J'aime la France: la recherche du goût

If there was a Popeye’s chicken, would I eat there? For sure. But we steered clear of fast-food (we checked the menu of Burger King and Maccas if there was a local entry, something like a foie gras burger with truffle shavings but there wasn’t any so..) as well as ridiculous items such as $NZ 50 burger and fries. We know there’s inflation, but that’s fancy hotel inflation.

So now we know (which Google didn’t tell us) that if you find yourself in any of those hotels on that narrow strip of white-sand beach, food is $$$$$.

I don’t mind pricy food- if that $50 burger had real truffle shavings on it or was served with a tablespoon of caviar on the side, I would’ve tried it out once.

Baguette is a staple

At the end of the day, you see one peeking out of someone’s bag, or under an arm. There would be half a dozen to choose from, but we would inevitably pick the cheapest one at 110 f.

banane

We looked far and wide for this banana cake/flan at the markets but could find beignets. Deep-fried, they were warm and greasy, perfect with an ice-cold bottle of Orangina

mini-baguettes

Predictably, a lot of the ‘snacking’ stores were run by Asians and their shops are the go-to if you wanted a hot, cheap meal (like this mini-baguette with a hotdog and cheese)