I said I would get in on the act of the Weekend engagement posts. Overseas food is my choice of titles because I was recently in France with my wife for our 40th birthdays. Food is a great love of mine and I always love trying the local delicacies in foreign cities. However France is a little different because there are somethings that I like to stay clear of. Frogs legs and Snails. I just don't have the urge to eat the old frogs or the slimy snails no matter how tasty the French say they are. France has always been hit or a miss as regards food over the years. They do a killer breakfast, a nice lunch but we have had always inconsistent evening meals. Don't get me wrong, some of the food is the nicest I have ever eaten but some of the courses have been laughable. The pea on the plate comes to mind. We were in a particular restaurant in Nice last week. I won't mention the name because it was beautiful. So it was a strange set up as regards the layout of the menu. Normally you would have a starter, a main and a dessert. But on this menu there were all just mains and you could have a starter version if you wanted. Seemed like my perfect place as I do love meat so a starter of a main dish was right up my street. So my wife went for some starter that had la carotte. Fair enough. I ordered some pork starter and the beef main. So we were waiting for the starter as we were on the go the whole day and we were absolutely starrrrrrrving.
So along came my starter. Beautiful. The pork looked amazing and tasted amazing then came my wifes starter........
Now it wasn't as if she didn't ask for it but I was under the impression it would have been served differently. I was laughing my head off and she wasn't happy I was laughing so much. Anyway she said it was nice even though it was somewhat carroty. Do you know the times where you just cannot stop laughing. It was one of those times and by the end of the meal my wife was telling me to shut the hell up. She did actually enjoy the carrot starter. Well she said she did out of spite I would imagine. But it gave me a right laugh.
The day after we went to a restaurant called Le Frog. Yep for a couple that do not want to eat Frog's legs it wasn't the best place to go. So we went in and the whole place was eating them. A mini quest of mine on holiday was hearing French people say their two most famous sayings:
Oh La La
Sacrebleu
I heard 3 Oh La La's in this restaurant. Said in different ways mind. One guy said OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and then muttered la la. I found this hilarious. But he got the frogs legs. I had a few wines at me at this stage and did a Homer Simpson type speech.
"Is it wrong to eat the legs of a chicken and not the legs of a frog??"
"Is it wrong to eat a cows arse and not eat some snails Marge?"
"Well this has to stop!"
Waiter , a portion of your finest frogs legs and escargo s'il vous plait.
I immediately regretted the decision on seeing my wifes face. The face of no nookie after snails rule had been implemented as fast as a sanction on Russia.
Along they came. The waiter showed me how to eat them. He gave me a tweezers like object to pluck the snails out from the shells. The frogs came drenched in garlic which was a major plus.
OK here it goes. Down the hatches. Close the back door behind me.
My wife did the about to vomit expression.
No going back now.
FREEEEDOOOOOMMMMM.
Fucking Delicious. The French know their shit.
Lolled at pea on the plate. I've spent a lot of time in France over multiple trips and...alas, have had many pea on plate moments.
Then...The carrot. That cracked me up. Mostly because I can imaging you doing the same at the table and your wife getting pissed at you. We'll, I'll say it; her fault for ordering carotte. 😁
I've eaten frogs legs in France, didn't mind them to be honest, snails also...but to be fair, I was sitting next to the stage at Moulin Rouge watching the show when ai was eating those snails. So, I could have been eating my own ears for all I cared about the food. 😳
Great post mate, so glad you entered a post this week.
🤣🤣🤣 we will eat anything when the view is good. Great initiative. Will make an effort to post here every weekend going forward.
It's all about the view huh? It'll be good to have you a long on the #weekend-engagement concept when you can. Thanks. ✅
Life is all about the view. That's why the most expensive houses are overlooking the sea. 😉. I'll be back next week. Cheers.
Okay, that Homer Simpson speech was hilarious af!
Those frog legs actually look delectable 😁. The french really do know their shit.
La, la, la, la...
They were a delight although I did have 8 pints and 3 glasses of red wine before I had the courage to eat them.
How strange a whole carrot at the beginning, it really makes you laugh.
And regarding your dish...there is a saying that goes, so much water goes down the drain until it breaks. So much seeing and hearing about frogs and snails that you ended up trying it and the best thing was that you liked it. You would have enjoyed that dish years ago, hahaha.
@lisrl26 I'm still laughing around the carrot. She should have picked it up in one hand and ate it like bugs bunny
I was nooo they are awesome if cooked right! you don't know what you are fricking missing!
Her carrot made me laugh!
Thanks for entering and have a great weekend!
Ah the wife likes the prawns with the antlers so I was quick enough to point that out to her. 😁
haha does she suck the insides from the heads too 🤣🤣🤣
I see you boys are spanking Gerrard 🤣🤣🤣
Spanking Gerrard but he's taking a few of our boys out as well.
Oh la la 😂😂
Laboratoire Garnier . 🤣🤣
That is the best part about travelling trying food you haven't had before. I made the mistake having a sausage in France before as it was the specialty in the region and highly recommended by the waiter. It was an offal sausage and as you cut into it the think stank and had to order something more palatable. Snails are not bad and haven't done the old froggo yet.
Offal is a different proposition completely. 🤢🤢🤢
Ain't complete without a little wifey drama 😁... And it's actually hilarious 😂...