What type of food do they serve in france?

Question

just out of curiosity!! =]

Answer 1

The best !!!

from a parisian lady !

Answer 2

There is a very wide variety of food eaten in France even tho by American standards, France is pretty small. All of France would fit into a corner of Texas with room left over for the United Kingdom.

Despite this, there are many regional cooking styles which include influences from France's neighbors.

France also has the legacy of its vast colonial Empire and people from France's former colonies (and a few remaining current colonies) have brought their native cuisines to France.

Also, like every modern country, France has imported foods and recipes from all over the world (even the United States).

Food in France can also be classified as either "Haute Cuisine", the sort of food served in the fabulous Michelin Three Star restaurants and "Cuisine Bourgeois", the day to day cooking of ordinary people.

French cooking is best charaterized by a dedication to freshness and quality of ingrediants, a respect for the notion of regional integrity (eating what is locally available), and the frugality that requires that nothing be wasted.

Some of France's most popular (and delicious) food items stem dirctly from these concepts.

You've no doubt heard that they eat snails in France (something that Americans are forever making fun of). Well the dish comes from the vineyards where grapepickers find lots of big snails that have grown fat eating the grapeleaves. What is more natural than to gather up this natural ingrediant and making use of it.  cleaned, chopped, mixed with garlic butter and then returned to the shell to cook quickly or just braised in a bit of wine they are delicious, especially with a big crusty loaf of bread to soak up the garlic butter and a big glass of wine from the very vineyard where the snails were collected. Perfection!

Cassoulet is the French version of Baked Beans. Its made with white beans that are slowly cooked with various meats. Most (thoigh not all) people regard comfit d'oie (preserved goose) as an essential ingredient but pork sausages, duck and mutton are in many versions. Its the ultimate French comfort food. The sort of thing that Grand-mère made from the products of her farm.

Then there's the French way with Roast Chicken. A simple roast chicken, properly done, is the essence of day to day French cooking. Its goodness depends on having a quality chicken and then preparing it simply, without fuss but with perfect technique. The mass market birds we get in the USA won't do for this dish. You need a nice plump bird that hasn't been raised in a factory farm and shot full of antibiotics, hormones and chemicals. It exemplifies the French attention to detail and obsession with quality, traits that Americans often seem to have done away with in the quest for the fast, convenient and cheap.

I could go on but you will need to actually eat in France to fully grasp what I'm trying to convey.  One last little anectdote to illustrate.

I went to buy a pear from a street market and when I asked the vendor to pick one out he asked "When are you going to eat it?" I said I would eat it right there and he carefully inspected several pieces of fruit before giving me the one he thought was perfect at that very moment. Okay, maybe he was just playing games with the tourist, I can't be sure. But I would swear that he was for real and exhibiting the level of passion about food that I think is the hallmark of what is French.

Answer 3

french fries is served with everything-beef, fish, chicken, even the kebabs have chips stuffed into them.

foie gras(goose liver) and horse meat are served in the nicer eatery.

bagots is common for lunch.. mostly healthy food is served in France to answer your question.

Answer 4

as a person who has tasted many - i mean it- cuisines, i seriously dont get french food.

portions are so small, food is so d**n expensive(okay they use the best of everything) but then...sometimes you definitely feel the 'pure irrelevance' i should say.

needless to say, it is ridicilous to judge a cuisine as good or bad. it s a culture and a habit all around the world

Answer 5

healthy food

tasty food.

their pastry are so d**n good.

their cuisine is so light so good from vegetable (steamed, sauteed or in a sauce) to filet mignon, their roast chicken their bread, steak sauce au poivre, escalope de veau, cordon bleu (real ones)... you will love it, their salad.their appetizers nothing to compare to the us.

Answer 6

One of the problems is that everything you know is based on stereotypes and misinformation.  In reality very few french people eat snails.  I never see them and I know of no one who likes them.  Yes, of course cheese.  There are over 500 types of cheeses here.  But really come on...  What if someone had said that all that people in Boston eat is 'clam chowder'?

People in France eat pretty much the same things you eat.: chicken, fish, beef, steak, french-fries (though they don't call them that), chinese food, sandwiches, italian food, pizza, pasta, fast-food of all types, salads...

Here's the deal: There is something known as French gastonomy and then there's just the regular food that people eat every day.  If you go to a nice restaurant you'll find things that are different (of course).  You'll find 'chevre chaud', beef tartar, lots of duck dishes (they like duck here), lamb, veal...

The french tend to eat more lamb, veal, and duck than Americans do so watch out if you don't like those things.

But they also love good steak, chicken dishes of all sorts.

You can find any kind of food here you want.  The best Chinese food is found in Chinatown (in the 14th) and near Saint Michele in the Latin Quarter.  There's also amazing very authentic African food, Middle-Eastern, Indian, Italian, American.  

There are currently about 30,000 Americans living and working in Paris alone so that have their own restaurants, cafes, bars, churches, etc.  So, you can find plenty of "american" food here too!  :-)

Rillifane's absolutely right about the chicken here: it's to die for.  Any butcher anywhere in France will have a roast chicken that will take your breath away.  Unbelievable!

Enjoy your visit and "bon apetit"!

Answer 7

The best food. You can buy a chicken off a rotisserie on the street and it will be the best chicken you have ever had. I once confused two French words and wound up with beef kidneys, which I don't like at all. But even so, they were delicious. When I was there, half a lifetime ago, the cheapest place was Casa Miguel, where you could have a 3-course meal for about $2 US. The plate of rice with a turkey wing on it in some kind of sauce was great.

Answer 8

WIne and Cheese. That's about it...and the occasional Frog, of course.