He thought all cheese was as delicious as the Wisconsin cheddar he had during his semester abroad in Iowa.
this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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still blows my mind he just roomed with a random Iowan family and is still close with them
like in a different reality this should allow some kind of common ground between our nations or some shit
im so fuckin jealous. it should have been me
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It's a bit strange that the only food that I know to be French is baguette which is just a bread.
Their pastries and cooking methods as s general rule are great. Not sure if they found the one bad chef in France or what.
It's just a photo taken at a random moment while attending some event, people's expressions are constantly shifting, you can be enjoying something and have a dissatisfied-looking expression on your face for a fraction of a second for like a thousand different reasons.
I feel like that is obvious and I'm all for dunking on the Western hegemony in whatever genuine or silly way but I sincerely hope no one in this thread is genuinely sitting here like "Oh my goodness, President Xi is offended by French cuisine! 
"
It's not so obvious to me, but there are plenty of people who unironically think and say this. French culinary techniques and dishes are genuinely lovely stuff, but so much of it (through imperialism) has just sort of insinuated itself into culinary traditions the world over.
I've visited Paris once and all the food I had was mediocre at best. The restaurants I've visited don't know how to cook a steak, it was always overcooked. We went to one fancy place that was okay but all the normal food was really disappointing. The bakeries were good though.
Paris is shit. Everything about it is shit. It even smells like shit.
Go to some little town or large village in the middle of nowhere and you'll find really incredible boulangeries and fromageries. The people still kinda suck, but that's just France.
Foie gras, ortolan bunting, steak tartare, escargot
(CW: Animal cruelty esp on the first 2)
Raclette, Fondue, Bœuf Bourguignon, Tartiflette
(Three of them being just potato/cheese/meat)
Raclette, Fondue
These could also be Swiss, but then again, Swiss people are just mountain French.
There's also southern french and occitan food, like boullabaise, ratatouille, or nicoise salad. French food is extremely regional.
Yeah true, my fav is Brittany's galettes de sarasin
Le Fishe Au Chocolat
"How did they manage to make food that tastes just like how the fr*nch act?"
Do we think Xi is a wife guy?
I don't care but his wife is killing it with her look.
"It's just... a piece of cheese?"
Disgost 
French food is just sticks of butter...
:xi-agony:
Babe! It's 4pm, time for your french food!
Yes honey
"We are so serving him stinky tofu next time he's in Beijing."
There’s this one drink my wife and I tried in Beijing that looks like a coffee but smells and tastes pretty much like raw sewage, they should give that to him.
Douzhi?
Had to check with my wife, but yes, that’s exactly it.
"they only had camambert?"
I'd look like that too if I had to have a conversation with macron and von der leyen
No lie though, escargot wasn't bad when I tried it. Like a grassy oyster.
I too am a snail enjoyer
Oysters are just sea boogers. Unless they’re cooked, then they’re alright.
They have them in Portugal as well, where they are called Caracois. Maybe the recipe is slightly different there, but I liked it.
The face I make when it's 7pm and I know I have to spend at least two more hours at the party I'm clearly not enjoying
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I hurt myself today
Stay strong Xi I know this was the most devastating day of your career so far.
J'ai ris.
The UK had Brexit so they didnt have to eat that foreign stuff...
/s
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