You know as I learn more about typical dishes from your videos, it seems that many traditional French dishes has more warmth and heartiness than the often-stereotyped “snobby” haute cuisine 😊
@@LesFrenchiesTravel Correct. I'm a chef myself. It's should be about the food, not the chef. Look at T.V chefs these days; it's all about their egos, not the food.
French cuisine known in the US is basically influenced by Escoffier, and other luxury historical chefs, working professionnaly in high level restaurants. And that's been the case for a long time. But while this kind of cuisine has a common origin with the food eaten and prepared by families, it is *not* the same kind of cuisine. Remember that we do cook more than americans, and have kept alive a huge regional varitety in products, techniques and simply dishes :>. That said, the high level french cuisine can be insane. But it's just not possibly to ask a home cook or a working mom to do dishes done by professional chefs and students on a regular basis.
Why comparing traditionnal food and haute cuisine ?? Ferrari and Lamborghini are Italians and therefore all Italians drive a red car ???? C'est débile comme raisonnement. Cela ne m'étonnes pas en fait de la part d'un Anglo-Saxon. Et d'autre part, la haute cuisine n'est pas "seulement" Française. You can find Michelin's star Restaurant all around the world (Danemark, Italia, Spain, Mexico, Hong Kong....) and often, they are cheaper than a junkefood restaurant in New York. Ignorance, is it the new Arrogance of US People ?? Ne savoir parler aucune langue étrangère et poster des idées raccourcies sur UA-cam. The new Trump's World I hate.
The French are great at cooking it, but the Spanish are the ones who know how to eat it (which usually takes them hours and hours well into the night!)
I stayed in Paris for 5 days recently....I had watched almost every video by you on Paris before going there. They were very helpful and helped us to find our way and made our stay easier. Thank you so much for your woderful videos....😊
As a french i am truly delighted by your présentation, a great choice of french dishes, not cliché at all. People don't know and don't understand our food and i feel were're often unfairly attacked.
Not attacked from the UK, or only in fun. French cuisine is the art of turning simple ingredients into something extraordinary. Daube Provençale will make me weep. Particularly if it's me that has to prepare it.
As a Parisian I can say that of all the dishes you mentioned, the easiest to find in most bistros aka classic French restaurants, is the "Confit de canard", or "duck confit". Most French restaurants in Paris have confit de canard (though it's a South-Western dish) cause it's so easy for them to serve. Also it happens to be my favourite French dish, or maybe my favourite dish in general. Imagine a chicken leg, only it's duck, so it tastes more gamy, and the meat was slow cooked and preserved in fat for so long that you can break it down with only your fork, and it melts in your freaking mouth. Heaven
As a Quebecois, I feel privileged to be descended from this tradition. Even as a 6-7 years old child, the meals my parents would serve me on any random Tuesday night would be coq au vin, confit de canard, boeuf bourguignon or moule frites. One could do worse thinking back on the weekdays staples they were served during their childhood.
The best restaurant meal of my life I had at 9 years old in Quebec City at, of all places, a Holiday Inn hotel restaurant.* I have no idea what I ordered, but I remember tender beef, mushrooms in a dark red wine flavored gravy. I don’t think it was beef burgundy as I think the beef was likely tenderloin. Whatever it was, it was to die for and I remember it like it was yesterday. *In those days, Holiday Inn hotels had a coffee shop for breakfast and lunch and a more formal restaurant for dinner. Menus were pretty much the same at every Holiday Inn- steaks, fried chicken, seafood. Boring, but safe and consistent. Apparently that just didnt do in Quebec City.
Moi avec. I’m from Montreal and dated a girl from Lac St Jean/ Saguanay and the food in that house. Wow Le Reveillon was a gastronomic delight. Salut. De Montreal 😎
I also love to cook even if just for myself. I’ll spend hours in the kitchen preparing and making sauces and I find it incredibly satisfying and it always s turns out wonderfully. I also enjoy buying the produce to make my meals
I grew up on a small island off the west coast of Canada. It had 2 restaurants: a pizza place run out of a mobile home (pretty bad pizza, too) and a typical burgers and fries diner. A French family arrived and opened a restaurant at the small mini-mall near my house and one day, when I was about 14, I had cassoulet there. I had never heard of the dish and had no experience with good food. To say it blew my mind would be an understatement. I hold that restaurant (that didn't do well and closed a few years later in spite of its amazing food) and a boyfriend from my 20s as the 2 factors most responsible for my becoming such a food lover and explorer. Awesome content, as usual! (also is Au Pied de Cochon in Paris the same owner as in Montreal? We have a famous Au Pied de Cochon here as well!)
Likely one is named after the other. In Vancouver, there is a well loved restaurant named Le Crocodile which is named after the famous Crocodile restaurant in Strasbourg
If you're wondering what you can eat if you are vegetarian or don't want to eat meat everyday, there is one dish I'd recommend: lentil stew. You can see this being served with the duck breast (1:20). It is also served with "Petit Salé", a combination of lentils and salted pork products. It is shown on the menu shown at the beginning of the video. I make this often at home in large batches, and it only tastes better the second day. In the summer there is also a cold lentil salad made with lentilles duPuy (French lentils) which is also excellent. Make no mistake -- it is French food!
My absolute favorite French dish in the entirety of this great and wonderful world of ours has got to be daube Provençal. It’s this amazing stew they make in the south of France that is just unbelievably delicious. There was a French restaurant that had opened up in my city that specialized in foods from the countryside of France and this was one of the things on the menu. Just sublime.
You two are the best! Another usefull video... you not only bring joy to us..but you feed us also with impecable info and everything we need to know.... love you guys....
Thanks for all your videos, but this one is the most useful for us. Aux Anysetiers Du Roy !!! How did we miss this place? We've spent at least 3 months on the Isle St-Louis during the past 5 years and never once noticed this place. We eat at the St Regis just down the street several times per week. I can't wait to return and try this charming restaurant.
I remember visiting my Memere in France as a little girl and having pot au fau, delicious. The veg all came from the garden, She had a wood stove, coffee pot brewing away. Wonderful memories of a bygone era.
I was in Bordeaux and the Tarn last month and tried as many tradional dishes as I could. I loved the duck breast with agliot! We also tried cassolet and it was so rich! So many more dishes to try!
Great descriptions of the dishes you could expect to find at typical French Restaurants. I love the confit de canard and in fact ate some last Saturday ( Coronation Day). Not very British I know.- and it was from a supermarket but it was what friends chose to cook for us. Yours looked so much better! 💕💕
Confit from supermarket are totally equal to confit served in restaurant. Basically duck overcooked for many hours and then put in tin can. I have never experienced not very good confit tin can 👍... ( it's the most expensive tin can in a french supermarket)
This was great! Just knowing what's what can help order with confidence. My husband ordered andouillette (knowing what it was) and the very kind server asked "do you know what that is?" My husband nodded and he said "I just wanted to make sure because it's very different!" He said it was great but I thought it was so sweet of the server to ask.
I am a subscriber to your guide. I enjoy all of your easy to follow descriptions of dishes & restaurants! I am a meat & stew person so there are many choices!
We love your videos and always watch them. Your guide was a brilliant buy before our Christmas 2022 holiday to Paris. Our dream is to spend a few months in Paris and try everything you recommend 😊
Even an industrial canned cassoulet can be half-delicious. It shows you how much cassoulet is fantastic ! Choucroute needs to be a little more pricey to be sublime. Le confit de canard is almost always to die for.
Thank you for mentioning Au Pied de Cochon ! I love that restaurant and go there every time I go to Paris. They also have very good French onion soup too!😊
Can't beat the bistro classics. We can't afford to travel to France anymore to experience these dishes so we (try!) to recreate them at home. Recipe-wise, I recommend Patricia Wells: Bistro Cooking (an American Franco-phile like yourselves) and Les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain. Great post, guys 👍.
Thanks for the tip about la bouillabasse near Montparnasse. I've never had it ; always wanted to try it ; but didn't want to go all the way to Marseille to get a good one. Now I know all I have to do is catch the 6 train :)
Thank you for yet another great video! The last time I was in Paris I was with my mother who was quite the adventurous eater. She was able to find rognons de veau (her favorite), pigs' feet/tail/ears, boudin noir, ris de veau, etc.
You guys are soooo good! I find myself enjoying even the music you put into your videos, never mind you both! On my way home after long day of work, so tired and hungry, salivating while watching, yet dancing as well 😂 (I’m on a bus in case you’re wondering) Thanks again for my dose of joy on Saturday - I hope you’re not tired of me repeating myself ❤️
I have ordered beef dishes a few times. I have found the texture peculiar. Could this be because the beef is grass fed. I have read that the French use horse meat in dishes. Could that be the reason the beef texture/ taste is unusual?
@@joyerickson6044 il n'y a pas de viande de cheval dans les plats en France si vous ne souhaitez pas en manger, cette viande est de plus en plus difficile à trouver, les boucheries chevalines étant de plus en plus rares, et à moins de vouloir spécifiquement en manger, vous n'en aurez pas dans votre assiette. Pour la texture du boeuf, je ne pourrai pas vous répondre précisément, n'ayant jamais goûté de boeuf américain, mais peut-être que l'une des raisons est que certains produits vétérinaires autorisés pour l'élevage aux États Unis, sont interdits en France.
The best andouillette I've had was at Daniel et Denise in Lyon. Typical 'bouchon' dish, but they included ris de veau and a mustard sauce. Total deliciousness. The cassoulet in the video was way too watery and there weren't nearly enough beans, sausage, or confit de canard. Have you covered 'Souris d'agneau' and 'Tablier de Sapeurs'?
Loved all these suggestions. Currently in Toulouse-hmm I feel a Cassoulet is in order. Ps while in Paris I had lunch at Le Procope following your suggestion. It was delicious, thank you.😋
Le meilleur cassoulet c'est celui de la ville de Castelnaudary dans le Lauragais, département de l'Aude, à 55 kilomètres de Toulouse, appelé le cassoulet chaurien. "Le cassoulet de Castelnaudary c'est Dieu le père, celui de Carcassonne c'est le fils, celui de Toulouse c'est le Saint-Esprit". Tout est dit. Bon appétit!
Love the sauces! Watching Colleen describe Andouillette reminds me of Americans eating haggis.😅 No potage a la queue de boeuf? We grew up with this dish. Hello from Wisconsin 🍺🍷😊
@@LesFrenchiesTravel I'm watching from the countryside about 40 km from Paris. I love oxtail soup but it's never on the menu anywhere--If ever I want to order it at the butcher shop I have to phone a few before. Look up a recipe for hachis Parmentier which you can make using the tasty meat from the oxtail. Bon appétit!
Just spent 4 days in Paris and used 4 of your restaurant recommendations. The food was wonderful and great customer service too! Thanks also for all your video tips that I have been watching for months. 😂
I’ve only just discovered your blog! What a lovely couple you are, handing out those invaluable tips to life in Paris!!!! The restaurants you refer to seem a little bit on the pricey side 😢 though….. Would you consider making a video of perhaps more affordable yet tasty places to explore?!!! I’m sure that would be a hit for the average tourist….. Merci 🙏 à vous 😊et surtout continuez vos vidéos qui vantent les plaisirs de la vie parisienne 😊😊 Thank you 🙏
@@LesFrenchiesTravel Oh lovely !!! I evidently haven’t come across them yet!!!! My comment was far from being a criticism for I think that every person visiting Paris should view the advice you give …. So do keep up the good work!!!! You’ve got fans out there!!!! And above all “thank you”!!!
Another great video! Colleen, I always love looking at your necklace. It's so unique and beautiful. Does it have any special significance that you can share? Love you guys! ❤
Good video! I've been here in Paris since May 1. I can't believe my month will end in 8 days! My favorite boeuf bourguignon is at Au Bourgogne in the Marais. I had it a few weeks ago, taking a friend there. Tékes and Yoummah, both in the 2eme, are favorites. I may be heading to Miznon soon, another favorite. The Korean Bibim place makes fantastic gyoza and bibimbap. Lipp has the best choucroute! I dined with friends at Bouillon Chartier in the 14eme. Good, reliable, food.
I am French and I agree : these are all very emblematic dishes here. Add Crepes and Raclette, and you have it all. One weird thing here though : we do eat Pot au Feu with potatoes mostly. Neiter pastas nor rice
I think that you should at least add to your least : la blanquette de veau, la choucroute, Quiche Lorraine, les cuisses de grenouilles, le cordon bleu, croque monsieur / madame, escargot, Carbonade Flamande, Daube Niçoise, Une fondu Bourguignone/Savoyade, Steak tartare, and I certainly forget some dish... Before saying that you all French Speciality had listed ;)
Be careful, the potatoes should never be cooked with the pot-au-feu, otherwise they will absorb all the flavors. Only the turnips, carrots, leeks and celery are cooked in the broth with the meat. Personally, when I make a "pot-au-feu" (it's easy to make at home), I eat the vegetables with a little meat and mustard and pickles the first day, then the broth with vermicelli on the second day and finally, I chop the remaining meat and make a "hachis parmentier" with mashed potatoes on the 3rd day. It is a dish that is used to make 3 meals. And raclette is a Swiss dish, very popular in France, but let's give the Swiss their due.
I bet my wife and our teen would to have the moules frites maybe on one occasion during our trip to Paris next month. Myself, I can't wait to try the steak Frites again at Le Victory like we did 16 years ago on our honeymoon.. There's a place here in Montreal that makes some great moules frites, it's called Tomate Basilic, it's an Italian restaurant, our usual spot when we have something to celebrate and it's 5 minutes from our house in Pointe-aux-Trembles. I've had magret de canard once, at an inn near Lac Brome. The Broke Lake duck is pretty much world renowned and one of the prides of La Belle Province. J'aime vos vidéos, j'espère qu'on aura la chance de se croiser durant notre voyage! Salut!
We had 3 days in Paris before Covid and the best thing I had was onion soup in a place near Notre Dame. We had heard about Moules et Frites and tried them too in a place near our hotel, huge portion, really too much for me, but my husband helped!
Noix de Saint Jacques is named after this saint because he is associated with the scallop. Saint Jacques is Santiago in Spanish which is why the scallop shell marks the pilgrimage route to the city of Santiago in Spain.
Great video merci beaucoup! Question. How are the French restaurants with asking to split an entree? We don’t usually eat that much and some servings are enormous !!!! Merci in advance
@@LesFrenchiesTravel thank you for the response. I figured as much but wanted to make sure. We’ll be in Paris this weekend and I have several reservations made for lovely restaurants. Looking forward to dining in Paris once again. Best regards
@@Daunou777 French here,never had any problem with sharing an entree (entree here is an apetizer,like salad,enchiladas,or foie gras),or even a main dish,you can ask for another empty plate to share.we're not doing it asian way (plate in the middle and everyone take whatever they want inside it),just say bonjour while coming into the restaurant,use basic politeness like you would in any restaurant,and you won't have any problem. If you respect the people who work there,and they are professionnel you can kinda ask for anything.
As a French person I really like watching videos like this one ^^. There is just another restaurant I wanted to mention when it comes to eating duck in Paris: "La Grange aux Canards", near Notre-Dame. Like the name suggests they specialise in duck (confit, magret, cassoulet...), with a few other nice dishes like their escargots. It's one of my favorite restaurants, and when a friend visits France for the first time this is my go-to place to invite them!
This video was very helpful too. I am a “picky” eater but the beef and chicken dishes look incredible. My wife will enjoy the other items for sure. I need May 2024 to get here….lol
I love to watch your videos!!!! I’ve got cancer and your work have been watched a lit!!!!! Colleen I just saw you in a black blouse, you looked great!!!! I totally love watching you both your so cute together!! Thx❤️☕️☕️❤️
Very help and we’ll done video. It will make our trip that much better. I do wonder what French cooking was like before potatoes were brought over from the Western Hemisphere.
Pour le découvrir, il faut assister aux spectacles médiévaux, certaines villes organisent des repas avec les ingrédients et recettes de l'époque, mais ce n'est pas très courant je pense, il faut être au bon endroit au bon moment, et probablement réserver. Je suis français et n'y ai participé qu'une fois dans ma vie, c'était à Fougères, petite ville au nord de Rennes, en Bretagne. C'était délicieux, et le repas comprenait dix plats. Je ne sais pas s'ils organisent encore ce repas, mais ce n'était qu'une, peut être deux fois par an.
Great video, as always! I’m booked for a solo trip in late October and would love to try some of these. Lunch doesn’t worry me but do you have advice for a woman eating alone at dinner?
🤣. Just a little worried about feeling out of place. I think neighborhood and early is a good plan. I’m glad that you’ve given me good ideas of the dishes to look for. Merci!
Very nice and right presentation. Personnaly I would put Cassoulet first in the list 😛. Maybe you forgot Choucroute; not my favorite but important in our food culture.
Hello, Love ypur videos.. I have a question, I have friend that is allergic to penuts. That includes penut oil. Is french cuisine friendly for allergic people? What are some good recommendations?
There are laws about restaurants providing allergy info. I would suggest using Google Translate with the waiter to be confident about cross contamination
You know as I learn more about typical dishes from your videos, it seems that many traditional French dishes has more warmth and heartiness than the often-stereotyped “snobby” haute cuisine 😊
Yes, most comon dishes in France are peasant cuisine, made out of non-luxurious ingredients
The food is not snobby but the chefs are
@@LesFrenchiesTravel Correct. I'm a chef myself. It's should be about the food, not the chef. Look at T.V chefs these days; it's all about their egos, not the food.
French cuisine known in the US is basically influenced by Escoffier, and other luxury historical chefs, working professionnaly in high level restaurants. And that's been the case for a long time. But while this kind of cuisine has a common origin with the food eaten and prepared by families, it is *not* the same kind of cuisine. Remember that we do cook more than americans, and have kept alive a huge regional varitety in products, techniques and simply dishes :>.
That said, the high level french cuisine can be insane. But it's just not possibly to ask a home cook or a working mom to do dishes done by professional chefs and students on a regular basis.
Why comparing traditionnal food and haute cuisine ?? Ferrari and Lamborghini are Italians and therefore all Italians drive a red car ???? C'est débile comme raisonnement. Cela ne m'étonnes pas en fait de la part d'un Anglo-Saxon. Et d'autre part, la haute cuisine n'est pas "seulement" Française. You can find Michelin's star Restaurant all around the world (Danemark, Italia, Spain, Mexico, Hong Kong....) and often, they are cheaper than a junkefood restaurant in New York. Ignorance, is it the new Arrogance of US People ?? Ne savoir parler aucune langue étrangère et poster des idées raccourcies sur UA-cam. The new Trump's World I hate.
The way the French do food…a reminder that life is to be enjoyed
You are undoubtedly on the wisdom path my friend !
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The French are great at cooking it, but the Spanish are the ones who know how to eat it (which usually takes them hours and hours well into the night!)
@@Simonsvids and about the italians ????🥰…. and the greeks ???😍😍😍
Good, you start to learn something!
I stayed in Paris for 5 days recently....I had watched almost every video by you on Paris before going there. They were very helpful and helped us to find our way and made our stay easier. Thank you so much for your woderful videos....😊
Hi Nipuna, we’re off to Paris next month, what were your most helpful videos? We’re dating the the Latin quarter
Ok but they concentrate their advice in very touristics and "expensives" places. "Champs élysée / Montparnasse" etc.
Merci messieurs dames de montrer notre cuisine avec autant d'envie et de plaisir ! Cordialement de France
As a french i am truly delighted by your présentation, a great choice of french dishes, not cliché at all. People don't know and don't understand our food and i feel were're often unfairly attacked.
Not attacked from the UK, or only in fun.
French cuisine is the art of turning simple ingredients into something extraordinary.
Daube Provençale will make me weep.
Particularly if it's me that has to prepare it.
There are a lot french haters and wannabe nazis
What a great way to start a Saturday afternoon with a new Frenchies video!
As a Parisian I can say that of all the dishes you mentioned, the easiest to find in most bistros aka classic French restaurants, is the "Confit de canard", or "duck confit". Most French restaurants in Paris have confit de canard (though it's a South-Western dish) cause it's so easy for them to serve. Also it happens to be my favourite French dish, or maybe my favourite dish in general. Imagine a chicken leg, only it's duck, so it tastes more gamy, and the meat was slow cooked and preserved in fat for so long that you can break it down with only your fork, and it melts in your freaking mouth. Heaven
Dead animals, that food sucks
As a Quebecois, I feel privileged to be descended from this tradition. Even as a 6-7 years old child, the meals my parents would serve me on any random Tuesday night would be coq au vin, confit de canard, boeuf bourguignon or moule frites. One could do worse thinking back on the weekdays staples they were served during their childhood.
And yet you gave the world Poutine. Something terrible happened in the transition.
@@shakiMiki Sure did, we call it the English Conquest.
The best restaurant meal of my life I had at 9 years old in Quebec City at, of all places, a Holiday Inn hotel restaurant.* I have no idea what I ordered, but I remember tender beef, mushrooms in a dark red wine flavored gravy. I don’t think it was beef burgundy as I think the beef was likely tenderloin. Whatever it was, it was to die for and I remember it like it was yesterday.
*In those days, Holiday Inn hotels had a coffee shop for breakfast and lunch and a more formal restaurant for dinner. Menus were pretty much the same at every Holiday Inn- steaks, fried chicken, seafood. Boring, but safe and consistent. Apparently that just didnt do in Quebec City.
Moi avec. I’m from Montreal and dated a girl from Lac St Jean/ Saguanay and the food in that house. Wow Le Reveillon was a gastronomic delight. Salut. De Montreal 😎
I also love to cook even if just for myself. I’ll spend hours in the kitchen preparing and making sauces and I find it incredibly satisfying and it always s turns out wonderfully. I also enjoy buying the produce to make my meals
I'm French and this made me nostalgic. I wish every people could try these dishes at least once in their life.
And again, and again, and again 😊
Gotta love those French Bed Bugs
I grew up on a small island off the west coast of Canada. It had 2 restaurants: a pizza place run out of a mobile home (pretty bad pizza, too) and a typical burgers and fries diner. A French family arrived and opened a restaurant at the small mini-mall near my house and one day, when I was about 14, I had cassoulet there. I had never heard of the dish and had no experience with good food. To say it blew my mind would be an understatement. I hold that restaurant (that didn't do well and closed a few years later in spite of its amazing food) and a boyfriend from my 20s as the 2 factors most responsible for my becoming such a food lover and explorer. Awesome content, as usual! (also is Au Pied de Cochon in Paris the same owner as in Montreal? We have a famous Au Pied de Cochon here as well!)
Likely one is named after the other. In Vancouver, there is a well loved restaurant named Le Crocodile which is named after the famous Crocodile restaurant in Strasbourg
If you're wondering what you can eat if you are vegetarian or don't want to eat meat everyday, there is one dish I'd recommend: lentil stew. You can see this being served with the duck breast (1:20). It is also served with "Petit Salé", a combination of lentils and salted pork products. It is shown on the menu shown at the beginning of the video. I make this often at home in large batches, and it only tastes better the second day. In the summer there is also a cold lentil salad made with lentilles duPuy (French lentils) which is also excellent. Make no mistake -- it is French food!
You two are a gift and make me miss Paris so much. I pray I get to move to FR some day.
I look forward to Les Frenchies every Saturday morning!
My absolute favorite French dish in the entirety of this great and wonderful world of ours has got to be daube Provençal. It’s this amazing stew they make in the south of France that is just unbelievably delicious. There was a French restaurant that had opened up in my city that specialized in foods from the countryside of France and this was one of the things on the menu. Just sublime.
And the meat isn't beef, it's Bull. 🥰
@@prouvencau6343 marvelous! 🤤
Wow ! One of the best videos about french traditional dishes !
You two are the best! Another usefull video... you not only bring joy to us..but you feed us also with impecable info and everything we need to know.... love you guys....
Thanks for all your videos, but this one is the most useful for us. Aux Anysetiers Du Roy !!! How did we miss this place? We've spent at least 3 months on the Isle St-Louis during the past 5 years and never once noticed this place. We eat at the St Regis just down the street several times per week. I can't wait to return and try this charming restaurant.
Thank you for explaining each recipe, but especially giving direction to the certain restaurants that serve these meals.😋
I remember visiting my Memere in France as a little girl and having pot au fau, delicious. The veg all came from the garden, She had a wood stove, coffee pot brewing away. Wonderful memories of a bygone era.
I was in Bordeaux and the Tarn last month and tried as many tradional dishes as I could. I loved the duck breast with agliot! We also tried cassolet and it was so rich! So many more dishes to try!
Great descriptions of the dishes you could expect to find at typical French Restaurants. I love the confit de canard and in fact ate some last Saturday ( Coronation Day). Not very British I know.- and it was from a supermarket but it was what friends chose to cook for us. Yours looked so much better! 💕💕
Confit from supermarket are totally equal to confit served in restaurant. Basically duck overcooked for many hours and then put in tin can. I have never experienced not very good confit tin can 👍... ( it's the most expensive tin can in a french supermarket)
This was great! Just knowing what's what can help order with confidence.
My husband ordered andouillette (knowing what it was) and the very kind server asked "do you know what that is?" My husband nodded and he said "I just wanted to make sure because it's very different!" He said it was great but I thought it was so sweet of the server to ask.
This video should have come with a warning not to watch while hungry! The food looked amazing and as always I enjoy watching you all enjoy ☺️💃🏽
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My parents are visiting paris this week and are going to chez Rene specifically for boeuf bourguignon
Bonjour Antoine and Colleen. Raining here in San Antonio.
After watching this video…. J’ai faim😊
Some of the best of the internets. Just joy and love.
I am a subscriber to your guide. I enjoy all of your easy to follow descriptions of dishes & restaurants! I am a meat & stew person so there are many choices!
It makes me want to go to Paris
So go.
The boeuf bourguignon at Le Café des Musées was like a party in my mouth. We went back a second time a week later.
Bravo ! Thanks so much! This is just what I was looking for!
We love your videos and always watch them. Your guide was a brilliant buy before our Christmas 2022 holiday to Paris. Our dream is to spend a few months in Paris and try everything you recommend 😊
Your videos are wonderfully informative, fun, and believe it or not, stress reliving. They make me relax! And salivate! Thanks!
Even an industrial canned cassoulet can be half-delicious. It shows you how much cassoulet is fantastic !
Choucroute needs to be a little more pricey to be sublime. Le confit de canard is almost always to die for.
Price doesn’t determine excellence
Thank you for mentioning Au Pied de Cochon ! I love that restaurant and go there every time I go to Paris. They also have very good French onion soup too!😊
Bonjour Colleen and Antoine, you guys totally make my Saturday! 😊👍👍👍
Je prends note de toutes ces adresses. Habitant à St Paul, je ne les connaissais pas toutes. Un grand Merci pour les recommandations !!
Can't beat the bistro classics. We can't afford to travel to France anymore to experience these dishes so we (try!) to recreate them at home. Recipe-wise, I recommend Patricia Wells: Bistro Cooking (an American Franco-phile like yourselves) and Les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain.
Great post, guys 👍.
Thanks for the tip about la bouillabasse near Montparnasse. I've never had it ; always wanted to try it ; but didn't want to go all the way to Marseille to get a good one. Now I know all I have to do is catch the 6 train :)
Yup, we're hungry now. Making a list for our future France visit! Love your guys content! 😍
Thank you for yet another great video! The last time I was in Paris I was with my mother who was quite the adventurous eater. She was able to find rognons de veau (her favorite), pigs' feet/tail/ears, boudin noir, ris de veau, etc.
Looks good. We’ll be there next week. Hope to see y’all out and about. Thanks for all the informative videos and advice
You guys are soooo good! I find myself enjoying even the music you put into your videos, never mind you both! On my way home after long day of work, so tired and hungry, salivating while watching, yet dancing as well 😂 (I’m on a bus in case you’re wondering) Thanks again for my dose of joy on Saturday - I hope you’re not tired of me repeating myself ❤️
I have ordered beef dishes a few times. I have found the texture peculiar. Could this be because the beef is grass fed. I have read that the French use horse meat in dishes. Could that be the reason the beef texture/ taste is unusual?
@@joyerickson6044 il n'y a pas de viande de cheval dans les plats en France si vous ne souhaitez pas en manger, cette viande est de plus en plus difficile à trouver, les boucheries chevalines étant de plus en plus rares, et à moins de vouloir spécifiquement en manger, vous n'en aurez pas dans votre assiette.
Pour la texture du boeuf, je ne pourrai pas vous répondre précisément, n'ayant jamais goûté de boeuf américain, mais peut-être que l'une des raisons est que certains produits vétérinaires autorisés pour l'élevage aux États Unis, sont interdits en France.
The best andouillette I've had was at Daniel et Denise in Lyon. Typical 'bouchon' dish, but they included ris de veau and a mustard sauce. Total deliciousness.
The cassoulet in the video was way too watery and there weren't nearly enough beans, sausage, or confit de canard.
Have you covered 'Souris d'agneau' and 'Tablier de Sapeurs'?
Thank u for this wonderful video
@@LesFrenchiesTravel 😁
Superb advice. Thank you!
Bonjour... I am salivating.... merci 😂
This was so helpful, thanks!
Loved all these suggestions. Currently in Toulouse-hmm I feel a Cassoulet is in order.
Ps while in Paris I had lunch at Le Procope following your suggestion. It was delicious, thank you.😋
It's a great time to have a cassoulet with the weather in Toulouse right now 🤭 don't plan anything too intensive after that though... 😅
Le meilleur cassoulet c'est celui de la ville de Castelnaudary dans le Lauragais, département de l'Aude, à 55 kilomètres de Toulouse, appelé le cassoulet chaurien.
"Le cassoulet de Castelnaudary c'est Dieu le père, celui de Carcassonne c'est le fils, celui de Toulouse c'est le Saint-Esprit".
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Bon appétit!
I just purchased your guide books, very interesting. Do you update them for 2023?
Très splendide et superbe themè du debut de week enseigner et samedi sur le magnifique themè sur les restaurants
@@LesFrenchiesTravel de rien et très jolie journée de lundi
Love the sauces! Watching Colleen describe Andouillette reminds me of Americans eating haggis.😅 No potage a la queue de boeuf? We grew up with this dish. Hello from Wisconsin 🍺🍷😊
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I'm watching from the countryside about 40 km from Paris. I love oxtail soup but it's never on the menu anywhere--If ever I want to order it at the butcher shop I have to phone a few before. Look up a recipe for hachis Parmentier which you can make using the tasty meat from the oxtail. Bon appétit!
Seriously. I'm drooling
Just spent 4 days in Paris and used 4 of your restaurant recommendations. The food was wonderful and great customer service too! Thanks also for all your video tips that I have been watching for months.
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Same here! And the staff were also very tolerant of my bad French 😅
Making me hungry yet again! Can't wait to explore Parisian menus again in a few weeks. It's been too long!
With these dishes, is the meat fully cooked or would I need to order it a certain way? Are these places listed in your guide? Thank you so much.
stew meats are well done, filet mignon as well , but u can chose for magret de canard and cote de boeuf. 🤗
We are going to France for the 5th time.
Love your channel!
And listening when you speak French!
10 very typical dishes I eat every year at family reunions, great idea to make a video on them !
Thank you!
one of your best videos. Thank you so much. Fabulous.
Making mental note: coq au vin. OK, and the fish soup and scallops looked delish too. :)
I’ve only just discovered your blog! What a lovely couple you are, handing out those invaluable tips to life in Paris!!!!
The restaurants you refer to seem a little bit on the pricey side 😢 though….. Would you consider making a video of perhaps more affordable yet tasty places to explore?!!! I’m sure that would be a hit for the average tourist…..
Merci 🙏 à vous 😊et surtout continuez vos vidéos qui vantent les plaisirs de la vie parisienne 😊😊
Thank you 🙏
@@LesFrenchiesTravel
Oh lovely !!! I evidently haven’t come across them yet!!!! My comment was far from being a criticism for I think that every person visiting Paris should view the advice you give …. So do keep up the good work!!!! You’ve got fans out there!!!!
And above all “thank you”!!!
Thank you for the recommendations of where to have them too.
Another great video! Colleen, I always love looking at your necklace. It's so unique and beautiful. Does it have any special significance that you can share? Love you guys! ❤
Interesting video, I hope I can try all of them one day.
Thank you both for your great content. We’re excited about our upcoming trip to France and your videos have been a great resource!
This video is fantastic!!! Thank you... off topic...Please consider a video on your outtakes and bloopers... :)
I needed this Video . Maybe even a second one. So many words. But I learned alot today thanks you guys
Love it! Thanks a lot! Merci ! 🙏🥰
Wow, this is very educational. Thank you so much. I will be in Paris for the first time at the end of September.
Good video! I've been here in Paris since May 1. I can't believe my month will end in 8 days! My favorite boeuf bourguignon is at Au Bourgogne in the Marais. I had it a few weeks ago, taking a friend there. Tékes and Yoummah, both in the 2eme, are favorites. I may be heading to Miznon soon, another favorite. The Korean Bibim place makes fantastic gyoza and bibimbap. Lipp has the best choucroute! I dined with friends at Bouillon Chartier in the 14eme. Good, reliable, food.
I am French and I agree : these are all very emblematic dishes here. Add Crepes and Raclette, and you have it all.
One weird thing here though : we do eat Pot au Feu with potatoes mostly. Neiter pastas nor rice
et ne pas oublier la choucroute
I think that you should at least add to your least : la blanquette de veau, la choucroute, Quiche Lorraine, les cuisses de grenouilles, le cordon bleu, croque monsieur / madame, escargot, Carbonade Flamande, Daube Niçoise, Une fondu Bourguignone/Savoyade, Steak tartare, and I certainly forget some dish... Before saying that you all French Speciality had listed ;)
Be careful, the potatoes should never be cooked with the pot-au-feu, otherwise they will absorb all the flavors. Only the turnips, carrots, leeks and celery are cooked in the broth with the meat.
Personally, when I make a "pot-au-feu" (it's easy to make at home), I eat the vegetables with a little meat and mustard and pickles the first day, then the broth with vermicelli on the second day and finally, I chop the remaining meat and make a "hachis parmentier" with mashed potatoes on the 3rd day. It is a dish that is used to make 3 meals.
And raclette is a Swiss dish, very popular in France, but let's give the Swiss their due.
Raclette - srly? This couldnt be more swiss, sorry to disappoint you
@@skygrimmingjox8553eating cuisses de grenouille should be banned IMHO.
Hummm... ça donne faim.... Belle présentation; bravo ! de Montréal-Québec
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I bet my wife and our teen would to have the moules frites maybe on one occasion during our trip to Paris next month. Myself, I can't wait to try the steak Frites again at Le Victory like we did 16 years ago on our honeymoon.. There's a place here in Montreal that makes some great moules frites, it's called Tomate Basilic, it's an Italian restaurant, our usual spot when we have something to celebrate and it's 5 minutes from our house in Pointe-aux-Trembles. I've had magret de canard once, at an inn near Lac Brome. The Broke Lake duck is pretty much world renowned and one of the prides of La Belle Province. J'aime vos vidéos, j'espère qu'on aura la chance de se croiser durant notre voyage! Salut!
Moules frites is Belgian so youre better off coming to Belgium to try it
Amazing video guys
We had 3 days in Paris before Covid and the best thing I had was onion soup in a place near Notre Dame. We had heard about Moules et Frites and tried them too in a place near our hotel, huge portion, really too much for me, but my husband helped!
Noix de Saint Jacques is named after this saint because he is associated with the scallop. Saint Jacques is Santiago in Spanish which is why the scallop shell marks the pilgrimage route to the city of Santiago in Spain.
I’ve had Trois Noix cheese. So, I’m guessing this translates to St. James Nut. Crazy.
and the only good St jacques is the "pecten maximus" all other are petoncles and not so good.
Thoroughly enjoyed that
Great video merci beaucoup!
Question. How are the French restaurants with asking to split an entree? We don’t usually eat that much and some servings are enormous !!!!
Merci in advance
@@LesFrenchiesTravel thank you for the response. I figured as much but wanted to make sure. We’ll be in Paris this weekend and I have several reservations made for lovely restaurants. Looking forward to dining in Paris once again.
Best regards
@@Daunou777 French here,never had any problem with sharing an entree (entree here is an apetizer,like salad,enchiladas,or foie gras),or even a main dish,you can ask for another empty plate to share.we're not doing it asian way (plate in the middle and everyone take whatever they want inside it),just say bonjour while coming into the restaurant,use basic politeness like you would in any restaurant,and you won't have any problem.
If you respect the people who work there,and they are professionnel you can kinda ask for anything.
As a French person I really like watching videos like this one ^^.
There is just another restaurant I wanted to mention when it comes to eating duck in Paris: "La Grange aux Canards", near Notre-Dame. Like the name suggests they specialise in duck (confit, magret, cassoulet...), with a few other nice dishes like their escargots.
It's one of my favorite restaurants, and when a friend visits France for the first time this is my go-to place to invite them!
Absolutely one of the best channels on UA-cam love the content and love France too you nail it perfectly 😊
I love Andouillette, always order it when I see it on a menu, and always get asked by the waiter if I know what I'm ordering!!!😂😂
This video was very helpful too. I am a “picky” eater but the beef and chicken dishes look incredible. My wife will enjoy the other items for sure. I need May 2024 to get here….lol
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Merci bien.
Da bekommt man gleich wieder Appetit. :)
Absolutely love your videos .very informative.
Going to So France in June our venue has personal chef, helpful!
I love to watch your videos!!!! I’ve got cancer and your work have been watched a lit!!!!! Colleen I just saw you in a black blouse, you looked great!!!! I totally love watching you both your so cute together!! Thx❤️☕️☕️❤️
You alway look great in all you wear....
Very help and we’ll done video. It will make our trip that much better. I do wonder what French cooking was like before potatoes were brought over from the Western Hemisphere.
Pour le découvrir, il faut assister aux spectacles médiévaux, certaines villes organisent des repas avec les ingrédients et recettes de l'époque, mais ce n'est pas très courant je pense, il faut être au bon endroit au bon moment, et probablement réserver. Je suis français et n'y ai participé qu'une fois dans ma vie, c'était à Fougères, petite ville au nord de Rennes, en Bretagne. C'était délicieux, et le repas comprenait dix plats.
Je ne sais pas s'ils organisent encore ce repas, mais ce n'était qu'une, peut être deux fois par an.
Super review. Thank you very much)
Great video, as always! I’m booked for a solo trip in late October and would love to try some of these. Lunch doesn’t worry me but do you have advice for a woman eating alone at dinner?
That makes sense. Cobwebs?
🤣. Just a little worried about feeling out of place. I think neighborhood and early is a good plan. I’m glad that you’ve given me good ideas of the dishes to look for. Merci!
Please also try the tartare de boeuf, it may seems weird, but trust me it is delicious
It's fantastic. We had it for lunch the other day ♡
Very nice and right presentation. Personnaly I would put Cassoulet first in the list 😛. Maybe you forgot Choucroute; not my favorite but important in our food culture.
Thanks for sharing!
J'ai faim après avoir regardé la vidéo ! ;)
Moi aussi!
Love watching your videos
I love moules frites!!!!❤❤❤
Hello, Love ypur videos.. I have a question, I have friend that is allergic to penuts. That includes penut oil. Is french cuisine friendly for allergic people? What are some good recommendations?
There are laws about restaurants providing allergy info. I would suggest using Google Translate with the waiter to be confident about cross contamination
There are laws about providing allergy info in restaurants. I would use Google Translate to communicate with the server about cross contamination.
Duck confit was my bithday meal for most of my youth as a (former) young french boy...❤
Wow that looks good. Is lobster risotto something I could get a good one of in Paris? And if so, do you have any recommendations?
I really need try all of these dishes, except for the Andouillette not sure I could be able to eat it!😥
Cassoulet sounds fantastic!
Can you suggest a restaurant near or close to the Eiffel Tower to have lunch/dinner?
We did a video about that!
Have either of you experienced different prices on a French menu vs English menu? I’ve been told that by other tour guides