The BEST French Food - What to Eat in France

Now I am hungry again!

I love French food. I'm lucky to live with a French Girlfriend over these past few years. Many of these items by the way are easily available in Montreal where I live. There is certainly no shortage of French restaurants here.

Now I'm hungry

I am just back from 3 weeks in France (Paris to Aix en Provence) and I have to say that I fell in love with Pain Au Raisin! Some Boulangeries call them “Escargots” but whatever the name, they are delicious!

Blanquette de veau is another best of French dishes that Americans sadly don't know. Last two years in Paris getting reservations was a MUST every night in summer, worst I've seen in decades. Mark is correct about the number of great restaurants, but there are exception. If everyone is speaking English and no one French, or they have pictures of the food on the menu posted outside, of it looks super instagramable, look out... In France a nice sit down lunch should take at least one to two and a half hours, dinner two to three and a half hours, otherwise you're doing it wrong. The main reason to be there is not standing in three hour lines to be crammed into Versailles, its relaxation, the joy of living. (Seriously don't do Versailles in the summer unless you hate yourself).

Love French food ❤

Un vrai francophile. Merci ! PS. The irony of the situation is that I am crazy about Italian pasta dishes when cooking at home. I am French :)

Wonderfully made video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌 This has to be among the top spots in the world for gastronomy

Great video, thank you! I'm sharing it in my class today as I teach about french culture and food.

The duck you show is actually magret or filet. It’s cooked rare or medium rare. Confit is duck, usually leg, preserved in duck fat. You should remove the confit, heat it and use the fat for sautéed potatoes (specialty from the Dordogne area). Also note that having onion soup at lunch makes you an obvious tourist! Onion soup is for dinner in Winter time. In fact it was usually served after the theater or the concert, around midnight, as a late treat.

Love your video, looking at great food and seeing your exited

Oh man! Yummy! Great video as always! Have a safe fun week

I like the view behind you: Notre Dame being repaired… such an iconic cathedral.

Just for the record: foie gras is not paté, it is actual goose or duck liver from stuffed animals (quite a cruel thing to to, they are forcefully overfed to develop a fatty liver). The images you showed are actual fatty liver, a paté would have a crust around and probably other ingredients than just fois gras.

wow, so lucky you upload this while I’m in paris for the first time!!!!

You should go the Grands Buffets in Narbonne. It's like the Disneyland of french food. Amazing.

Are you my long-lost brother? You mentioned every single one of the things I love and have eaten while in France. My downfall was how many crepe stands lined the streets... with Nutella of course. It's funny, but we also had a halfway decent Tex Mex meal anywhere in Paris one night on a whim at a chain called Indiana Cafe.

Ate all those on my recent trip in September🌸🤗😘

Mind blowing it must be super delicious 🔥💜😍😍

Thoroughly enjoyed that