re: Strangest conversation you’ve ever had

A few years my lovely wife and I dined at the former La Provençal in Paris. After we were seated another English speaking couple sat down beside us. The gentleman and his wife were somewhat older than me and my wife, but they had that easy gracious way of starting a conversation that older couples sometimes have.

The gentleman had been in London to see about some business with the Intercontinental Exchange London Interbank and he his this wife were on holiday in Paris. He said they did this annually and always ate at this restaurant.

The older couple provided such fascinating conversation that we had no objection when they turned their chairs around and faced our table. They told us they always ate the same exotic meal each time. Our food came but they told us go ahead and dine as their food required some degree of preparation. We had halfway finished our meal when their order came.

The had ordered some meat served exceedingly rare in the Tartare fashion or like carpaccio. However, when the meat was revealed to be horsemeat, I forgot every bit of the prior conversation. Lady Ammer blanched and would have fainted if I had not immediately ordered some brandy to restore her constitution.

The gentleman and his wife then revealed- with blood dripping from the sides of their mouths- that the horsemeat did wonders for their libidos especially the wife's.

TL/DR. Ate in Paris. Met couple who ate raw horsemeat to improve sex life