Food in France is of high quality, exquisite, but rather expensive.
Food in France
The French diet includes vegetables, especially root vegetables, all types of meat, fish and seafood dishes (shrimps, lobsters, scallops, oysters).
Favorite food of the French are baguettes, croissants, soups (cream soup, gravy soup, cream soup).
Arriving in France, you should definitely try onion soup, Bouillabaisse, julienne soup, Potofe, Saint-Germain.
Since traditional French cuisine assumes that dishes are poorly fried or do not undergo heat treatment at all, when placing an order in cafes or restaurants, you should ask to bake, fry or boil a meat dish well.
From meat dishes in France it is worth trying Blanquette's veal stew, spicy pork (sartoi roll), Parisian veal Extra.
Almost all dishes in France are served with sauces, so you will have the opportunity to try sauces such as Bechamel, Espanyol, Hollandez, Bearnaise, Remoulade.
French cheeses deserve special attention: any good restaurant has a cheese menu, so enjoying the taste and aroma of local cheeses will not be difficult for you.
Where to eat in France?
At your service:
- restaurants: in them you can taste dishes of French, Italian, Thai, Chinese cuisines (many restaurants offer 2 options for choosing a menu: a la carte and le-menu);
- brassri (these fast food places are notable for their low prices and a large number of tables):
- bistros and pubs (they attract tourists with the speed of service and reasonable prices).
Drinks in France
Popular drinks in France are mineral water, coffee, hot chocolate, fruit juices, wine, champagne.
The pride of the country is the vineyards: you will have the opportunity to taste the wines produced in Burgundy, Champagne, Bordeaux, the Laura Valley. In addition, here you can try Calvados, cider (an alcoholic drink based on an apple), beer, cognac, Panache (beer + lemonade), Kir (an aperitif made from champagne or white wine), Pastis (a strong alcoholic drink based on anise).
Gastronomic tour to France
You can start your gastronomic tour in France by visiting the “cheese” places of the country, combining such a tour with a wine tour - it is worth taking a trip to cities such as Reims and Epernay to taste various types of cheese and exquisite wines.
On a food tour in Burgundy or Normandy, you will visit cheese dairies and taste legendary cheeses. In Provence or Brittany, you will visit restaurants where you will be fed seafood, and in Bordeaux restaurants you can treat yourself to duck pate and foie gras.
If you go on vacation to France, you will give yourself an unforgettable experience, enjoying the delights of culinary French masterpieces.
