Food Courts in Paris
Aug 16th 2006 | 10:02 pm
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Re: Food Courts in Paris
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:39:48 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] (Mxsmanic) wrote:
>> *From:* Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>> *Date:* Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:19:54 +0200
>>
>> poldy writes:
>>
>> > I think the original poster is referring to all the prepared foods
>> > sold at Harrod's and other department stores. They have some hot
>> > foods but a lot of salads and sandwiches packed and ready to go.
>> > London is really big on take away food.
>>
>> The places I referenced have a lot of ready-to-go prepared foods,
>> also, although I haven't been to Harrod's so I can't say exactly how
>> it compares to there.
>>
>> I recall that Marks & Spencer in Paris had a fair selection of
>> prepared sandwiches before it crashed and burned.
>>
>> > Bon Marche has some prepared foods towards the back. So does Inno.
>> > But nothing like the big London stores.
>>
>> Do Londoners prefer to buy sandwiches and take them home rather than
>> sit down in a restaurant or buy fast food and eat on the spot?
>The sandwich market in London is essentially directed toward office
>workers taking them back to the office, or maybe to a nearby park if
>weather permits.
I found the sandwich culture in England quite astonishing. Actually, I
worked at a sandwich factory once (no, not making the things!), and we
were taken for a tour by the client. From a viewing room, he showed us
a massive refrigerated room with convey belts all over the place, and
loads of not very English looking people applying stuff to the
sandwiches. It was very well organised and precise.
He assured me the staff were all very happy, although I can't imagine
how he knew.
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>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] (Mxsmanic) wrote:
>> *From:* Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>> *Date:* Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:19:54 +0200
>>
>> poldy writes:
>>
>> > I think the original poster is referring to all the prepared foods
>> > sold at Harrod's and other department stores. They have some hot
>> > foods but a lot of salads and sandwiches packed and ready to go.
>> > London is really big on take away food.
>>
>> The places I referenced have a lot of ready-to-go prepared foods,
>> also, although I haven't been to Harrod's so I can't say exactly how
>> it compares to there.
>>
>> I recall that Marks & Spencer in Paris had a fair selection of
>> prepared sandwiches before it crashed and burned.
>>
>> > Bon Marche has some prepared foods towards the back. So does Inno.
>> > But nothing like the big London stores.
>>
>> Do Londoners prefer to buy sandwiches and take them home rather than
>> sit down in a restaurant or buy fast food and eat on the spot?
>The sandwich market in London is essentially directed toward office
>workers taking them back to the office, or maybe to a nearby park if
>weather permits.
I found the sandwich culture in England quite astonishing. Actually, I
worked at a sandwich factory once (no, not making the things!), and we
were taken for a tour by the client. From a viewing room, he showed us
a massive refrigerated room with convey belts all over the place, and
loads of not very English looking people applying stuff to the
sandwiches. It was very well organised and precise.
He assured me the staff were all very happy, although I can't imagine
how he knew.
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Aug 16th 2006 | 10:04 pm
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Re: Food Courts in Paris
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:49:41 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> The sandwich market in London is essentially directed toward office
>> workers taking them back to the office, or maybe to a nearby park if
>> weather permits.
>I take it that company cafeterias and restaurants are rare in London?
Yes, usually only in remote areas, or in old fashioned companies.
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wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> The sandwich market in London is essentially directed toward office
>> workers taking them back to the office, or maybe to a nearby park if
>> weather permits.
>I take it that company cafeterias and restaurants are rare in London?
Yes, usually only in remote areas, or in old fashioned companies.
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Aug 16th 2006 | 10:17 pm
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Re: Food Courts in Paris
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:57:20 +0200, Dave Frightens Me
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:49:01 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>Bob Barnett writes:
>>> Meaning=you can't afford it
>>No correlation. The best shops are never snooty.
>For all values of 'best'?
Meaning he can't afford them.
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<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:49:01 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>Bob Barnett writes:
>>> Meaning=you can't afford it
>>No correlation. The best shops are never snooty.
>For all values of 'best'?
Meaning he can't afford them.
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Aug 16th 2006 | 10:44 pm
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Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
>Iceman writes:
>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food stores in the
>> world?
>They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard to build a
>complete meal from their inventory, although it can be done.
There speaks the voice of experience.
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Tim C.
>Iceman writes:
>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food stores in the
>> world?
>They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard to build a
>complete meal from their inventory, although it can be done.
There speaks the voice of experience.
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Aug 16th 2006 | 10:47 pm
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:44:24 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
>>Iceman writes:
>>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food stores in the
>>> world?
>>They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard to build a
>>complete meal from their inventory, although it can be done.
>There speaks the voice of experience.
OXO cube man?
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wrote:
>Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
>>Iceman writes:
>>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food stores in the
>>> world?
>>They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard to build a
>>complete meal from their inventory, although it can be done.
>There speaks the voice of experience.
OXO cube man?
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Aug 17th 2006 | 1:01 am
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Re: Food Courts in Paris
Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:44:24 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
> >
> >>Iceman writes:
> >>
> >>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food stores in the
> >>> world?
> >>
> >>They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard to build a
> >>complete meal from their inventory, although it can be done.
> >
> >There speaks the voice of experience.
> OXO cube man?
Have you taken your wife up the OXO Tower, Martin?
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> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:44:24 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
> >
> >>Iceman writes:
> >>
> >>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food stores in the
> >>> world?
> >>
> >>They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard to build a
> >>complete meal from their inventory, although it can be done.
> >
> >There speaks the voice of experience.
> OXO cube man?
Have you taken your wife up the OXO Tower, Martin?
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Aug 17th 2006 | 1:08 am
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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Mxsmanic) wrote:
> *From:* Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:49:41 +0200
>
> [email protected] writes:
>
> > The sandwich market in London is essentially directed toward office
> > workers taking them back to the office, or maybe to a nearby park if
> > weather permits.
>
> I take it that company cafeterias and restaurants are rare in London?
Yes. Some very large employers have them, but the majority not.
[email protected] (Mxsmanic) wrote:
> *From:* Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:49:41 +0200
>
> [email protected] writes:
>
> > The sandwich market in London is essentially directed toward office
> > workers taking them back to the office, or maybe to a nearby park if
> > weather permits.
>
> I take it that company cafeterias and restaurants are rare in London?
Yes. Some very large employers have them, but the majority not.
Aug 17th 2006 | 1:08 am
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In article <[email protected] ews.net>,
[email protected] (Miss L. Toe) wrote:
> *From:* "Miss L. Toe" <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:36:53 +0100
>
>
> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > [email protected] writes:
> >
> > > The sandwich market in London is essentially directed toward office
> > > workers taking them back to the office, or maybe to a nearby park if
> > > weather permits.
> >
> > I take it that company cafeterias and restaurants are rare in London?
>
> Rare in smaller companies, bad in many larger ones. (IBM excepted).
Apple's the best I've eaten in! (But that was some years ago. The food has
doubtless been redesigned several times since.)
[email protected] (Miss L. Toe) wrote:
> *From:* "Miss L. Toe" <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:36:53 +0100
>
>
> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > [email protected] writes:
> >
> > > The sandwich market in London is essentially directed toward office
> > > workers taking them back to the office, or maybe to a nearby park if
> > > weather permits.
> >
> > I take it that company cafeterias and restaurants are rare in London?
>
> Rare in smaller companies, bad in many larger ones. (IBM excepted).
Apple's the best I've eaten in! (But that was some years ago. The food has
doubtless been redesigned several times since.)
Aug 17th 2006 | 1:09 am
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On 17 Aug 2006 06:01:53 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:44:24 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
>> >
>> >>Iceman writes:
>> >>
>> >>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food stores in the
>> >>> world?
>> >>
>> >>They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard to build a
>> >>complete meal from their inventory, although it can be done.
>> >
>> >There speaks the voice of experience.
>> OXO cube man?
>Have you taken your wife up the OXO Tower, Martin?
No, I suffer from vertigo. I went up the Post Office Tower once and
have been up the Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, the Europort thing in
R'dam and walked part of the way up the Eiffel Tower.
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>Martin wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:44:24 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
>> >
>> >>Iceman writes:
>> >>
>> >>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food stores in the
>> >>> world?
>> >>
>> >>They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard to build a
>> >>complete meal from their inventory, although it can be done.
>> >
>> >There speaks the voice of experience.
>> OXO cube man?
>Have you taken your wife up the OXO Tower, Martin?
No, I suffer from vertigo. I went up the Post Office Tower once and
have been up the Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, the Europort thing in
R'dam and walked part of the way up the Eiffel Tower.
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Aug 17th 2006 | 1:18 am
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Hello, Martin!
You wrote on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:09:41 +0200:
??>> Martin wrote:
??>>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:44:24 +0200, Tim C.
??>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
??>>>
??>>>> Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
??>>>>
??>>>>> Iceman writes:
??>>>>>
??>>>>>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food
??>>>>>> stores in the world?
??>>>>>
??>>>>> They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard
??>>>>> to build a complete meal from their inventory, although
??>>>>> it can be done.
??>>>>
??>>>> There speaks the voice of experience.
??>>>
??>>> OXO cube man?
??>>
??>> Have you taken your wife up the OXO Tower, Martin?
M> No, I suffer from vertigo. I went up the Post Office Tower
M> once and have been up the Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, the
M> Europort thing in R'dam and walked part of the way up the
M> Eiffel Tower. --
By the standards of those, or even American architecture of its
time, the OXO tower is rather pathetically small. Still, making
the shape of the windows spell out OXO was an ingenious way
round the laws limiting advertising!
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not
You wrote on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:09:41 +0200:
??>> Martin wrote:
??>>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:44:24 +0200, Tim C.
??>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
??>>>
??>>>> Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
??>>>>
??>>>>> Iceman writes:
??>>>>>
??>>>>>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food
??>>>>>> stores in the world?
??>>>>>
??>>>>> They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard
??>>>>> to build a complete meal from their inventory, although
??>>>>> it can be done.
??>>>>
??>>>> There speaks the voice of experience.
??>>>
??>>> OXO cube man?
??>>
??>> Have you taken your wife up the OXO Tower, Martin?
M> No, I suffer from vertigo. I went up the Post Office Tower
M> once and have been up the Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, the
M> Europort thing in R'dam and walked part of the way up the
M> Eiffel Tower. --
By the standards of those, or even American architecture of its
time, the OXO tower is rather pathetically small. Still, making
the shape of the windows spell out OXO was an ingenious way
round the laws limiting advertising!
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not
Aug 17th 2006 | 11:04 am
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Re: Food Courts in Paris
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:08:03 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> Apple's the best I've eaten in! (But that was some years ago. The food has
> doubtless been redesigned several times since.)
Apple has that large a facility in London? Or do you mean the headquarters
in Cupertino?
Having extremely good cafeterias is becoming a feature of silicon valley.
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> Apple's the best I've eaten in! (But that was some years ago. The food has
> doubtless been redesigned several times since.)
Apple has that large a facility in London? Or do you mean the headquarters
in Cupertino?
Having extremely good cafeterias is becoming a feature of silicon valley.
--
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To e-mail me, unmunge my address
Aug 18th 2006 | 1:29 am
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (BB)
wrote:
> *From:* BB <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:04:52 +0000 (UTC)
>
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:08:03 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Apple's the best I've eaten in! (But that was some years ago. The
> > food has doubtless been redesigned several times since.)
>
> Apple has that large a facility in London? Or do you mean the
> headquarters in Cupertino?
It is (or was; I presume it's still there) a little outside of London in a
place called Stockley Park, near Heathrow.
I haven't been to Apple in Cupertino, but Adobe put on a decent spread in
Mountain View.
wrote:
> *From:* BB <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:04:52 +0000 (UTC)
>
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:08:03 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Apple's the best I've eaten in! (But that was some years ago. The
> > food has doubtless been redesigned several times since.)
>
> Apple has that large a facility in London? Or do you mean the
> headquarters in Cupertino?
It is (or was; I presume it's still there) a little outside of London in a
place called Stockley Park, near Heathrow.
I haven't been to Apple in Cupertino, but Adobe put on a decent spread in
Mountain View.
Aug 18th 2006 | 4:01 am
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Re: Food Courts in Paris
James Silverton wrote:
> Hello, Martin!
> You wrote on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:09:41 +0200:
> ??>> Martin wrote:
> ??>>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:44:24 +0200, Tim C.
> ??>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> ??>>>
> ??>>>> Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>>> Iceman writes:
> ??>>>>>
> ??>>>>>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food
> ??>>>>>> stores in the world?
> ??>>>>>
> ??>>>>> They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard
> ??>>>>> to build a complete meal from their inventory, although
> ??>>>>> it can be done.
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>> There speaks the voice of experience.
> ??>>>
> ??>>> OXO cube man?
> ??>>
> ??>> Have you taken your wife up the OXO Tower, Martin?
> M> No, I suffer from vertigo. I went up the Post Office Tower
> M> once and have been up the Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, the
> M> Europort thing in R'dam and walked part of the way up the
> M> Eiffel Tower. --
> By the standards of those, or even American architecture of its
> time, the OXO tower is rather pathetically small. Still, making
> the shape of the windows spell out OXO was an ingenious way
> round the laws limiting advertising!
And it can be hard on the back pocket.
B;
> Hello, Martin!
> You wrote on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:09:41 +0200:
> ??>> Martin wrote:
> ??>>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:44:24 +0200, Tim C.
> ??>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> ??>>>
> ??>>>> Following up to Mxsmanic <[email protected]> :
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>>> Iceman writes:
> ??>>>>>
> ??>>>>>> Why don't you go to Fauchon, one of the greatest food
> ??>>>>>> stores in the world?
> ??>>>>>
> ??>>>>> They have a much smaller selection of foods; it's hard
> ??>>>>> to build a complete meal from their inventory, although
> ??>>>>> it can be done.
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>> There speaks the voice of experience.
> ??>>>
> ??>>> OXO cube man?
> ??>>
> ??>> Have you taken your wife up the OXO Tower, Martin?
> M> No, I suffer from vertigo. I went up the Post Office Tower
> M> once and have been up the Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, the
> M> Europort thing in R'dam and walked part of the way up the
> M> Eiffel Tower. --
> By the standards of those, or even American architecture of its
> time, the OXO tower is rather pathetically small. Still, making
> the shape of the windows spell out OXO was an ingenious way
> round the laws limiting advertising!
And it can be hard on the back pocket.
B;
Aug 21st 2006 | 4:26 pm
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Re: Food Courts in Paris
In article <[email protected]>,
Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do Londoners prefer to buy sandwiches and take them home rather than
> sit down in a restaurant or buy fast food and eat on the spot?
Well it's much cheaper to take away than to take a table.
But who knows, with the bad weather, maybe they eat in. Pret a Manger
is everywhere. But even larger drug stores (chemists) seem to have
refrigerated sections with premade sandwiches.
Besides sandwiches and salads, apparently Indian food is huge. They
were talking about a big Labour party supporter, an Indian guy who had
made his fortune on take-away Indian foods sold to supermarkets.
Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do Londoners prefer to buy sandwiches and take them home rather than
> sit down in a restaurant or buy fast food and eat on the spot?
Well it's much cheaper to take away than to take a table.
But who knows, with the bad weather, maybe they eat in. Pret a Manger
is everywhere. But even larger drug stores (chemists) seem to have
refrigerated sections with premade sandwiches.
Besides sandwiches and salads, apparently Indian food is huge. They
were talking about a big Labour party supporter, an Indian guy who had
made his fortune on take-away Indian foods sold to supermarkets.
Aug 21st 2006 | 4:33 pm
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Re: Food Courts in Paris
In article <[email protected] ews.net>,
"Miss L. Toe" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Miss L. Toe writes:
> >
> > > If you haven't been to harrods you haven't lived - you should go.
> >
> > I've heard that it's very snooty, and given its ownership, I have no
> > trouble believing that. I don't like snooty places.
>
> No it isn't snooty at all.
>
> You can see many people trying to be snooty (both staff and customers) but
> that is half the fun of the place.
I wasn't that impressed. Nothing looked that inviting. Clearly more
upscale food but like they had egg rolls for some ridiculous price.
"Miss L. Toe" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Miss L. Toe writes:
> >
> > > If you haven't been to harrods you haven't lived - you should go.
> >
> > I've heard that it's very snooty, and given its ownership, I have no
> > trouble believing that. I don't like snooty places.
>
> No it isn't snooty at all.
>
> You can see many people trying to be snooty (both staff and customers) but
> that is half the fun of the place.
I wasn't that impressed. Nothing looked that inviting. Clearly more
upscale food but like they had egg rolls for some ridiculous price.
