I thought to have left all bad memories of Brit cuisine, culture and style behind me. But no, one of the top brands of low Britishness, the food & produce dispenser Marks & Spencer had to make a return to Paris! Blasted, goddammit!
Top-notch in Britain means sub-par in Paris
Even though the French rightly scoff at British cooking and fashion, the retailer still reckons defiantly that Parisians are yearning for its disgusting ready-made chicken tikka masala, repulsive "gourmet" chutney and sensible knickers in the style (and often of the size) of tableclothes. And so the veteran British retailer opened a flagship store on Paris’s Champs-Elysees on Thursday after a decade’s absence from French soil, bringing the taste and feel of Britain to a city that sees itself as a world capital of food and good living. As if!
Emily was there (not to buy anything, of course) and thought that 90% of the lost souls there spoke English, American, Nigerian or English English accent...
I always considered the "M&S" logo as some sort of cry for help, sort of an SOS for famished souls....
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