French sauce spoon

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A spoon that is typically the size and shape of a dessert spoon, but with a flattened bowl that has a thinner edge and a small notch on one side. As the name suggests, a French Sauce Spoon is used to eat the sauce accompanying a dish. The spoon's flattened bowl and thin edge aids scooping a thin layer of sauce from a plate without resorting to tipping the plate; the notch in the bowl allows oil or fat to drain away from the sauce.

Originally found mainly in France, French Sauce Spoons are becoming increasingly popular in high-end restaurants elsewhere.

French Sauce Spoons are sometimes referred to simply as Sauce Spoons, but note that that term can also be used to refer to a spoon used to serve sauce.