Don't touch my Carambar

A French caramel brand made the buzz by tricking the media.

CARAMBAR is a sweets brand well known in France for the jokes you can read on the wrapping of their caramels. French have been eating Carambars since 1954 and those famous jokes almost belong to the french heritage. That is why when they announced that it would be soon the end of carambar's jokes every French media talked about it over the weekend. They all explained how unexpected this announcement was and how disappointed they were. It is sure that Carambars will never taste the same without their jokes said some politicians expressing their sorrow. This brand just offered itself a great free advertising campaign making people talking about for few days. It is sad to observe that news are so depressing that media fall on this story to talk about other things than unemployment, precariousness and austerity.   

Tropical fruits

As I was trying to do my best to describe what was a typical meal on my island I forgot to mention a great part of our diet: fruits. It is probably the thing I miss the most when I am away. I miss mangoes, litchis, pineapples, passion fruits, guavas ... but Reunion Island would be nothing without this:

 

Let's talk about food

What do we eat on Reunion Island?
First of all you have to know that just like Reunion Island population the cuisine of Reunion has many origins.

To define the cuisine of  the island take a background of French tradition add a pinch of Malagasy habits, a zest of Chinese know-how and a touch of Indian taste. You will obtain a traditional and authentic meal.

Enjoy!

Here is a video to make you want to come to Reunion Island.

Hi everyone. My name is Lucie. I come from Reunion Island, a small piece of France lost in the Indian Ocean  between Mauritius and Madagascar. It is a tropical Island of  2500 square kilometers where 800000 thousand people enjoy a tropical whether the all year.

 

There are two volcanos on the island. One volcano is a dormant one and is the highest summit of the island (3000 meters high). The active volcano is 2600 meters high and its last eruption took place in Septembre 9th 2010.   

Reunion Island has also an extraordinary endemic fauna and flora.