Why is Paris Baguette almost everywhere in Seoul???

Seems to be even more than the number of 7-11s! What gives? What does kimchi have in common with escargot? Is there some piece of history I'm missing?

Almost everywhere I turn see a Paris Baguette store.

Edit: added pic from mangwon. As the kids say, a hand reveal. Oh and the 2+1 deal tray was already empty.

Asking here since I didn't make much progress with the cab driver who complimented me by calling me a parboiled whey cookie or something like that.

So I shall once again rely on the immense wisdom that is the chess.com forums. Anybody?

Because oui Oui

All the way home?

damn

we're in Seoul too ??

It's an epic battle for souls

Macdonald's (there's one 15 minutes walk away from my Airbnb in itaewon) and KFC are not that common here either. Lots of cafes though.

Any Korean chess commies here who can enlighten us?

And assuming we can understand. Cause all your base are belong to us.

Sounds like Pirarucu may have been engaging in illegal activities, "giving pleasure to the people." But wait, there's more!

"And now the different shape will be come."

The lady selling tteok-bokki ran out of the main ingredient

and was eyeing me menacingly.

Fellow rice cakes in Korea, beware.

Hi syrup

Actually a cold drink I had at a kbbq for lunch tasted like an exotic version of syrup with cinnamon. Need to look it up.

Edit:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujeonggwa

Just don’t put it on Kimchi pancakes. Worst mistake of your life

I'm the dude who was too much of a man to put on sunscreen while swimming in the open sea under a hot noon sun.

Probably have made much worse mistakes.

Well what do you know, it was a scam all along

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Baguette

They marketed themselves as the common Parisian neighborhood bakery??

"Paris Baguette is a South Korean multinational chain of bakery-cafés, owned by the SPC Group and headquartered in Seoul"

Next we'll find delifrance is from north Korea

Edit:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9lifrance

Rest easy friends, it's french. Or maybe we should be more worried - snails have gone missing since they opened here ...

Well the New York Fries poutine chain is actually Canadian. The first KFC restaurant opened in Utah and

Mel was right all along. It's a conspiracy!!!

I found out about Poutine about a year ago. It looks delicious. I really want to try it. I have been dipping french fries in brown gravy for a long time but never thought of the cheese curds.

Looks like Cryotherapy

"In the U.S., Paris Baguette is much smaller than in Asia, with 99 locations in the states with 73 franchised and 25 corporate-owned, but it’s primed for growth. It’s located in 12 states, mostly the most populated states such as California, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Massachusetts." - forbes.com

https://www.forbes.com/sites/garystern/2022/05/05/paris-baguette-owned-by-the-korean-based-spc-group-expanding-rapidly-in-the-us/?sh=3eee94eda204