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The BEST French Food - What to Eat in France
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Mar 24, 2025
Are you heading to France and not sure what French food to try? Well here we give you the most French food selections for your vacation in France. From escargots to croque monseiur to steak frites and so much more. But remember, France is very much a regional culinary country, so each region you go to will have different food. Links to other great regional French food found below Filmed in France Copyright Mark Wolters 2023 #frenchfood #visitfrance #streetfood What to Eat in Alsace Region of France: https://youtu.be/_Pi4LR_bZqo Learn how to plan your travels like we do with our Travel Planning 101 Course: https://www.brighttrip.com/woltersworld Visit Our Amazon Store for Drinkware, cookingware, travel gear, and other necessities of life. http://www.amazon.com/shop/woltersworld Follow Jocelyn on Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/jocelynwoltersworld Follow Simply Jocelyn on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Simply-Jocelyn-A-Globally-Inspired-Life-100312851709273/ Follow Our Shorts Channel for quick travel tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmSIWRrLCcqamLlTEEBLFLA
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Hey there fellow travelers, Mark here with Walters World and today we're here in Paris and today
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we're going to talk about are the most French food that you can have when you're here in Paris
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and I'll be honest these are like the French staples that you can find all over the country
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but if you want to make sure you hit like the most important things these are it but I have
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to warn you if you're coming to France every region has their own specialty so if you're going
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to Normandy, it's going to have some different specialties, like the cider that's out there
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and the oysters. First, if you're going to go to Nice in the South with the different seafoods they have down there. So just want to give a heads up. So this is kind of like
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your go-to Frenchiest of the French food to have when you're here. And if you're looking
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for a starter, you can't get more French than escargot. Yes, snails, okay? If you have
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had snails before, they're fantastic. And the thing is, they're just drowned in butter
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when you're here and you have them. And they'll give you this weird little like contraption
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to hold it because that pan's going to be hot. So you grab it, use a little fork, poke them out
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eat them. Kids love them. Adults love them. Everyone loves them. If you haven't had them before
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you're going to find them on menus all over Paris. So get that. Another good starter
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or if you're not really super hungry, you're looking for something just to keep you going until a great dinner at night is of course, French onion soup, or as they call it here
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just onion soup, you know, soup. You could have that. And what it is, is like you have the
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the beef broth with the onions in there, and there's bread and the cheese on top, and oh my god
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it's so good. But I will tell you, when you get it, be careful, because when you kind of poke it
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through the cheese and through the bread to get to the soup, it's going to be like boiling hot
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So be aware of that if you're going to get it for your kids, okay, or for yourself, because
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I've lost a few taste buds over the years over being too excited for my French onion soup, okay
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Now, another kind of quickie you can get when you're here, and you'll actually see it on the
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trains on the SNCF trains as well It the Coq Mansur which is basically the French ham and cheese sandwich but like grilled ham and cheese sandwich And it fantastic You got bread ham cheese It like Gruyere over top or Emmental Like people use different cheeses on it but
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it is so good, but you're not really always going to eat it with your hands. You might cut it with
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a fork and knife sometimes, especially if you get it for kids or on the train. I would recommend that
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to keep your hands from getting all the greasiness there, but that's a very easy, like typical snack
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thing you're going to see. Now, if you want another really good snack that you might get at a bakery
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or you might get at a shop or a bistro, quiche Lorraine. Okay, this is a ham and cheese quiche
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All right, it is the most popular quiche. It is the go-to quiche to have when you are here. And you
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can get it as a slice, you get a little version of it, you get a whole one, whatever you want. But you'll see that a lot of places, and I do recommend you getting it. It's actually one of
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the foods I require myself to have when I first come here. So when we got here the other day
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I went to the bakery and I got myself a croissant and a piece of quiche de Lorraine because it is a
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must when you're here. And speaking of those croissants, that is another thing you should
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have. You need to go to a bakery when you're here. And there's three things I recommend getting. One
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get a butter croissant. Look, it is better than any crescent roll you had back home. You want to
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have one of those. Then there's pan au chocolat, which is basically a chocolate croissant. It is
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fantastic. You want to have that. And then you just want to grab a baguette. And I know it sounds
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It's silly when people say, oh, just grab a baguette and cheese and sit out here on the Seine and are on the river and look at and take in the sights
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Really, the baguettes here are that good. The bread is fantastic here
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OK, so grab a baguette and some butter. And honestly, that can be a lunch because it's so good
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But if you want to spice up the lunch a little bit, another thing you have to have when you come here are the cheeses
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You'll see the from fromagerie that the cheese shops around. And so you can go
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It's literally like there'll be a bakery here and there'll be a cheese shop here and maybe a butcher in between
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and you can get your meat, your cheese, and your bread all together. And there's tons and tons of great cheeses
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from all over France Just pick one that looks good to you or two or three and have that But the cheeses that are here are unbelievable okay Now if you looking for another quick snack when you going by
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I know I'm talking about the bakery stuff a lot, but they're important, are tarts
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There's tart tonton, which is like apple tart, but Jocelyn's favorite is the lemon tart or tart de citron, which is fantastic
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I like pear tarts. So you have a lot of these little sweet cakes you can have
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which are wonderful, or tarts, I should say. And I know if we're talking about sweets and nice little easy things to eat, I think one of the ones that's really important, my kids would probably kill me if I did not tell you about it, is just grabbing a crepe on the street, getting a crepe with Nutella inside
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It is one of those must-haves when you're here in Paris. And you'll see the creperies all over. You can go inside and you can have the crepe with Nutella, the sweet one, or you can have a galette, which is a savory one
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You can do that as well. So there's lots of different options for you. But that is one thing you need to have no matter where you are in Paris or France
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If you're looking for more of a sit-down meal kind of thing, of course, there's always steak fates, so stay intricate with fries
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It sounds silly, but it sounds simple, but it's fantastic. That's always a great go-to
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Really great beef here in France and in Paris, okay? Another great one is duck, the confit de canard
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which is probably the best. It's like slow-roasted duck. Oh, my God
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It is incredible. I mean, you have that when you're here. Everything is better with it
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You know, everything is better in the world. And then if you're here in Paris, look, France is wine
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And when you're here in Paris, you have the option to buy wines from all over the country
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And so please do that. Enjoy the French wines when you are here
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Because even if you're just sitting at a cafe having a glass of wine with your croque monsieur or just, you know, a little snack
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it is something that just makes you feel like you're here in Paris, okay? So another thing you're going to see is quite famous here is foie gras, which is, you know, goose liver, pâté, basically
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and some people like people have very strong feelings about it but it's something you can
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have when you are here um i know i had it multiple times which you get is you get the pate and they give you some bread you put it on there maybe with a little jam or chutney on it as well It could be fantastic And there just so many great foods you going to have when you here
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And I got to let you know, when you go out to eat in France or in Paris, I mean, there's so many options you have that asking someone where's a good place to eat is like asking what air should I breathe
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It's all good. OK, so you have a lot of options. One thing I will say is if you're going to come to Eaton Paris, if you're going to be here on weekends, make sure you make a reservation for dinner because the restaurants book out
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And restaurants might not have like every 15-minute sittings. It might be we have a 7 o'clock sitting and a 9 o'clock sitting, okay
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So if you have kids, realize that some of the restaurants don't serve at like 4 o'clock or 5 o'clock
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Their kitchen might not be open. That's why some of those snacks I talk about, those are going to be easier to get during the day
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So be aware of that. Also, know when you go to Eaton France, it's not about fast eating
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Yes, they have Quick, which is their version of McDonald's, which actually is awesome. If you're looking for fast food, Quick is great
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But honestly, you need to have patience when you're here. Getting your menu, sitting down, getting your food, getting your water, getting your appetizer and your main course and your desserts
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That you have to have every course because it's France and you're going to love it. But you have to have patience with it
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OK, so be aware of that. And also, I know I say get reservations on the weekend
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But if you're here in the summer during tourist season, it actually wouldn't be a bad idea to make reservations during the week as well
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OK, so. I've got a little hungry talking about all this, and it's about 1 o'clock
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so I need to go grab myself maybe some French onion soup, or maybe I'm going to go get the duck
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I think I'm going to go for the duck today. Anyway, I wish you all the best. Have a great time here in Paris
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