We just...
Beirut, we love you. We love that even a trip to the supermarket (always nicely turned out, of course, never in grotty tracksuit bottoms. Haram, you might meet Mr. Right in the pasta sauce aisle) is chock full of random. First up in the freebie headfuck parade: Tomato paste. Jelly. Custard. Go figure... what, exactly?

... don’t know...
Our dedicated team of serious journalists scoured the supermarket shelves of Beirut and surrounds for the season’s finest product combinations, dreamt up by Lebanon’s strangest minds. Thanks to Spinney’s, Achrafieh, for this particular dose of unnecessary (and probably our next blood pressure test).

... why they...
Did national allegiances undergo a sea change while we were distracted by the World Cup? Since when did we trumpet our Swiss chocolate breakfast cereal joy with a French horn, people? What you can’t see is the advert for a ‘famous Swiss wrestling tradition’ on the back of the packet. That strange sound you can hear is our minds, boggling.

... go together?
And after photographing this particular delight, did we consume our Bock Wurst with relish whilst sipping tea from our free china football mug? You can bet your skinless sausages we did.

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