Minor complaint

[conuly]

I like Au Bon Pain. It's half price after 4, and they have THE BEST chocolate croissants. All their stuff is good, in fact.

However, I have to say this. Their croissants are NOT croissants. They're square pastries. The whole point of a croissant is that it's a... well... croissant, a crescent. They were invented as a way to celebrate defeating the Turks. Square shaped pastries are just substitutes for the real thing. Nothing wrong with being a square shaped pastry, but then that's what you should be called. *deep sigh* I'm going to whine about this off and on for the next fifty years. Please forgive me.

Comments

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Forgive me if I'm wrong - perhaps we're thinking of different things. But aren't they pain au chocolat not chocolate croissants?

[conuly]

That's not what they're called, though.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

I guess what I'm getting at is "are they calling the wrong thing the right name or the right thing the wrong name?" I suspect the latter.

Mmmm, chocolate pain...

[catsluvdmb.livejournal.com]

Aww man, I wish the french pastry shop here slashed their prices after 4. Maybe the do, I'm just never there after 4 lol. I must investigate this tomorrow. They have the best almond croissants there and they're croissant shaped^_~

[nighteshade.livejournal.com]

au bon pain is yummy.

as for the pastry naming debate, we call 'em chocolate croissants here in the states, but when i was in france they were always pain au chocolat.

yummy stuff, either way.

[squittycat.livejournal.com]

Half price after 4?

It's also 100% off after closing. Just dig through their garbage. :)

[conuly]

You want me to steal from homeless people? If I want free food, I just go to the counter with the cute guy and look pathetically needy and hungry. Funny, that works all the time. Well, it only works when you go near closing anyway, but that's not the point.

[squittycat.livejournal.com]

Homeless people don't eat nearly enough of the garbage food; too much of it still goes to the dump.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Forgive me if I'm wrong - perhaps we're thinking of different things. But aren't they pain au chocolat not chocolate croissants?

[conuly]

That's not what they're called, though.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

I guess what I'm getting at is "are they calling the wrong thing the right name or the right thing the wrong name?" I suspect the latter.

Mmmm, chocolate pain...

[catsluvdmb.livejournal.com]

Aww man, I wish the french pastry shop here slashed their prices after 4. Maybe the do, I'm just never there after 4 lol. I must investigate this tomorrow. They have the best almond croissants there and they're croissant shaped^_~

[nighteshade.livejournal.com]

au bon pain is yummy.

as for the pastry naming debate, we call 'em chocolate croissants here in the states, but when i was in france they were always pain au chocolat.

yummy stuff, either way.

[squittycat.livejournal.com]

Half price after 4?

It's also 100% off after closing. Just dig through their garbage. :)

[conuly]

You want me to steal from homeless people? If I want free food, I just go to the counter with the cute guy and look pathetically needy and hungry. Funny, that works all the time. Well, it only works when you go near closing anyway, but that's not the point.

[squittycat.livejournal.com]

Homeless people don't eat nearly enough of the garbage food; too much of it still goes to the dump.