Re: [tlug] [OT] French cuisine

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com>]

On 30 May 2012 19:07, Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com> wrote:
> .........  About
> the only authentic ethnic food you can get in France is North African.

Quite true. But then there is the myriad of internal ethnicities and cuisines.
We'll be in Paris for a few days in July and already my wife is plotting an
assault on the Breton crêperies around the Gare Montparnasse. Gallettes
here we come.

> Everything else is tamed down beyond recognition, if you can find it in the
> first place.

Again, quite true. I went to a "Chinese" restaurant in Bercy once with a
former colleague. It was a hoot. Even the Chinese restaurants in Japan
are closer to the original.

Jim

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Jim Breen
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Graduate student: Language Technology Group, University of Melbourne