On 19/08/2022 12:10 am, Charles Mills wrote:
There is always a line of tourists -- many of them American -- at the McDonalds on the Champs-Élysées.
There's also a Starbucks on the Champs-Élysées! Considering the French pride themselves on their cafe culture that's quite a surprise.
I am told even the most dedicated fans of French cuisine can get a hankering for a hamburger after a couple of weeks of withdrawal.
I'm sure Paris can serve up a better burger than a dirty Macca's! Although they do have a tailored menu that offers croque monsieur's etc. I believe they call that grill cheese in the US and cheese toasties in the UK and Australia. IMO, you would be bonkers to hanker for a Big Mac in Paris when the best sandwich is without doubt the Jambon-Beurre with lashings of French butter, mustard and if you really want to guild the lily a few cornichons.
Burger King has been in France since at least the 80's. I remember seeing them there in 1989.
No doubt America is known for junk food but I have had some amazing eating in the most unexpected places. I went to SHARE in Orlando and visited a shopping mall to get the kids some sneakers. Luckily, I skipped the food court and ended up in a ground floor restaurant that served me the most unbelievable baby beet and goats cheese salad with artisan sourdough breads. All the top notch ingredients were produced locally or in the continental USA. The only thing that puzzles me is for a country which loves BBQ so much why Americans don't dig lamb. It doesn't get any better then slow-cooked shoulder of lamb.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 8:03 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Worldwide IBM zSystems Security Conference: October 11-14, 2022 Timothy, I don't think people go to France to eat Burger King. :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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