Today, while reading Le Monde, something happened to me that does not happen a lot: i actually smiled reading the news. Yes, M’am, I did.
So what made me smile: well the crazy story of Pascal Henry, now talked about all across the world... More or less.
Mr. Henry decided to go on a gourmet tour across the world: 68 stops, 9 countries. First, that’s already a bit crazy because that is a lot of food in a short time and I am not sure you really enjoy it after a while, but anyway.
The crazier part of the story is that, after visiting 40 out of 68 of all the Michelin three stars restaurants, our guy disappeared really mysteriously. He was having dinner, then wanted to pick up his visit card in his car, got out from the famous restaurant El Bulli, and never came back, leaving behind him his hat and his famous notebook (in which all the Chefs of signed).
So now, first of all, everyone is wondering what happened, the family freaked out and the police got into it – initially because being all gone as he was, Mr. Henry did not pay his bill at El Bulli (FYI a meal there cost about what I spend in food monthly).
But it gets further: Was he kidnapped? Did he disappear because he did not have enough money left? Because he did not have any more appetite? Then why did he leave the book? Nobody knows, but everybody is wondering.
So what’s with Henry, you’ll ask. Well he has been seen since then, briefly, apparently getting money in Spain so… the guy is alive and most likely he left willingly, now everyone wants to know why he left and as Interpol put a lot of efforts to find him…he might have to answer a couple of questions.
It was also a very public story. The media got all excited by the story, especially in Spain where it has been used by the major competitor of the El Bulli’s chef. And in France of course. Because it is about food.
That’s actually pretty interesting to see: the German article published on a magazine website was pretty brief, whereas in France a relatively long article was published in one of the most known and serious newspaper (Le Monde). Hmm, what does that says about us? When you think about it: Thriller and food, what more could the French need to be interested? Don’t answer that.
So what made me smile: well the crazy story of Pascal Henry, now talked about all across the world... More or less.
Mr. Henry decided to go on a gourmet tour across the world: 68 stops, 9 countries. First, that’s already a bit crazy because that is a lot of food in a short time and I am not sure you really enjoy it after a while, but anyway.
The crazier part of the story is that, after visiting 40 out of 68 of all the Michelin three stars restaurants, our guy disappeared really mysteriously. He was having dinner, then wanted to pick up his visit card in his car, got out from the famous restaurant El Bulli, and never came back, leaving behind him his hat and his famous notebook (in which all the Chefs of signed).
So now, first of all, everyone is wondering what happened, the family freaked out and the police got into it – initially because being all gone as he was, Mr. Henry did not pay his bill at El Bulli (FYI a meal there cost about what I spend in food monthly).
But it gets further: Was he kidnapped? Did he disappear because he did not have enough money left? Because he did not have any more appetite? Then why did he leave the book? Nobody knows, but everybody is wondering.
So what’s with Henry, you’ll ask. Well he has been seen since then, briefly, apparently getting money in Spain so… the guy is alive and most likely he left willingly, now everyone wants to know why he left and as Interpol put a lot of efforts to find him…he might have to answer a couple of questions.
It was also a very public story. The media got all excited by the story, especially in Spain where it has been used by the major competitor of the El Bulli’s chef. And in France of course. Because it is about food.
That’s actually pretty interesting to see: the German article published on a magazine website was pretty brief, whereas in France a relatively long article was published in one of the most known and serious newspaper (Le Monde). Hmm, what does that says about us? When you think about it: Thriller and food, what more could the French need to be interested? Don’t answer that.
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