She wanted something plain, something unencumbered with fancy sauces, something British.
Duck has a traditional affinity with orange, and you don't need to go in for fancy sauces to prove that the combination works.
After months of mush and gruel, a grilled fish in a fancy sauce?
"I guess if they called it a bunch of fish in a fancy sauce, it wouldn't have the same ring."
They don't want fancy sauces to cover up natural flavors.
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"I could do fancy sauces, with stuff like dried cherries, but I don't think people want that."
The menu lists it as spinach with fancy sauce.
Very ordinary meals will cost €20 or more; the better restaurants won't blink twice when charging €35 for fish in a fancy sauce.
"No fancy sauces for me," Arthur said firmly.