fooding
n.— «O. P. A. Ni tout à fait club ni vraiment resto, un bon spécimen du « Fooding » que ce loft arbitrant « groove », bar et nourritures mouvance à un public « glamorama ».» —“La note, s’il vous plaît…“ Le Figaro (Paris, France) Apr. 5, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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