But there is one domain of food that I thought Americans do better : sandwiches. Sandwiches might have not be considered important or food in France, but in today’s world sandwiches are central to our busy life. We eat them for lunch because they are practical, fast and can even be consumed in front of the computer at the office. The French habit of taking a two hour lunch break eating at least 3 courses of lunch is becoming more rarely practiced these days. Most go out for a quick lunch and sandwiches of course are king for this kind of lunch. But French sandwiches are often so boring and unexciting. Baguettes with butter and slabs of ham (affectionately called jambon beurre) or cheeses or meat most likely. Forget about hot sandwiches. Americans, on the other hand, have been rushing through lunch for as long as I could remember, but they have also developed more interesting sandwiches that one can eat on one’s desk.
Ruebens, hot pastrami or roast beef with melting cheese, hoagies etc. are things I used to love for lunch in the US. Try to get that in Paris… though indeed in the past few years, American like sandwich shops are starting to pop up here (mostly owned by expats). Now there are a few places where you could get hot bagels with pastrami, salmon or other fillings. You could also get hot roast beef sandwiches in a few places where you could also choose the bread. Can’t wait to be able to find them anywhere in Paris… ;I am sooo sick of dry baguette with a bit of butter and slices of sorry looking cheese.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
A cheese sandwich anyone?
The French is the master of cuisine…..from the refined food that you find in Paris restaurants, to the traditional food that you find, well, in Paris restaurants (I must admit I have not spent much time in the province…or the country side of France). The superiority that the French feel over the Brits or Americans can partly indeed be attributed to the belief that French cuisine is way better than British. 
But there is one domain of food that I thought Americans do better : sandwiches. Sandwiches might have not be considered important or food in France, but in today’s world sandwiches are central to our busy life. We eat them for lunch because they are practical, fast and can even be consumed in front of the computer at the office. The French habit of taking a two hour lunch break eating at least 3 courses of lunch is becoming more rarely practiced these days. Most go out for a quick lunch and sandwiches of course are king for this kind of lunch. But French sandwiches are often so boring and unexciting. Baguettes with butter and slabs of ham (affectionately called jambon beurre) or cheeses or meat most likely. Forget about hot sandwiches. Americans, on the other hand, have been rushing through lunch for as long as I could remember, but they have also developed more interesting sandwiches that one can eat on one’s desk.
Ruebens, hot pastrami or roast beef with melting cheese, hoagies etc. are things I used to love for lunch in the US. Try to get that in Paris… though indeed in the past few years, American like sandwich shops are starting to pop up here (mostly owned by expats). Now there are a few places where you could get hot bagels with pastrami, salmon or other fillings. You could also get hot roast beef sandwiches in a few places where you could also choose the bread. Can’t wait to be able to find them anywhere in Paris… ;I am sooo sick of dry baguette with a bit of butter and slices of sorry looking cheese.
But there is one domain of food that I thought Americans do better : sandwiches. Sandwiches might have not be considered important or food in France, but in today’s world sandwiches are central to our busy life. We eat them for lunch because they are practical, fast and can even be consumed in front of the computer at the office. The French habit of taking a two hour lunch break eating at least 3 courses of lunch is becoming more rarely practiced these days. Most go out for a quick lunch and sandwiches of course are king for this kind of lunch. But French sandwiches are often so boring and unexciting. Baguettes with butter and slabs of ham (affectionately called jambon beurre) or cheeses or meat most likely. Forget about hot sandwiches. Americans, on the other hand, have been rushing through lunch for as long as I could remember, but they have also developed more interesting sandwiches that one can eat on one’s desk.
Ruebens, hot pastrami or roast beef with melting cheese, hoagies etc. are things I used to love for lunch in the US. Try to get that in Paris… though indeed in the past few years, American like sandwich shops are starting to pop up here (mostly owned by expats). Now there are a few places where you could get hot bagels with pastrami, salmon or other fillings. You could also get hot roast beef sandwiches in a few places where you could also choose the bread. Can’t wait to be able to find them anywhere in Paris… ;I am sooo sick of dry baguette with a bit of butter and slices of sorry looking cheese.
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