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Perhaps have you ever been surprised to hear people from Barcelona<\/strong><\/a> ordering a “bikini<\/strong>” at a terrace of a coffee shop or a restaurant? Well in Catalunya, the term “bikini” does not only mean the two-piece swimsuit, but is also used to name the french ham & cheese sandwich better known as “croque-monsieur<\/em>” in France of “mixto<\/em>” in the rest of Spain. Indeed, the grilled sandwich made of bread, ham and cheese changes name according to where one resides.<\/p>\n

To understand the origin of the name bikini<\/em>, we need to go back in 1953, and more precisely on avenue Diagonal at Sala Bikini<\/strong>. Sala Bikini wanted to be at the forefront and its owner decided to import from France the famous croque-monsieur.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"bikini-sala-festes-barcelona\"At that time, when Catalonia was under Franco’s dictatorship, it was forbidden to use English or French words to describe Spanish products. Customers therefore requested “el bocadillo de la casa<\/em>“, which is “the sandwich of the house”. Over time the “Bikini Bocadillo” became simply the bikini<\/em>. The term is now in the common language.<\/p>\n

The Sala Bikini has now become the Bikini Club, a night club<\/strong> and concert hall<\/strong> that continues to capitalize on the notoriety of the sandwich by disguising some staff members in giant bikini.<\/p>\n

Be aware that the name bikini<\/em> is only used in Catalunya. The rest of Spain uses “sandwich mixto<\/em>” to name it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perhaps have you ever been surprised to hear people from Barcelona ordering a “bikini” at a terrace of…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,201],"tags":[633,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-6446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-clubbing","8":"category-culture","9":"tag-bikini","10":"tag-club-en","11":"cs-entry","12":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe "bikini", a famous ham & cheese sandwich in Catalunya, owes its name to a nightclub - 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