Thursday, January 30, 2020

Indian food French style.


The family princess is up and in the back of the car in record time today. Her high activity levels can be linked to the arrival of the cleaning lady and the appearance of the Hoover. Sophie like all PONs seems to view the vacuum cleaner as a devilish device to be avoided at all costs. Must be something to do with the pitch of the motor. The cleaning lady informs me that we are due a bout of ' exceptionally warm weather'. 


This morning Angus and Sophie drive down to the cafe by the motorway pay station. The croissant is a straight out of the oven 9.5/10. Sophie also gets given two tiny pieces of flaky pastry.  She takes these from the hand of the girl behind the counter with gentle finesse.


On our way back to the car we make a detour to study the menu on the Indian fast food store that's opened up in the tin shack by the tyre repair shop. Angus wonders aloud how many Indian Naans would have beef fillings. A man changing a tyre on a little Renault looks up to see who this strange foreigner is talking to. Both Angus and Sophie are of an age where they're not bothered what people think of their morning chats.



Frequent visitors to the blog will notice that Sophie has had the hair round her eyes trimmed. She's also had some of the excess fur taken out of her muzzle. The new svelte look makes her temperament much more equable. This new calmness does not extend to the post lady who still receives a ferocious 'welcome'.


This study of the decline in disease was interesting : https://rootsofprogress.org/draining-the-swamp

And this newly restored masterpiece is very beautiful :  https://visit.gent.be/en/see-do/ghent-altarpiece-supreme-divine-art#lg=1&slide=1

6 comments:

WFT Nobby said...

Seems to me there are several not very Indian naan sandwiches on the menu. Merguez naan for example. In fact, the whole concept of a naan sandwich is sure not native to India? (My friend Yamini might correct me on this). Cheers, Gail.

Lisa in France said...

Lovely shots of both Sophie and the croissant today! I had gone back to your old blog from Italy recently looking for your first post I ever read, which happened to be about, of all things, bang-trimming, and I was struck by the difference between your photos then and your photos now. Your photos then were wonderful, of course, but now they often reach the level of art. As regards bang-trimming, we became quite worried recently when Cherry started walking into walls and barking at imaginary invaders, but we realized it stopped as soon as she visited her salon and had a trim around the eyes. As you know, some are of the view that cutting a PON's bangs goes against nature, but I have to wonder how their dogs manage? I like the fact that Nos Naan's has adopted the Laughing Cow Cheese logo!

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Taste of France said...

I am laughing over the Laughing Cow, and also over the beef naans. In poor countries, meat from smaller animals is cheaper than meat from larger ones, but lamb is far pricier than beef in France. My husband laments that the kebabs here are made with turkey, not lamb. In any case, these naans look suspiciously like gyros or wraps. The new fad of tacos also lack any resemblance to those made by Mexican immigrants in my hometown.
Re Ghent, it's a very interesting town, often overlooked by people who just go to Bruges.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
As Gail suggests, the only thing remotely 'Indian' about your fast food outlet is the naan bread. Beyond that, forget it. There is a Mughal (Islamic) Indian version of stuffed (within the bread as it cooks, NOT a sandwich) of 'keema naan'... which is minced lamb. Other than that. Nope. Pomme frite??? ....hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah...

Now, really, any surprise that hygiene is the best defence against infections??? That is surely not a revelation?

That lamb restoration caused a bit of consternation: indeed, it does appear to be markedly altered from the original...
YAM xx

Coppa's girl said...

A frite naan - a not too close relation of the much loved British "chip buttie"? Could it be that your little corner of France profonde is the first to try out these tempting(?) new dishes? Where you lead - others follow!