I’m in London for a few days this week for work and as fate would have it, have the supreme bad luck of being sick. Instead of going out on the town with colleagues last night, I stayed held up in my beautiful hotel room, wrapped up like a vietnamese springroll in layers of pajamas, wool sweater and a scarf and lamented that my cold has killed my taste buds to the point that the cheesecake I ordered tasted like cardboard. Or maybe they just make bad cheesecake. In any case, I was pouting.
This morning however, upon stepping out early to find a cup of tea that doesn’t cost 9 pounds, I was met with a sight for sore eyes. One of my favourite, secret loves. The thing you’re not supposed to love but you just can’t help adoring: Marks & Spencer’s Groceries. Their salad dressings alone give me cause for joy. In France you have three choices for pre-made salad dressings, mustard, mustard and oh….Dijon mustard if you want to mix it up a bit.
A new M&S opened in Paris a few weeks ago but without a grocery section. What’s the point???!! So I’m off to find out what new organic products are available at M&S, buy some salad dressing without one goddamn grain of mustard in it and hopefully some other delicious stuff that I can never find in France. Even at the Grand Epicerie de Paris. I’ll let you know what I find, surely there will be some recipe inspiration there.
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