When in France, do as the French do
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Before I write this week’s post, I want to explain my two previous posts in Chinese. I try to write as much content as I could in English for my blog, because I would like to be as international as possible. But occasionally (I think less than 10%) I will write a post or two in Chinese, since I am a Chinese person and I am proud of that heritage. So the post of First day in Caen was because it was my first day here in France, so I had many things to do, writing in Chinese allows me to quickly summarize things. The 2nd post of 1st Week in Caen, France is because I needed to address a sensitive topic in the post.
So to summarize, I am doing my best to keep this blog in English, so please subscribe or come back if you like it. Of course you are more than welcome to learn Chinese as thousands of international people are already doing it;).
A few food highlights of the week:
- Baguette:
the famous French Stick bread. Tastes much better here in the local bakery shop than the ones sold in Carrefour in China. My recommendation: buy a baguette from a bakery here in France, then walk home with it in your hand (apparently everybody does that here, sometimes people hold 2 baguette in their hands), only then you can declare you have been to France;).
- Tripes à la mode de Caen：
Yes! we found the butcher who sells the best Tripes à la mode de Caen in Caen (according to my dear colleagues here:)). The recipe is here. Fortunately, the tripes is already prepared. We only need to heat it at home and bon appetite! in Chinese it is the famous 卡昂牛肚. Hehe. Quite tasty, though my Chiense colleagues find the taste not strong enough.
