The Best Socca In The World is perfectly crusted on top yet still moist underneath, dusted with simple ground brown pepper if you prefer.

The Best Socca In The World comes after a classic niçoise ride out west on the Grande Corniche over Col d’Eze to Menton before turning north and then east over the infamous Col de la Madone.

The Best Socca In The World should be accompanied by Provençal rosé chilled to the point where condensation gathers on the outside of the glass.

The Best Socca In The World is poured, turned, scoured and scraped by Mourgan, who learned the trade from his patron, who learnt the trade from his papi.

The Best Socca In The World is one part chickpea flour, one part yeast, one part water but is textured and tastes like no other pancake you have ever experienced.

The Best Socca In The World, in our entirely correct opinion, is found at Chez Pipo behind the church at the top of Nice’s Old Port, in the quartier where sailors once roamed.

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