Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Nothing like a shellfish socialist
[Drinking] L'officiel Marseille rosé (and other food and drinks) thread
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thedonkeycentrehalf
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You should find a decent Steak Hache just to annoy those who don't like burgers being shown on the Restaurant thread
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Ended up going to an old school place called Chez Michel down near the Catalan beach. This was recommended by a cycling journalist podcast chap who has lived his whole life in the city. I don’t follow this guy but I understand he’s also a foodie and his podcast, whilst primarily about cycling, covers a lot of restaurants he likes and eats at during his travels. Had calamari to start and their version of bouillabaisse plus a chilled rose.
Jimmy Come Lately
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It's a while since I last spent much time in France and my experience over the last couple of days is that the situation is much improved. Most restaurants short of Michelin-starred fine dining places have a vegetarian/vegan option right there on the menu. No need to ask if the chef will make something special, no debates about whether fish are vegetables, no need to seek out the one specialist hippy lentil stew place.
Generally only one veggie option, though, and it tends not to be particularly inspiring, so it's a bit like eating out as a vegetarian in the UK twenty years ago, but it's not difficult. I haven't been paying close attention to how many of the veggie options are also vegan but it's definitely been "some".
But that's in Avignon, which reminds me a bit of Brighton (very touristy, somewhat studenty), and across the river in Villeneuve, which reminds me a bit of Lewes. Marseille may be different if, as the lurid stories on here have suggested, it's more like Portsmouth.
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I just Googled and there seems to be plenty of vegan friendly places here. Given the med and North African influence this doesn’t surprise me.
Further, a couple of friends are vegetarian and they travel around France a lot and don’t starve, France has moved on since @Live by the sea was last here.
Have at last joined you HT.
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Man of Harveys
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“We’re the pink wine, we’re the pink wine, we’re the pink wine Brighton boys”
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We have to get the away end singing this!
That horse should not be worked….
North of Robertsbridge
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Stopped off for a cheeky Michelin starred lunch in Nîmes
Might as well take advantage of the trip
And yes, as a good socialist, I do support food banks. I just like good French food, part of the reason for choosing this away game
Pogue Mahone
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Disappointing that there is not a glass of rosé on the table.
Oysters ? God those North African crack whores are in for a treat
Don’t order crab or lobster if you’re feeling the pinch.
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Superb effort!
Live by the sea
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You don’t need to be a socialist to support food banks , just a compassionate person .
North of Robertsbridge
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Driving. Now happily sat in a bar in Marseille with draft Kwak
Wait, is that a Kraftwerk tribute band?
pishhead
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That could go south quickly!