French products - where might I find... (place, beautiful, time)

[haggardhouseelf]

I'm in America (Oregon), and I'm having a hard time finding those beautiful little individually wrapped cubes (rectangular prisms, rather...) of sugar (beet sugar, I think...) that while in Paris I found all over the place - at every café! Some had pictures of the Eiffel Tower, some had flowers, some had cartoons, some just the name of the café... they were so great.

ALSO - Where may I purchase a bottle of Dr. Valnet's Odarome? Or something similar?



Thank you!

[irman]

Originally Posted by haggardhouseelf

I'm having a hard time finding those beautiful little individually wrapped cubes (rectangular prisms, rather...) of sugar.
Where may I purchase a bottle of Dr. Valnet's Odarome?

The sugar cubes, you may not find anywhere in the USA.
They are more or less specific for each area.
For the other stuff, try *googling* for it.

[Sudcaro]

Originally Posted by haggardhouseelf

I'm in America (Oregon), and I'm having a hard time finding those beautiful little individually wrapped cubes (rectangular prisms, rather...) of sugar (beet sugar, I think...) that while in Paris I found all over the place - at every café! Some had pictures of the Eiffel Tower, some had flowers, some had cartoons, some just the name of the café... they were so great.

In France you usually can't buy these either - you can easily buy "cubes", but without any wrapping. The ones you get at a café or restaurant are usually custom wrapped. Whenever you find wrapped sugar lumps in a shop, then that would be with the sugar brand name on it, or because of a very special event (you could find some during the 1998 soccer world cup in France, for instance, with French players pictures on them)

[haggardhouseelf]

Originally Posted by Sudcaro

In France you usually can't buy these either - you can easily buy "cubes", but without any wrapping. The ones you get at a café or restaurant are usually custom wrapped. Whenever you find wrapped sugar lumps in a shop, then that would be with the sugar brand name on it, or because of a very special event (you could find some during the 1998 soccer world cup in France, for instance, with French players pictures on them)

*sigh* That's what I was thinking... oh well!

I have googled for the odarome, though... every time I find it the page is only in French and does not sell products to the US.

I guess I just need to book a trip!