But the rare canonical jambon-beurre sandwich, made of quality fresh baguette, normandy salted butter and good ham is really really good.
I feel like a so-so French baguette would be miles better than any baguette in the US
Re:The Unlikely Rise of French Tacos
by BugsJustFindMe on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:39PM
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Eh, it's not. The US also has good bakeries, just not on every street corner. In Paris, walk 5 blocks and you'll pass at least one bakery and 37 pharmacies[1]. Cities in the US just aren't built that way.
[1] - No joke, standing in the street outside my apartment in Paris I could see green cross signs from 7(!) different pharmacies without moving just by looking in different directions.
With the corresponding 37 real estate agencies.
Yep pharmacies are everywhere in FR just behind a corner (as well as immobiliers). I was in shock when I went to Amsterdam and after walking around for half an hour didn't come across any and had to look up on Google Maps.
Unlike other countries, in FR only pharmacies can sell drugs, no regular shops / supermarkets (even basic stuff like paracetamol), and I guess that's the reason why there are so many of them.
100% correct. It's not even any fancy bread with grains etc like you'd get in most of EU; just a poor piece of (often so-so) baguette.
Something I found amusing is that it's been almost impossible to find typical "international" quick foods like hot dogs where I live (south-east); however, since restaurants can't function normally due to pandemic, suddenly takeaway hot dogs started appearing in recent months in many places.