This is an awesome video! I speak/understand French on an A2/B1 level but am intimidated when it comes to eating out in France. I am going to bookmark this video to watch it a few more times. I will be going to Bordeaux and Toulouse in September and this video will come in handy when eating out!
I’ve been married to a French guy for years & we go back & forth a lot, almost always eating in small restaurants/cafés/bistros. I don’t eat beef or pork & have only had one experience of a restaurant which didn’t offer chicken or fish as one of the plats, so this surprised me. We were just in Paris, La Rochelle & the Provençal coast with friends & family in May & didn’t have this problem, thankfully.
This is such a great video! I am so craving French food right now. Your explanations are so helpful. Would love to see more of these from your favorite restaurants.
As for the Asian restaurants of Paris you mentioned, well, as a matter of fact, several Chinese, Vietnamese or Mongolian 🍴 of Paris are recognised and praised by connoisseurs from all over. Also of note, the French love Mediterranean Cuisine. Among which, the Moroccan or Algerian ones. In other words, they love COUSCOUS, and will greedily go to a Moroccan like "LE SOUK" in the 11th (Rue Keller), for example, to dine with family and/or friends . It has a very specific, warm ambiance and can easily get festive, if you want it to be. One could also get curious enough as to go check CREOLE and/or CAJUN restaurants, from Guadeloupe, Martinique, or the even more African influenced cuisine of La Reunion or Madagascar. And, there are lots of Armenians and Lebanese in Paris, thus there are some very good Lebanese 🍴. I personally never ate at a Russian restau in Paris, but I was told there are good ones, too... For traditional (regional) French Cuisine, i would only mention here that the quarters of the 4 main Train Stations of Paris were 'colonized' by province Frogs 🐸 settling in the very quarters where they arrived. Yet, bizarrely, it's in the Briton Montparnasse quarter that you will find one of the best-known Marseillaise dishes, the "Bouillabaisse" (a seafood chowder), namely at the "DÔME" , Bd du Montparnasse (!) Cheers 🥂 , TakeCare , jb 2024-09-09
Ah, some delicious memories of very chic dinners out with my late in laws and hubby - years ago (oh, this was circa 1969!), my father in law would take us out for dinner at really top hotel restaurants, as family restaurants were not yet a thing down here in South Africa. Oh, we had divine entrees, mains and desserts, all presented by smart black-tied waiters, starched linen serviettes, and good wine..... you made me drool, Arielle! Thanks for the memories!!!!
This was very helpful! My favorite dessert on our last visit was île flottante! Also love Crème brûlée, a classic. We also tried a few cafe' gourmand, which was fun.
WOW! Great information! Sure wish I would have know this info before we went to Paris in 2022! We only had a couple of meals that were not traditional French dishes and those were at our hotel restaurant (American chain - type time share apartment)
You should try one of the bistrots by the Nouvelle Garde company, they're a step above! I used to go to the Brasserie Martin in Saint-Ambroise, but there's a few others in Paris.
do you typically wait to be seated or do you just go in and sit down? We're going to Paris next year and I want to know what I'm doing without offending the locals!
My husband and I are traveling to Paris later this year. I am a vegetarian however he is not at all. How easy will it be for us each to always be able to be satisfied in restaurants? Merci!
When I was last in Paris, I found that, compared to the US, there are generally more fish dishes, and less true vegetarian dishes. There should be some great options for Chinese, Thai, or Vietnamese dishes with more of a tofu base, and specialty vegetarian / vegan places, but overall if you don’t eat fish you’re definitely gonna want to look at the menus outside before you head in to other places.
My husband is vegetarian. Do the majority of restaurants offer a vegetarian option or do we need to express this upfront to see if the restaurant can cook something for him?
In my experience, it depends on what sort of vegetarian - if he eats fish, he’ll have options at …most places you go? If he doesn’t eat fish… You might have to shop around a bit. It is extremely common for a restaurant to have their menus outside so you can look it over before you head in.
tripou and tripes is stomach tripou veal rolled in sheep tripes cow It exists in many forms all over France, in Lyon it's called "tablier de sapeur" (fireman apron) different squares from different parts of the multiple cow stomacs.
Great video! It is a challenge sometimes to get healthier food in Paris - as much as I love the rich and delicious food there. I spend a few months a year in Paris and have learned, from my French friends, that you can have a quiet word with the waiter - asking for a plate of steamed vegetables. The chef always has fresh, seasonal vegetables that day and (hopefully!) will not have a problem plating them for you. Also, I was going to mention that my French friends always order champagne as an apéro - whether it’s lunch or dinner. So I just follow their lead and now order champagne at the beginning of every meal. Contrary to ordering a glass of champagne in the US, you won’t pay a fortune for it there.🥂
Thanks for the education. I find French cuisine delicious but a bit on the heavy side. As far as desserts go, if I see baba au rhum on the menu, I'm all in.😀
This was very helpful but as a vegetarian, there was nothing even close that I would eat on that menu except the cheese plate and other desserts. Are there other French style restaurants beside this Bistro type menu?
curious about that, as well! SOOO much meat! wow. I've been researching Vegan/Vegetarian places for our upcoming trip but always looking for more places to add to our growing list .
This is a great idea. We are from Toronto as well! Going to Paris June 15th. A few questions; will most waiters speak English in restaurants? After looking at many menus, Paris menus are meat and potato heavy. Do you have a suggestion for a restaurant that has more veg with the entrees? Also, would love to try a great quiche, do you have a suggestion? Thanks so much! You are a natural at this!
I am Parisian for ever… Please be very careful with the deserts mentioned here : in most of the cases, il will be industrial food… which does not mean it will be bad. I am not sure that asking if it is home made will help… they will lie in most of the cases. Just chose the daily desert (dessert du jour…), you have better chance to eat home made food. Everyday, I cross Paris with my car very early and you cannot imagine how many industrial food delivery trucks I see. Good food but not worth the price!
OMG ! Of course, there are quality 24/7 (or 7/11) restaurants : The BRASSERIES-Restaurants (like Brasserie-de-Maître-Kanter) for example. Also, several of the main dishes you took the time to explain are way way way too peculiar . .. I especially mean those with the "andouillettes" or "andouilles". These sausages are of very strong taste, and only very few Frogs🐸do eat them, ttytt. .. I also recall you praising the "Tripes" ! Omg again there : You absolutely need to specify (i.e. to warn your viewers) that these are innards, the inner organs, of either cows, veal or lamb (liver, intestines, bowels, stomach) or the feet...! Only one of my parents eats triperies. None of their children or grandchildren ever even considers eating them, let-me-tell-ya... ... Same goes, BTW, with "Escargots" : Really not for everyone : The ones prepared with garlic-butter, are only eatable if you love garlic, And if you don't mind biting down on a cartilage-like texture. (btw, my two parents love to also masticate cartilage . And, we all leave them to it while refraining to cringe too obviously... Wikipedia = Tripes à la mode de Caen is a traditional dish of the cuisine of Normandy, France. In its original form this dish consisted of all four chambers of a beef cattle's stomach, part of the large intestine (this was outlawed in France in 1996),[1] plus the hooves and bones, cut up and placed on a bed of carrots, onions, leeks, garlic, cloves, peppercorns, a bouquet garni, a bottle of cider and a glass of calvados in a tripière (a special earthenware pot for cooking tripe).[2] Some sources include a large quantity of blanched beef fat.[3] This was covered and hermetically sealed with dough and simmered in the oven for fifteen hours. The hoofs, bones and bouquet garni are removed before serving with a sprinkling of some more cider. Although this dish is prepared in Normandy throughout the year, locals believe that the dish is best in Autumn when the apple trees are bearing. Some of the fruit falls to the ground and is eaten by the cattle, along with the rich grasses of the season, imparting a distinctive flavour to the animal cuisinealafrancaise DOT com = boucherie-volailler-charcuterie = Tripes - Produits - Cuisine française Il existe, en France, de nombreuses et anciennes recettes de tripes : Tripes d'Auvergne. Tripes de Vannes (Bretagne) : tripes de veau au cidre, cuites avec des pieds de veau et poireaux. Tripes de Saint-Malo (Bretagne) : tripes de bœuf, veau et mouton aux échalotes ...
This is a great video. You should put a condensed version on your website. People really like things visually explained.
This was great. So helpful. I’m going to watch again and take notes. You were wonderful to the tourist family.
Ah so glad it was helpful !
This is an awesome video! I speak/understand French on an A2/B1 level but am intimidated when it comes to eating out in France. I am going to bookmark this video to watch it a few more times. I will be going to Bordeaux and Toulouse in September and this video will come in handy when eating out!
I’ve been married to a French guy for years & we go back & forth a lot, almost always eating in small restaurants/cafés/bistros. I don’t eat beef or pork & have only had one experience of a restaurant which didn’t offer chicken or fish as one of the plats, so this surprised me. We were just in Paris, La Rochelle & the Provençal coast with friends & family in May & didn’t have this problem, thankfully.
This is such a great video! I am so craving French food right now. Your explanations are so helpful. Would love to see more of these from your favorite restaurants.
So glad to hear the video was helpful ! ☺️
This is so helpful! Thank you!
Thank u A !! Loved the explanations, so good of you to take the time.
As for the Asian restaurants of Paris you mentioned, well, as a matter of fact, several Chinese, Vietnamese or Mongolian 🍴 of Paris are recognised and praised by connoisseurs from all over.
Also of note, the French love Mediterranean Cuisine. Among which, the Moroccan or Algerian ones.
In other words, they love COUSCOUS, and will greedily go to a Moroccan like "LE SOUK" in the 11th (Rue Keller), for example, to dine with family and/or friends . It has a very specific, warm ambiance and can easily get festive, if you want it to be.
One could also get curious enough as to go check CREOLE and/or CAJUN restaurants, from Guadeloupe, Martinique, or the even more African influenced cuisine of La Reunion or Madagascar.
And, there are lots of Armenians and Lebanese in Paris, thus there are some very good Lebanese 🍴.
I personally never ate at a Russian restau in Paris, but I was told there are good ones, too...
For traditional (regional) French Cuisine, i would only mention here that the quarters of the 4 main Train Stations of Paris were 'colonized' by province Frogs 🐸 settling in the very quarters where they arrived.
Yet, bizarrely, it's in the Briton Montparnasse quarter that you will find one of the best-known Marseillaise dishes, the "Bouillabaisse" (a seafood chowder), namely at the "DÔME" , Bd du Montparnasse (!)
Cheers 🥂 , TakeCare , jb 2024-09-09
Very helpful, thank you!
Will keep it for reference on my trip.
Happy to hear it ! ☺️☺️
Adorable! Super! So useful and quaint! As the different types of restaurants Video excellent guide! P.S. Mini French lessons include
Thank you for the delicious information, so hungry ! ❤️🇫🇷❤️
Ah, some delicious memories of very chic dinners out with my late in laws and hubby - years ago (oh, this was circa 1969!), my father in law would take us out for dinner at really top hotel restaurants, as family restaurants were not yet a thing down here in South Africa. Oh, we had divine entrees, mains and desserts, all presented by smart black-tied waiters, starched linen serviettes, and good wine..... you made me drool, Arielle! Thanks for the memories!!!!
Hahahaha sounds fabulous ! Happy to bring you back down memory lane ☺️
This was very helpful! My favorite dessert on our last visit was île flottante! Also love Crème brûlée, a classic. We also tried a few cafe' gourmand, which was fun.
Ah ! Yes the île flottante is delicious ! ☺️
Thank you. Loved this video!!
So glad to hear it ! ☺️🫶
❤ cameo of plus one and what both of you would order , reaction priceless 😂😋
Thank you for all the great tips!
Youre so welcome ! ☺️
WOW! Great information! Sure wish I would have know this info before we went to Paris in 2022! We only had a couple of meals that were not traditional French dishes and those were at our hotel restaurant (American chain - type time share apartment)
Also a great crepe place. We are staying in the 6th arrondissement. Thx Arielle!
You should try one of the bistrots by the Nouvelle Garde company, they're a step above! I used to go to the Brasserie Martin in Saint-Ambroise, but there's a few others in Paris.
Entree in the US is the main dish unlike in France where it is the appetizer/starter dish. Great video, very helpful, thanks!
Oeuf meurette originates from Burgundy
It is cooked in Bourgogne red wine and is delicious 🤗
Thank you very much for your wonderful shares 💕💕💕🧚♀💕
Great job, thanks
do you typically wait to be seated or do you just go in and sit down? We're going to Paris next year and I want to know what I'm doing without offending the locals!
Ohhh you changed your channel name, much better!
My husband and I are traveling to Paris later this year. I am a vegetarian however he is not at all. How easy will it be for us each to always be able to be satisfied in restaurants? Merci!
When I was last in Paris, I found that, compared to the US, there are generally more fish dishes, and less true vegetarian dishes. There should be some great options for Chinese, Thai, or Vietnamese dishes with more of a tofu base, and specialty vegetarian / vegan places, but overall if you don’t eat fish you’re definitely gonna want to look at the menus outside before you head in to other places.
My husband is vegetarian. Do the majority of restaurants offer a vegetarian option or do we need to express this upfront to see if the restaurant can cook something for him?
In my experience, it depends on what sort of vegetarian - if he eats fish, he’ll have options at …most places you go? If he doesn’t eat fish… You might have to shop around a bit. It is extremely common for a restaurant to have their menus outside so you can look it over before you head in.
tripou and tripes is stomach
tripou veal rolled in sheep
tripes cow
It exists in many forms all over France, in Lyon it's called "tablier de sapeur" (fireman apron) different squares from different parts of the multiple cow stomacs.
Great video! It is a challenge sometimes to get healthier food in Paris - as much as I love the rich and delicious food there. I spend a few months a year in Paris and have learned, from my French friends, that you can have a quiet word with the waiter - asking for a plate of steamed vegetables. The chef always has fresh, seasonal vegetables that day and (hopefully!) will not have a problem plating them for you. Also, I was going to mention that my French friends always order champagne as an apéro - whether it’s lunch or dinner. So I just follow their lead and now order champagne at the beginning of every meal. Contrary to ordering a glass of champagne in the US, you won’t pay a fortune for it there.🥂
Great video
Thank you ! ☺️
Thanks for the education. I find French cuisine delicious but a bit on the heavy side. As far as desserts go, if I see baba au rhum on the menu, I'm all in.😀
Great video. 😀
Oh la, maintenant j'ai faim!
Now I can go to a French
restaurant and order my meal 🩵
From the USA. Here the profiterole is called a cream puff.
This was very helpful but as a vegetarian, there was nothing even close that I would eat on that menu except the cheese plate and other desserts. Are there other French style restaurants beside this Bistro type menu?
curious about that, as well! SOOO much meat! wow. I've been researching Vegan/Vegetarian places for our upcoming trip but always looking for more places to add to our growing list
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OMG I love andouillettes
French fries and champagne sil vous plait. 😉
This is a great idea. We are from Toronto as well! Going to Paris June 15th.
A few questions; will most waiters speak English in restaurants?
After looking at many menus, Paris menus are meat and potato heavy. Do you have a suggestion for a restaurant that has more veg with the entrees?
Also, would love to try a great quiche, do you have a suggestion?
Thanks so much! You are a natural at this!
Terrine = pronounce tayrin
E+r+r = ér
I should have known better than to watch this before breakfast.
Oh no 😂 sorry ! Haha
I am Parisian for ever…
Please be very careful with the deserts mentioned here : in most of the cases, il will be industrial food… which does not mean it will be bad.
I am not sure that asking if it is home made will help… they will lie in most of the cases.
Just chose the daily desert (dessert du jour…), you have better chance to eat home made food.
Everyday, I cross Paris with my car very early and you cannot imagine how many industrial food delivery trucks I see. Good food but not worth the price!
OMG ! Of course, there are quality 24/7 (or 7/11) restaurants : The BRASSERIES-Restaurants (like Brasserie-de-Maître-Kanter) for example.
Also, several of the main dishes you took the time to explain are way way way too peculiar .
.. I especially mean those with the "andouillettes" or "andouilles". These sausages are of very strong taste, and only very few Frogs🐸do eat them, ttytt.
.. I also recall you praising the "Tripes" ! Omg again there : You absolutely need to specify (i.e. to warn your viewers) that these are innards, the inner organs, of either cows, veal or lamb (liver, intestines, bowels, stomach) or the feet...!
Only one of my parents eats triperies. None of their children or grandchildren ever even considers eating them, let-me-tell-ya...
... Same goes, BTW, with "Escargots" : Really not for everyone : The ones prepared with garlic-butter, are only eatable if you love garlic, And if you don't mind biting down on a cartilage-like texture. (btw, my two parents love to also masticate cartilage . And, we all leave them to it while refraining to cringe too obviously...
Wikipedia
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Tripes à la mode de Caen is a traditional dish of the cuisine of Normandy, France.
In its original form this dish consisted of all four chambers of a beef cattle's stomach, part of the large intestine (this was outlawed in France in 1996),[1] plus the hooves and bones, cut up and placed on a bed of carrots, onions, leeks, garlic, cloves, peppercorns, a bouquet garni, a bottle of cider and a glass of calvados in a tripière (a special earthenware pot for cooking tripe).[2] Some sources include a large quantity of blanched beef fat.[3] This was covered and hermetically sealed with dough and simmered in the oven for fifteen hours. The hoofs, bones and bouquet garni are removed before serving with a sprinkling of some more cider.
Although this dish is prepared in Normandy throughout the year, locals believe that the dish is best in Autumn when the apple trees are bearing. Some of the fruit falls to the ground and is eaten by the cattle, along with the rich grasses of the season, imparting a distinctive flavour to the animal
cuisinealafrancaise DOT com
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Tripes - Produits - Cuisine française
Il existe, en France, de nombreuses et anciennes recettes de tripes : Tripes d'Auvergne. Tripes de Vannes (Bretagne) : tripes de veau au cidre, cuites avec des pieds de veau et poireaux. Tripes de Saint-Malo (Bretagne) : tripes de bœuf, veau et mouton aux échalotes ...
my ex told me that "amateurs" in this case is different from amateurs in English, more like devotees or lovers of andouille