Frozen Yogurt en France!

You cannot imagine my relief when I learned there was a frozen yogurt place here in Bordeaux. I was worried about lasting so long without peanut butter, but that many months without frozen yogurt? I did not even want to think about it. Luckily, downtown Bordeaux has NiceBerry! I admit to being a little disappointed by the Americanized name (in fact, there is almost no French on the sign) and the fact that frozen yogurt is just called "frozen yogurt" here and not "yaourt glacé," but there were definitely French twists on the self-serve style shop that's so ubiquitous in California.

For one, it had this very French café chalkboard sign outside! Classy, classy! And of course, they had the standard French café set up with chairs and tables outside on the sidewalk. And the price was way different. It was 2 euros for 100 grams, which is like 56 euro cents per ounce. I'd rather not think about the conversion to dollars, but suffice it to say this was not Yogurtland's 30¢ per ounce!

The shop was self-serve and had six flavors. There were sample cups too! And one of the women who worked there was greeting everybody and explaining how it worked. Considering the French are not known for their customer service, I was impressed! I ended up getting caramel and "natural," which is their tart flavor. They were pretty good! Not Pinkberry status, but pretty good. The caramel was not too sweet, and the tart was a nice balance of tang and sweet, and the yogurt was thick and creamy. They also had the standard assortment of dry and fruit toppings; I got chocolate chips, sliced almonds, coconut, and strawberries. Délicieux!!!

However, there was one rather unappetizing thing about this frozen yogurt place. After we finished our fro-yo, my friends and I were still sitting outside talking for a while (so French!), when one of the women who worked at the shop started digging through the garbage can next to us and collecting all the spoons from it. We all looked at each other and then slowly down at the spoons resting in our empty cups. Oh geeze... Bringing my own spoon next time...

À bientôt!