President Barack Obama's Food at "La Fontaine de Mars" Restaurant Tested by 'Taster'

According to Agence France-Presse, a US "taster" tested the food being dished up to President Barack Obama at a dinner in a French restaurant. "They have someone who tastes the dishes," said waiter Gabriel de Carvalho from the "La Fontaine de Mars" restaurant where Obama and his family turned up for dinner on Saturday night. "It wasn't very pleasant for the cooks at first, but the person was very nice and was relaxed, so it all went well," he said on the Itele news channel.

I have seen comments on Breitbart ranging from rational to downright ridiculous and stereotypical. Here's a sampling:

That is just bizarre. Is he afraid of poison or just that picky? Either way, how elitist...

How absurd. Now not only do we pay tens of thousands of dollars for dates, we also transport and pay a salary to a taster? Maybe they should drop the taster and donate the money to the auto workers.

hahaha.....He is so egotistical. Like the US couldn't survive without him?

You go Obama! You are the new poster child for Democrat elites. Bow to the Obama King. Remember his mantra............"Do as I say, not as I do".............And Michelle, our new queen "Let them eat cake"......Obama is going to embarrass himself with his big ego head soon enough...................Thanks to all the idiot Democrats and Independants who voted for him.

The French do not know how to properly prepare Fried Chicken, chitterlins, blackeyed peas, sweetpotato pie, fatback, cornbread, or watermelon. Obambi had to take along his Chicago pizza chef, and his wife's hairdresser and wardrobe counselor, and the teleprompter technician in order to function.

The taster was just there to make sure that the soul food was disguised to look like elitist continental fare with a cover of arugula hiding the cheeseburger with grey poupon.

Food taster? I didn't know Obama had added to Joe Biden's responsibilities! Source: Breitbart

I must admit, I had to wonder out loud if this is the norm for when a president of the United States travels. I can't imagine that happens because we have seen President Obama, for example, go to a local burger joint in Washington D.C. and ordered some fast food. We have also seen the family around town and in New York City dining in public restaurants. I can't imagine if he had a food tester there that it would not have made the mainstream media by now. This is much ado about nothing. There must be a good reason for this.