Pan-bagnat
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The Pan-bagnat (pahn bahn-YAH) is a sandwich that is a speciality of the region of Nice, France. The sandwich is composed of white bread around the classic Salade niçoise, a salad composed mainly out of raw vegetables, hard boiled eggs, anchovies or tuna, and olive oil. The name of the sandwich comes from the local Provençal language dialect of Niçard, in which Pan-bagnat means "wet bread". The Pan-bagnat is a popular lunchtime dish in the region around Nice where it is sold in most bakeries and on most markets. The Pan-bagnat and the Salade Niçoise are strongly linked to the city of Nice, where they have been over time developed out of locally available ingredients.