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Entertainment in the Embassy community is crucial. Important business is done over lunch, cocktails or dinner, and the ability to put on a flawless social event is part of how effective one is perceived to be. Nowhere is this more true than Beograd, where the tradition of professional service is strong. To become a 'real' waiter one goes to school for four years.

Miroslav is one of an elite considered to give the very best service. They call themselves the A-Team and, before Novak, our chef par excellence, hired him away, Vlado, our butler, was a leading light. He and Miroslav have been best friends since school: I have seen them laugh and weep together in a way men in North American rarely do. Because of that friendship, Novak's exquisite skills, and the incredible professionalism of the A-Team, our Embassy has a reputation for the very best parties and dinners in town.