I am just back from 3 weeks in France (Paris to Aix en Provence) and I have to say that I fell in love with Pain Au Raisin! Some Boulangeries call them “Escargots” but whatever the name, they are delicious!
Blanquette de veau is another best of French dishes that Americans sadly don't know. Last two years in Paris getting reservations was a MUST every night in summer, worst I've seen in decades. Mark is correct about the number of great restaurants, but there are exception. If everyone is speaking English and no one French, or they have pictures of the food on the menu posted outside, of it looks super instagramable, look out... In France a nice sit down lunch should take at least one to two and a half hours, dinner two to three and a half hours, otherwise you're doing it wrong. The main reason to be there is not standing in three hour lines to be crammed into Versailles, its relaxation, the joy of living. (Seriously don't do Versailles in the summer unless you hate yourself).
I love French food. I'm lucky to live with a French Girlfriend over these past few years. Many of these items by the way are easily available in Montreal where I live. There is certainly no shortage of French restaurants here.
The duck you show is actually magret or filet. It’s cooked rare or medium rare. Confit is duck, usually leg, preserved in duck fat. You should remove the confit, heat it and use the fat for sautéed potatoes (specialty from the Dordogne area). Also note that having onion soup at lunch makes you an obvious tourist! Onion soup is for dinner in Winter time. In fact it was usually served after the theater or the concert, around midnight, as a late treat.
Of course it makes you an obvious tourist but at the end of the day the point of a restaurant is to taste the cuisine of the country no matter what time of the year / day it is even if it's seems strange for a local, as a french I would eat onion soup at any part of the day / year, we eat several dishes that are meant for cold mountain weather in the heat of the summer without a care !
Originally Onion soup it was a working class winter lunch, cheep and filling, and yes if you eat it in the summer you out yourself, but I have born in Paris French friends who when they return to France have it anytime of the year, because its just so good.
also to mention: the vast majority of parisian brasseries will serve you over-priced industrial hi sodium canned food when you order confit, and they will swear it was home made :( go to a restaurant with high reputation if you want to enjoy a delicious confit de canard.
I really like the crêpe with crème de marrons (chestnut) if you want something different than the standard Nutella. And if you end up liking that and want more, look for the Mont Blanc dessert. Also, your typical bistrots will have a daily menu with limited options so if you want to explore pick whatever interests you from there. I like it because I get lost when there are too many options. Though the real urban experience is drunkenly stumbling your way to get a kebab at 1am.
The crepes themselves (aside from the filling) is what makes them so special in France. Even when they have been pre-cook and stacked by the vendor. Not sure the difference (don't care) but 2 step above the typical US crepe pancake.
Are you my long-lost brother? You mentioned every single one of the things I love and have eaten while in France. My downfall was how many crepe stands lined the streets... with Nutella of course. It's funny, but we also had a halfway decent Tex Mex meal anywhere in Paris one night on a whim at a chain called Indiana Cafe.
This is a great introduction to French cuisine for tourists. It's like a greatest hits compilation, especially in Brittany and most of northern France. My stomach is now rumbling!
Yes, sometimes editors put the right meat but wrong cut. They are dealing with a lot of footage. I appreciate you noting it though so others know. Merci.
I tried to make a baguette like the one I had in Paris and I didn't even come close. I did some digging and it turns out that baguettes in Paris use a different flour than the all-purpose you get in the US. I tried to find the European flour but was unable to find any but I found some that was close.
Yes! Flour is very regional. For instance, biscuits in the South are better than in say, Az because the flour is different...same reason tortillas are better in the SW. You can find French flour if you dig around on the internet.
I've seen gavage with my own eyes, what you call force feed, the geese were lining up to feed, they were really not traumatized. It's anyone's choice to eat it or not but those who refuse to really are missing out.
Mmmmmmmm 😋; I 👀 see some good foods being advertised by the attached joint that if I went to Paris I would try.👉✌Peace & respectfully to the cookers and servers of good 👁🗨 looking foods and ✌ peace and respect to the beautiful advertisement's of the advertiser's telling about the food there in Paris.
Hope its not too late. Here are the restaurant s 1. Le reminet, near notre Dame cathédrale 2. La boîte aux lettres, near montmartre 3. Le bouclier de bacchus, Paris 9e 4. Le café des ministères, rue des universités Enjoy your time here😊
The segment on duck needs to be revamped! Noticed the picture /video of a sliced cut-up duck breast - ' MAGRET de Canard ' was used to describe ' CONFIT de Canard '....a leg!
Just for the record: foie gras is not paté, it is actual goose or duck liver from stuffed animals (quite a cruel thing to to, they are forcefully overfed to develop a fatty liver). The images you showed are actual fatty liver, a paté would have a crust around and probably other ingredients than just fois gras.
It is not cruel. The geese enjoy the feeding and are not forced. It is just called force feeding. The geese are well treated all their little goosey lives.
Stop with the squeamishness. Which is nothing but effeminate sentimentality. Geese on their own volition, eat more then they need. Force feeding them is actually giving them what they want. The food industry does not need, nor require Karens to be telling people what to eat. You must be a cat lady who thinks bringing chikdten into the world is cruel and inhumane.
c'est très cliché et pas terrible pour la culture culinaire française. il vaut mieux trouver le petit restau, le routier... où tu as un plats du jour ou le choix du patron. on ne produits plus beaucoup d'escargots en France, encore moins en bourgogne, la plupart des escargots que l'on trouve ici viennent de Pologne ou de Tcheque...... pareil pour les grenuoilles. salut et fraternité.
@@martinquessandier3282 c'est pas faut, et pourtant je suis devenu un traitre de bourguignon. les meilleurs plans, ce sont les restau routiers, plat du jour, entrées plat dessert, quand c'est de la cuisine maison, j'ai un petit troquet où le jeudi, c'est ''tête de veau", celle du patron...... mmmmmmmmmmmh......
were suppose to travel there on the 25th of this month, do you think Paris is safe right now because of the protest and bed bugs infestation? Thank you
As a french, I'm not from Paris but let me just tell you that it's far from being the cleanest / safest place in the country to put it simply, you can visit many other places that are safer and less stressful in the countryside and smaller cities, Paris is very overrated in my opinion
The French often have strikes and protests...it's a big city so you can usually avoid those gatherings. And DO avoid them! There is a lot to explore outside the city. It's a wonderful country with rich culture and history everywhere, not just Paris. As to bedbugs, there are a lot of tutorials to learn what to look for and how to deal with them and avoid them. But you have to decide for yourself if you're comfortable going.
Sorry but how are the French not stupidly fat?! High carbs and High fats... cheese and bread, the ultimate high calorie/high fat combo?!?! Science where are you my lying friend?!
Croque monsieur, croque madame or croque hawaïen has absolutely nothing to do with France, all 3 dishes are Belgian and the French just copied the recipes and, then typical French, just called and added it to the French cuisine.
I've been to France on a driving holiday, mainly to the south. It's very difficult to find good mid priced restaurants. If you don't like beef tartare (raw mince beef), duck, foie gras, there is very little else. Stick to Italian or Indian, which you can find. The beef is usually unchewable. Michelin starred restaurants are always overpriced and serve either l'escargot or raw fish on a set menu. Your only hope is to cook for yourself. This can be rewarding as the food in supermarkets is usually very good. You cannot live on croque monsieur and croissants.
Ha ha 😊 quel dommage de ne pas pouvoir aller (parce que vous ne parlez pas français) dans les petits restaurants qui ne servent rien de ce que vous avez citer, tout en perpétuant la bonne et pas chère cuisine française.
Don’t eat along the highways in france, its the worst food in the world, and very dirty. From my experience food in France is only good in upperclass restaurants.
Now I am hungry again!
Moi aussi 😂
I am just back from 3 weeks in France (Paris to Aix en Provence) and I have to say that I fell in love with Pain Au Raisin! Some Boulangeries call them “Escargots” but whatever the name, they are delicious!
Raisintine is the real name
@@egcoli Thanks! I didn’t see that name in the Boulangeries I was in but it is a very interesting one.
@@judymossip7446don’t believe him. It’s a french joke that is hard to explain. Raisintine does not exist, it’s pain aux raisins
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Thank you for explaining! I did wonder about the comment. At least I know a few options to ask for the the next time I am in France!
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This persons channel is a hidden treasure. Much thanks buddy
Love French food ❤
French food I love :
Baguettes
Crepes
Dessert pastries
Keep the snails
lemon tart... mmmmmmm
Blanquette de veau is another best of French dishes that Americans sadly don't know.
Last two years in Paris getting reservations was a MUST every night in summer, worst I've seen in decades.
Mark is correct about the number of great restaurants, but there are exception. If everyone is speaking English and no one French, or they have pictures of the food on the menu posted outside, of it looks super instagramable, look out...
In France a nice sit down lunch should take at least one to two and a half hours, dinner two to three and a half hours, otherwise you're doing it wrong. The main reason to be there is not standing in three hour lines to be crammed into Versailles, its relaxation, the joy of living.
(Seriously don't do Versailles in the summer unless you hate yourself).
Exactement!!!
wow, so lucky you upload this while I’m in paris for the first time!!!!
I love French food. I'm lucky to live with a French Girlfriend over these past few years. Many of these items by the way are easily available in Montreal where I live. There is certainly no shortage of French restaurants here.
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you should try "la bouillabaisse", it IS TO DIE for, my personal fav, highly recommend it, but it HAS to be done right !
You eat snails? 🐌
Now I'm hungry
me too! Great name by the way
Your awesome be safe out there
The duck you show is actually magret or filet. It’s cooked rare or medium rare. Confit is duck, usually leg, preserved in duck fat. You should remove the confit, heat it and use the fat for sautéed potatoes (specialty from the Dordogne area). Also note that having onion soup at lunch makes you an obvious tourist! Onion soup is for dinner in Winter time. In fact it was usually served after the theater or the concert, around midnight, as a late treat.
Of course it makes you an obvious tourist but at the end of the day the point of a restaurant is to taste the cuisine of the country no matter what time of the year / day it is even if it's seems strange for a local, as a french I would eat onion soup at any part of the day / year, we eat several dishes that are meant for cold mountain weather in the heat of the summer without a care !
Sometimes our editors put in the wrong things...right meat, wrong cut.🤷♀️ thabks for pointing it out though so others know.
Originally Onion soup it was a working class winter lunch, cheep and filling, and yes if you eat it in the summer you out yourself, but I have born in Paris French friends who when they return to France have it anytime of the year, because its just so good.
also to mention: the vast majority of parisian brasseries will serve you over-priced industrial hi sodium canned food when you order confit, and they will swear it was home made :(
go to a restaurant with high reputation if you want to enjoy a delicious confit de canard.
I like the view behind you: Notre Dame being repaired… such an iconic cathedral.
Wonderfully made video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌
This has to be among the top spots in the world for gastronomy
Thoroughly enjoyed that
Thank you!
I´ve done cheese and baguet more than once just next to the Notre Dame!!
Ate all those on my recent trip in September🌸🤗😘
You should go the Grands Buffets in Narbonne. It's like the Disneyland of french food. Amazing.
Un vrai francophile. Merci !
PS. The irony of the situation is that I am crazy about Italian pasta dishes when cooking at home. I am French :)
I like chilled vichyssoise soup and gâteau bonbons😃
Mind blowing it must be super delicious 🔥💜😍😍
I really like the crêpe with crème de marrons (chestnut) if you want something different than the standard Nutella. And if you end up liking that and want more, look for the Mont Blanc dessert. Also, your typical bistrots will have a daily menu with limited options so if you want to explore pick whatever interests you from there. I like it because I get lost when there are too many options.
Though the real urban experience is drunkenly stumbling your way to get a kebab at 1am.
The crepes themselves (aside from the filling) is what makes them so special in France. Even when they have been pre-cook and stacked by the vendor. Not sure the difference (don't care) but 2 step above the typical US crepe pancake.
Love your video, looking at great food and seeing your exited
Are you my long-lost brother? You mentioned every single one of the things I love and have eaten while in France. My downfall was how many crepe stands lined the streets... with Nutella of course. It's funny, but we also had a halfway decent Tex Mex meal anywhere in Paris one night on a whim at a chain called Indiana Cafe.
This is a great introduction to French cuisine for tourists. It's like a greatest hits compilation, especially in Brittany and most of northern France. My stomach is now rumbling!
Oh man! Yummy! Great video as always! Have a safe fun week
Great video, thank you! I'm sharing it in my class today as I teach about french culture and food.
What you show at 5:02 is not a "confit de canard" but a "magret de canard", it tastes different but it is also very good.
Yes, sometimes editors put the right meat but wrong cut. They are dealing with a lot of footage. I appreciate you noting it though so others know. Merci.
Love Pate!!!
Nice video ☝️🇧🇩🇧🇩
A voir ça, on a juste faim 🤤🤤🤤
Super
Cool
AAA la France 😍🥰😍🥰🧘🏼♂️
Got me drooling! Think I’ll make Duck breast, Dauphinois and sourdough baguettes tmrw
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Nice
I tried to make a baguette like the one I had in Paris and I didn't even come close. I did some digging and it turns out that baguettes in Paris use a different flour than the all-purpose you get in the US. I tried to find the European flour but was unable to find any but I found some that was close.
Yes! Flour is very regional. For instance, biscuits in the South are better than in say, Az because the flour is different...same reason tortillas are better in the SW. You can find French flour if you dig around on the internet.
In the uk we are lucky enough to get Wessex Mill French bread flour, the same flour the French use to make their baguettes.
Good stuff! What is the background music?
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3:00 it's a "pain suisse" not a "pain au chocolat" but i highly recommend it
I've seen gavage with my own eyes, what you call force feed, the geese were lining up to feed, they were really not traumatized. It's anyone's choice to eat it or not but those who refuse to really are missing out.
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I had the best scallops in France! 😍
Everything looks really great! I can imagine a simple sandwich of the bread & cheese being very very good compared to most US bakeries
Nutella the treat from gods 🥰😝🍫
طعام لذيذ
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Just bread & butter... Le pain avec le meuiller beurre du monde....
so tasty
*Meilleur beurre
Mmmmmmmm 😋; I 👀 see some good foods being advertised by the attached joint that if I went to Paris I would try.👉✌Peace & respectfully to the cookers and servers of good 👁🗨 looking foods and ✌ peace and respect to the beautiful advertisement's of the advertiser's telling about the food there in Paris.
Thanks but was good to named a few local restaurants
Hope its not too late. Here are the restaurant s
1. Le reminet, near notre Dame cathédrale
2. La boîte aux lettres, near montmartre
3. Le bouclier de bacchus, Paris 9e
4. Le café des ministères, rue des universités
Enjoy your time here😊
Not bad! Not bad at all! Greetings from Houston TX! 🗼🎉
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What NOT to eat in France??
ALWAYS TRUST A FOOD PROGREAMME WITH A LARGER PRESENTER AS HERE LOVE ANDREW
Crêpes w. Nutella. No thanks. Crêpes w. Real black hot chocolate. Its the true delight
I love French Onion Soup but unfortunately for me its the official food of acid reflux. Perhaps a good croissant with it to neutralize is on order.
Shellfish Tower at LeDome in Paris...... then judge everything else against that.
Pain not Pan ☺️🇨🇦
The segment on duck needs to be revamped! Noticed the picture /video of a sliced cut-up duck breast - ' MAGRET de Canard ' was used to describe ' CONFIT de Canard '....a leg!
🕊🌎🕊🕊sharing🫂thankYOU
I would avoid the steak tartare
Steak tartare is really good
Love it!!!
Just for the record: foie gras is not paté, it is actual goose or duck liver from stuffed animals (quite a cruel thing to to, they are forcefully overfed to develop a fatty liver). The images you showed are actual fatty liver, a paté would have a crust around and probably other ingredients than just fois gras.
It is not cruel. The geese enjoy the feeding and are not forced. It is just called force feeding. The geese are well treated all their little goosey lives.
Stop with the squeamishness. Which is nothing but effeminate sentimentality. Geese on their own volition, eat more then they need. Force feeding them is actually giving them what they want. The food industry does not need, nor require Karens to be telling people what to eat. You must be a cat lady who thinks bringing chikdten into the world is cruel and inhumane.
@@d.l.l.6578 mdrr
Do they do spam fitters or maybe corned beef fritters ? If so I’ll visit their land by return dingy,
You will be hearing from the SPCL - The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Languages.
c'est très cliché et pas terrible pour la culture culinaire française.
il vaut mieux trouver le petit restau, le routier... où tu as un plats du jour ou le choix du patron.
on ne produits plus beaucoup d'escargots en France, encore moins en bourgogne, la plupart des escargots que l'on trouve ici viennent de Pologne ou de Tcheque......
pareil pour les grenuoilles.
salut et fraternité.
Y a encore pas mal de fermes à escargots en France quand même... Après les escargots du supermarché c'est clair qu'ils n'ont pas de pasport français
@@martinquessandier3282 c'est pas faut, et pourtant je suis devenu un traitre de bourguignon.
les meilleurs plans, ce sont les restau routiers, plat du jour, entrées plat dessert, quand c'est de la cuisine maison, j'ai un petit troquet où le jeudi, c'est ''tête de veau", celle du patron......
mmmmmmmmmmmh......
estime-toi heureux qu'il n'ait pas conseillé les kebabs
Recall eating at French truck stops, and even there the fare was incredibly good.
were suppose to travel there on the 25th of this month, do you think Paris is safe right now because of the protest and bed bugs infestation? Thank you
I'm in Paris, and I don't see anything wrong around.
@@domitiennegegou5967 thats good to know. Are you a tourist?
I'm an inhabitant...
As a french, I'm not from Paris but let me just tell you that it's far from being the cleanest / safest place in the country to put it simply, you can visit many other places that are safer and less stressful in the countryside and smaller cities, Paris is very overrated in my opinion
The French often have strikes and protests...it's a big city so you can usually avoid those gatherings. And DO avoid them! There is a lot to explore outside the city. It's a wonderful country with rich culture and history everywhere, not just Paris. As to bedbugs, there are a lot of tutorials to learn what to look for and how to deal with them and avoid them. But you have to decide for yourself if you're comfortable going.
Pommes Sarladais of salade gesiers
I think it's way overrated, but I like it. Escargots would be my favorite.
The Italian flag emblem on your t-shirt is slightly sabotaging your video.😅
You eat while walking?
Nice video but steak frites is more of a Belgian thing! And about the fast food called "Quick" that you are talking about, it's also made in Belgium.
Steack frites is not belgian. Bullshit.
Steak and fries are eaten throughout France,and the U.S., for that matter. It isn't strictly a " Belgium thing."
@@LUIS-ox1bv Maybe but when you know that half of this dish is made in Belgium (fries) it says it all.
Ah too bad you didn't mention the Jambon Beurre which is the most famous Parisian snack
Correct!
It's "pain au chocolat" and "pan au chocolat."
You showed a magret de canard instead of a confit de canard. Not the same dish.
Great vid tho 😘
Foie gras is NOT a pâté: it's the entire liver of a fattened goose, cooked with herbs and in various manners..
I didn't know Nutella is french
Nope this italian
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Bro you’re brave to go out in Paris with that shirt on.
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Not to leave out pain au almond!!!
Is not confit is magret de canard and it’s not pate, it’s just a foie gras de canard or d’oie, you don’t spread foie gras.
Foie gras is sliced and eaten as such.
Whomever does your YT chapter titles needs to use a dictionary - kiche -> quiche, fuga -> foie gras .
France is like 1000 years ahead of Africa.
Every place is 1000 years ahead of Africa.
الي يسوقو للاعلانات الخاصه بهذا المقطع في التلجرام نصااااابين انتبهو منهم انتبهو منهم لا تحولو فلوس لهم
That was not confit….
Intro too long. Otherwise informative
Sorry but how are the French not stupidly fat?! High carbs and High fats... cheese and bread, the ultimate high calorie/high fat combo?!?!
Science where are you my lying friend?!
Yes,and America is so engrossed with diets, weight watching, sports activities and athletics, yet leads the world in obesity and over weight people.
Quick is Belgian, not French
Snails as a food? Common show real french food.
The food seems high in fat
Croque monsieur, croque madame or croque hawaïen has absolutely nothing to do with France, all 3 dishes are Belgian and the French just copied the recipes and, then typical French, just called and added it to the French cuisine.
Snails...sorry but just...No!!
it tastes like clams. Don't you like clams?
@@jean-christophegoovaerts5277 Not especially, no.
I've been to France on a driving holiday, mainly to the south. It's very difficult to find good mid priced restaurants. If you don't like beef tartare (raw mince beef), duck, foie gras, there is very little else. Stick to Italian or Indian, which you can find. The beef is usually unchewable. Michelin starred restaurants are always overpriced and serve either l'escargot or raw fish on a set menu. Your only hope is to cook for yourself. This can be rewarding as the food in supermarkets is usually very good. You cannot live on croque monsieur and croissants.
go to Lyon.......
Ha ha 😊 quel dommage de ne pas pouvoir aller (parce que vous ne parlez pas français) dans les petits restaurants qui ne servent rien de ce que vous avez citer, tout en perpétuant la bonne et pas chère cuisine française.
Rubbish. You probably don't know a lick of French or French culture. Italian food is easy peasy. Like coloring books.
I shut the video down!!! The kid chewing with his mouth open and his tongue flapping made me sick
With the exception of the desserts and croissants, all French cuisine are boring and tasteless. No matter how well plated or overpriced.
Don’t eat along the highways in france, its the worst food in the world, and very dirty. From my experience food in France is only good in upperclass restaurants.