Food

I got to try this some day

I ate at Paris Baggette franchise for the first time.  There were ~40 new stores opened this year (total franchise has 180+ in the US).

Overall, I like the place but don't like the prices.  The Business model appears to be quite successful in the US- they have overpriced but superior quality goods, make good margin.  Customers come because of the good environment and the unusually large variety of good items.

It would be interesting to find out how many things they make in-house and how many things are shipped to them frozen.

What  makes the bakery items unusual is that they are obviously designed for maximum aesthetic appearance in order to justify the $4 donut.

Interestingly enough the Cake section appears to be the worst part of the franchise.  The cakes appeared to be designed mainly for their beauty than for the taste.  The cakes are also very expensive for the small size, a relatively small cake is $40, $50.

The pastries are all high quality in appearance and have huge variety.  

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The only reasonably priced item I bought was the raison bread ($5 for 1 lb loaf).  It is high quality bread with a very fine and glossy-mildly oily texture.

The Blueberry Yogurt Cake Slice was $7 for small slice.  It was good but disappeared in a few bites. I would describe it as having a good variety of flavors but too light in taste.  What is noticeable is the tasteless white cream on top, this appears to be the main thing on most of the cakes.  Overall this cake style is Asian and not suited to American tastes. 

The cheese & Bratwurst croissant ($4) was very good and had a lot of subtle flavors. 

The Curry Croquette was good ($4) but could use stronger flavors.

I went to Paris Baguette again and am now less impressed.  

They bake their own bread and make their own cakes.

But I think that the pastries are actually frozen and they defrost it.  They just have a very good pastry factory.

11 hours ago, AnatasiaSteele82 said:

My Sunday kebab and chips 😋

On my dinner table today is hot broth with chicken breast, vegetables and harmonious spices. This dish is not only tasty, but also rich in protein, an important component for cell growth and regeneration in my body. I am now emphasizing growth hormone https://worldhgh.com/. So rich food for such things is important to me. And of course to make it tasty and not vomit.

My wife makes Elf bread:

asian street food makes american street food look like  crap lol

Granola tastes good but I never understood how people can eat this without constipation lol.  It does have a lot of oatmeal but its not rendered...

food inflation is out of control, even at costco.  So many things there have increased significantly in price.

I want to make these at home.

11 hours ago, AnatasiaSteele82 said:

 

They taste good but I always saw these bisquits as the opposite of digestion- more like constipation! 

Same thing with oatmeal bars.  They are so dry and the oatmeal is unrendered that for me they harm rather than help.

When people get to know me, they may have the false assumption that I only eat expensive foods and am a big fussy eater in general. Especially when I tell them about exclusive foie gras for sale at gourmetfoodstore.com. I actually like variety as well as trying new things. It at least adds interest to life.

stuffed bagels- this is a pretty cool idea and i think anyone can make this at home

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