

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