Allons à McDo

Just like McDonald's in Sweden has their own burger on the menu (McFeast) that you won't find abroad, so does France. The French Mickey D's burger is called Royal Deluxe and is, even though I usually don't like McDonald's, really good.
The Royal Deluxe consists of a burger, bun, lettuce, onions, tomato, cheddar cheese and last but not least mustard sauce. The sauce is what makes this burger, without it it'd just be a plain boring tasteless burger like McFeast. The mustard sauce makes this burger so good that a visit to McDonald's is a must whenever I go to France.


Best of Royal Deluxe.

As a kid I used to love Bonne Maman's marmelade. I still do but I don't eat that much bread anymore so I haven't had any in many years. Nowadays Bonne Maman does loads of other products like cookies, yogurt and desserts. That Bonne Maman logo is a guarantee that it's top class products. Find out for yourself and go get their yogurt with figs.




I love shopping food when I'm abroad. So much new stuff to try. Then there's always stuff you don't necessarily want to buy but still find intriguing. Here's a bunch of goodies from the French supermarkets.

Don't call it a comeback

This is my third straight summer I've been to Marseille. And just like last summer the chicken ball has been on top of my to-do-list. This year I found out what the thing is actually called. Pastilla (or b'stilla) is the name of this delicious invention. The bakery I've been to the last two summers was closed (don't know if they had vacation or was out of business), but on the same street I found an almost identical pastilla to the one I've had before. It's a small phyllo pie filled with chicken, cinnamon and apple.


Another ten meters down the street a bakery called Le Soleil d'Egypte had another kind of pastilla filled with chicken, almonds and other things I'm not sure of. Not as sweet as the first one but still very good.


In Marseille you'll probably find pastillas at most bakeries in the area called Noailles.

När vi glider

Toinou is the Marseille version of Nice's Café de Turin. A little bigger, a little better and a little cheaper. 50 cl of wine is only 4 euros! The menu's got more to choose from than Café de Turin. Only thing Toinou doesn't deliver on the same level is the moules marinieres. Not cause their's not good but cause Café de Turin makes one of the best I ever had. This is a must go spot if you go to Marseille.

Toinou - 3 Cours Saint-Louis, Marseille, France

Show me

We decided we were actually going to see that château on the hill once and for all. Didn't find it this time either. Finally realized there's nothing left but those boring ass ruins. So after a never ending walk we decided to treat ourselves to some oysters.


Café de Turin on place Garibaldi is one of my favorite spots in Nice. Nothing fancy service wise or how the way the food is presented, but the food is amazing. Oysters, crawfish, mussels, shrimps and pretty much everything else from the sea you can eat is served at this tasty yet affordable restaurant. We managed to squeeze in two visits during our stay in Nice. Wish we would have done three or four.

Café de Turin - 5 place Garibaldi, Nice, France


12 no3 Oysters (15,20 Euro).


Moules marinières (10,60 Euro) with French fries (2,60 Euro).


And once again 12 no3 Oysters (15,20 Euro).


6 crawfish (6,90 Euro).

How ya livin

Acchiardo is a small place in the old town of Nice with simple dishes for an affordable price. Nothing spectacular about it at all, but 7 euros and 50 cents for nice gnocchi bolognese works for me.

Acchiardo - 38 Rue Droite


Green gnocchi with bolognese.

Stop snitchin

On the same street as Niss'tanbul there's an ice cream place called Peccati di Gola. I'm not very big on ice cream and think it's a pretty overrated phenomenon, but this ice cream is truly amazing. The last one I had during this stay in Nice I downed so fast I got a cold shock in my throat. If you're reading this Theo I'll bet you're thinking: Hate to say I told you so! Theo always eats his ice cream from Peccati di Gola in slow motion claiming it is what you should do if you truly want to enjoy something.

Peccati di Gola - 34 Boulevard Gambetta, Nice, France


Chocolate, bacio and banana.


Strawberry and banana.