You'd think that for something as ubiquitous as a croque monsieur in France you wouldn't be hard-pressed to find a good one, right? Well, you'd be wrong - at least in my experience. After eight years in France I can now say that I have had only one good croque monsieur. Up until a couple of weeks ago I don't think I'd ever had a good one at all. Sadly, the vast majority of cafés and brasseries here serve up vile-looking masses of chewy sandwich, which look like they were made at best early ...
