Sean Thomas

French food is the worst in the world

The country’s restaurants have become museums

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There are certain things that are so shocking they can only be said by close friends. And as the British have been in a close friendship – an entente cordiale – with the French since 1904, I am here to say it to our neighbours across the Channel: I’m sorry, mes amis, but your food is the worst in the world.

There are more McDonalds in France, per head, than anywhere in Europe

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