Will Bat Eyelashes For Meat!
In Galleries Lafayette (a large department store in Paris), there is a food floor (lucky us. more food). Actually, I am completely accustomed to the food floors of the department stores in Japan and I'm not quite sure which came first. Although much smaller than the football sized fields of food counters in Japanese stores, this one was replete with specialty counters for chocolate, baked goods, foie gras (yes, one whole counter devoted to foie and in Paris, imagine that!
We browsed and dreamed of sampling nearly everything. At the jambon counter, there was a hefty plate of freshly cut meat and some cheese. Below that, small bite-sized bits of baguette sandwich with...er, you guessed it: more ham.
Janet (who usually spies sample setups faster than anyone) completely missed this until I pointed her in that direction. A friendly smile and curious browsing was all it took for the jambon-fed, hunky counter person to offer her some tidbits. "What? Me? Oh, I couldn't....er, ah, well ok, just a little bit...."