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No pics, but had a very good meal at Fulgrances in Paris tonight. A restaurant where different chefs have multiple month residencies. Tonight it was Alice Arnoux who does contemporary French food after working at Noma in Copenhagen. Lots of vegetables, very springy, but also creamy and smoky. My favourite dish was a wasabi flamed mackerel with grapefruit and pickles, but the artichoke with trout eggs and white butter was also very good, as was the scallop tartar with cress sorbet. And the wild asparagus with lard and peanuts. Pretty original stuff. Fun to multi-course every once in a while. Extra fun if the chef is playful and original.
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Read this article last year and was curious about French tacos
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/19/the-unlikely-rise-of-the-french-tacos
So after a trip a nearby lake yesterday for a swim we did it
Cordon Bleu, Merguez sausage, cheese sauce, Algerian sauce, burger sauce, bacon, fries, jalapeño cheese nuggets, all in a wrap and grilled.
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I feel like that French taco seems way more American
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It's a strange example of globalisation. Notice that the signage is in English, for a French fast food chain popularising a Lyon-based remix of a Mexican food.
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In the end, it's consuming mass quantities that unites us.
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I like all kinds of food and I really did enjoy O Tacos. Would eat again. Pretty amazing how much choice you have of what to put in the thing, almost overwhelming. It’s basically a burger and sides in a wrap. I can understand that such a thing might not sound appetising to everyone, but I think it’s fun. I guess it’s like a Cornish pasty. One big heavy satisfying brick of carbs with a meaty and cheesy filling. Bon appetit
