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Bonjour fellow hungry travelers. Mark here with Walter's World and today we're here in Paris
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And today we're going to talk about breakfast in France. And the thing is, when you come to France
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you think of all the fantastic food they have. You think about, oh, the duck and the faugouin
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the wines and all this fantastic food that's here. And you think all those meals that last
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for hours at dinner and lunchtime, long times, and just enjoying the joie de vivre of eating
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and just enjoying the food culture, the gastronomy. Well, the thing is, breakfast in France
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is kind of small. They are not big breakfast eaters here. So I want to put that out there
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before you go. But there's something you need to do when it comes to breakfast, when it comes to
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eating breakfast in France, I should say, and that is you got to hit up the bakery because the bakery
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has what you want when you come to France for breakfast. Probably the most common thing people
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get for breakfast here is actually just getting a baguette and then you put some butter on it or
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have a baguette and put some jam on it. Like that is a totally normal breakfast kind of thing from
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the old to the young having that is great but probably if you're coming to France there's one
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thing you're really really really thinking about getting and that is the folded amazing goodness
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of the hardest to get out ever croissant yes croissants here croissant or crescent rolls as
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my grandma would say the croissants here are fantastic this flaky buttery pastry oh my goodness It is so wonderful to have and yes you can put butter on them too if you like or in them or however you like to enjoy them But croissant is also another fantastic breakfast option Also maybe a snack later in the day
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Whatever you like. But for breakfast, you can't go wrong with a croissant. I'm telling you, you can't go wrong
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And if you're at that bakery, maybe you want to grab a pan de chocolate as well
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It's like flaky, buttery, fantastic pastry crust with a chocolate through the middle
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Yes, it is wonderful. Also, you get pain au raisin, which is a..
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Basically, if you look at it, it looks like a cinnamon roll, but it's not a cinnamon roll
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It's a rolled up pastry with custard and raisins in it. It's so good
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And the thing is, when you go to those bakeries, you go in there, you see all kinds of fantastic
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things that you can get for breakfast or other times of the day. You might want to get a brioche, which is like a brioche bun with a brioche kind of bread
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It's so good with the sugar on top. You can do that. Or maybe you want to get a tart, which is more for later in the day, but you can get
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it for breakfast as well because it's right there if you want to have some fruit for your breakfast
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I mean, I always like a citron tart, if you must know, or a pear tart
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Though, again, that's more for later in the day. But honestly, sweet is quite popular for breakfast here in France
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You don't get a lot of savory stuff for breakfast, okay? So don't expect a big plate of bacon and eggs when you're here
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Now, at your hotel, though, your hotel will probably have eggs and bacon for you
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or at least cold cuts and sliced cheeses and stuff for you. They'll probably have that there
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But a traditional kind of eating with the locals thing is going to the bakery, waiting in line with everybody else
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and going and ordering there, okay? So that something you really need to think about Also another little breakfast thing This big circle reminded me of a big circle of a beignet
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A donut. Yes, you can get beignets here. You can get donuts here for breakfast if you want or any time of the day
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So another sweet treat. Obviously, the theme of sweetness at breakfast comes up again here in France
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So going to the bakery is a must when you're here, but sometimes you don't want to go to
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the bakery, you want to go to the cafe and have breakfast there. That is also very much something you do
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And you'll see the locals doing that as well. And you may say, oh, but Mark, they're just having the cigarette and coffee breakfast
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Maybe I want something more. When you go there, they might just have a croissant or they might just have the baguette
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or the bread and the butter there or the bread with the jams. Probably you can have that
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Like you can have the cafe as well. Sometimes I might have something a little more substantial, but usually it's more of
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a simple breakfast. so that's why you see a lot of people just having their cafe their coffee you can do that and yes if
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you're looking at hot drinks you can get coffee all over tea is very popular breakfast too but my
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favorite breakfast drink here is fresh squeezed orange juice okay they love juices here and you
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have fresh juice so what's cool is you literally have like the like the fruit stands along this
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along the way we'll actually have just a machine there that will actually make fresh orange juice
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for you and you have that it's like oh so good so refreshed to get you ready to go explore because
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You definitely going to be walking a lot when you here in France to explore all the great cities and all the great places around in the museums
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So we're talking about hot drinks, well you can't forget about hot chocolate, the
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Chocolat Chaud is fantastic here in France, works great for breakfast or
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anytime, but also the brioche, the brioche bread is amazing too for a
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breakfast bite or snack afternoon or whenever. If you're here in Lyon, look
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this, see the little pink pralines in there? Pink pralines is a thing in Lyon and
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They have pink priline brioche. Come on, you can't beat that for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack
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I mean, it's awesome. Thank you to the little nose lady who made me go in the store and get this
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because this is amazing. Since breakfast isn't really a big meal
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I mean, yes, you'll probably find yogurt and, of course, cereals and stuff like that at a French home
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Those are kind of things. But you might be a little hungry by the time you get to lunchtime
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But since we're in France, don't worry. When you get to lunch, those lunch specials that are the plat du jour, you're going to eat so well at lunchtime
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It won't matter that you had such a small breakfast when you're here in France. And I know this is a quick little video, but honestly, when it comes to breakfast in France, baguettes, croissants, hitting at the bakery, that's really what it is
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And more than that, it's not really super common. So just be prepared for when you come to France that, you know what, maybe you do need to fortify yourself with a croissant or two or a pain au chocolat to go in in the day
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But it's worth it because they are fantastic. Anyway, what do you love to have for breakfast when you're in France
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Let us know in the comments below so we can have other travelers have a great breakfast
