A Taste of Tal'Dorei

*This page is about the tavern and restaurant. For the episode, see A Taste of Tal'Dorei (episode).*

“
Whatever sense of irony any of you may still hold, abandon it now; it will serve you not inside.
”

–
Ashton Greymoore
[!h]

**A Taste of Tal'Dorei** (**T.O.T.**) is a theme restaurant and dinner theater in Bassuras in the South Dregs. Servers dress as and impersonate famous figures from Tal'Dorei's history. It never closes.

There was also a buffet in the Maiden's Wish Casino in Kymal called "A Taste of Tal'Dorei". It is unknown if there is a connection between the two.

## **Description**

### **Exterior**

The building housing the restaurant is massive and out-of-place on the streets of Bassuras, built in classic Tal'Dorei style (which resembles Tudor style). Its roof is a more-vibrant-than-natural brown and the walls have been frequently patched and repaired.

### **Interior**

The interior is filled with an almost overwhelming number of smells and mismatched tables, banners and tapestries hanging from the high central walls. One tapestry depicts a triangular mountain with two hammers crossed in front (probably the crest of Kraghammer, another the crest of Emon, and one shows a tree with the sun above it, the symbol of Whitestone.

A music box dangling from a rope provides the background music. There is a large mirror framed in wood carved to resembled twining ivy on one wall.

## **Fare**

* The Tal'Dorei Great Rum Extravaganza
* Ashari Breezer
* Winter's Crest Mixer
* Draft beer
* Thordak's Pepper Poppers
* Disappearing Syngorn Sausage
* Trinket's Bear Claws

## **Service and entertainment**

When Bells Hells visited, there was a badly staged re-enactment of a battle between King Drassig and Zan Tal'Dorei. The wait staff remained in-character at virtually all times, and the party made reference to them probably being theater majors in college.

## **Gift shop**

* Bear cloaks
* Collectible tankards
* Replicas of the weapons of Zan Tal'Dorei and Warren Drassig
* T-shirts
* Oven mitts
* Pencils
* Giant burlap hats
* Scarves
* Jerkin-style sweatshirts
* Signs reading "How do you want to do this?"

## **Quotations**

* **Orym**: Do they have a dress code? Are we underdressed or overdressed? Do you need a jacket?
Ashton: You definitely don't need a jacket. I'm not even sure you need shoes.
* **FCG**: *(about the servers)* Orym, are these historical figures?
Orym: Uh... to a point.
FCG: Are they accurate?
Orym: No.

## **References**

1. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:28:19.  Inside, a stairway leads up to a secondary balcony.
2. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:26:41.
3. ↑ See "Exandria Unlimited: Kymal, Part 1" (E2x01) at 1:51:39.
4. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:25:37.
5. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:26:58.
6. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:34:30.
7. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:30:02.
8. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:32:51.
9. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:50:47.  The fight was apparently meant to be a reenactment of the Battle of the Umbra Hills where the Scattered War ended and Zan Tal'Dorei became the first sovereign, but in the episode, Zan's opponent was referred to as "Warren Drassig", when the actual battle was fought between Zan and Warren's son, Trist.
10. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 1:30:28.
11. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:15:30.
12. ↑ See "A Taste of Tal'Dorei" (3x25) at 0:31:45.

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