Breakfast of Champions, aka I'm getting a croissant.
Let me tell you that getting a decent butter croissant that is stuffed with real butter and is not a microscopic pastry sample gets exponentially harder the farther you are from France.
I blame the fatophobes who demonized one of the healthiest food there is due to some bad science from the 80's that somehow persists to this day despite all the scientific evidence pointing to its bullshitness. Yes, I'm referring to butter.
Anyway, today I decided to revel in my French heritage and stuff myself silly with a good (and large) croissant oozing with butter, and to down it with a few gulps of a strong black coffee. This means that I must wear the green Yema because you can't have a breakfast of champions without a champion, or at least a Superman, lurking in the background.
Speaking of the Superman, it's one of the few dive watches that I have, and the only one with the correct handset where the minute's hand is the most prominent.
I just managed with a few paragraphs to annoy both the broccoli munching crowd and the owners of watches with idiotically shaped hour's hands. My work here is done for today.
I'm a big fan of watches that are interesting because they are either unique, have interesting features, well designed or simply offer a great value for their price.
Coffee and croissant…the breakfast of champions
You almost got it right, it's just that the croissant should be filled with chocolate..😌
Bon appetit mon ami! 🥐
How times have changed… I remember when a can of coke and a cigarette was the breakfast of champions 🤣
I’m a butter fan myself 😊💯
That looks delicious 😋
Whilst I’m in general agreement, Tokyo whilst being super far from Paris, probably has croissants that are on par or if not better than France. This is coming from someone who used to travel to France once a year!
You almost got it right, it's just that the croissant should be filled with chocolate..😌
Bon appetit mon ami! 🥐
We have this as well, but we call it Éclair. A croissant should be full of butter. This is axiomatic.
Whilst I’m in general agreement, Tokyo whilst being super far from Paris, probably has croissants that are on par or if not better than France. This is coming from someone who used to travel to France once a year!
Ah, but you never went to school there. It's a little secret that in France the best croissants are always sold in boulangeries and patisseries near schools.
Ah, but you never went to school there. It's a little secret that in France the best croissants are always sold in boulangeries and patisseries near schools.
True, but I have tried the top 3 (French croissant tournament) which I assume won’t be worse than the schools as it’s the best France has to offer (at least in a tournament).
I love a good croissant with my coffees, the best most decadent pastries you can find in Toronto are baked by young Japanese chefs/bakers many who trained in Paris sold for premium prices but recalls the ones that my wife and I used to take for granted when visiting Paris.
Breakfast of Champions for me was instant coffee with a big bag of super salty potato chips or a cardboard box of vanilla ice cream with a Chinese fried bread stick normally eaten with congee.
That croissant was good choice, but you've sparked my interest with that Yema. I've never experienced the Superman model outside of seeing it on YouTube.
breakfast of champions had another meaning back in the 70's...
For some of us it is still stollen season. Truth be told, stollen can't compare to a real croissant.
Nice composition
Bonjour Claude! You are an influencer. Because of you, I put on my Yema and bought a croissant.
Yes, this way to a cowboy's breakfast! But you really want to wear your least accurate slow running watch here. Makes the time seem longer.
I live in Kentucky. But I've been to Paris, London too. That would be Paris, Kentucky, and London KY. And with all these new niche coffee shops opening up, there just might be real butter croissants in Paris KY, or tasty scones in London KY. But I sort of doubt it.
That croissant was good choice, but you've sparked my interest with that Yema. I've never experienced the Superman model outside of seeing it on YouTube.
I own three Yema, two f them are Superman and you can read the review I did about them and posted on WC. The bottom line is that they are good watches made by an interesting company.
There are talks about their after sales service but my own experience told me a different story. Their service is way better than the abysmal one offered by better known brands which somehow gets a free pass.
Bonjour Claude! You are an influencer. Because of you, I put on my Yema and bought a croissant.
Excellent choice!
Yes, this way to a cowboy's breakfast! But you really want to wear your least accurate slow running watch here. Makes the time seem longer.
I plan on wearing today a watch which is completely illegible so I guess that I'm covered for Saturday's breakfast.
I own three Yema, two f them are Superman and you can read the review I did about them and posted on WC. The bottom line is that they are good watches made by an interesting company.
There are talks about their after sales service but my own experience told me a different story. Their service is way better than the abysmal one offered by better known brands which somehow gets a free pass.
Interesting!
Butter is bad, the great lie of the American food system. Love it!