French Restaurants
France is famous for being the country of wine and gastronomy. The culinary specialties differ from north to south. The French gastronomy is famous in the world. Each region of France has its own culinary diversity. In France, meals are taken 3 times a day. Breakfast is taken at the beginning of the day, lunch around 1pm and dinner around 8pm.
Wine, but also desserts have an important place in French cuisine. Restaurants offer different types of gourmet desserts on the menu.
There are a variety of restaurants in France that offer traditional French dishes. The country being open and multicultural, restaurants also offer a wide variety of culinary specialties from elsewhere.
Typical French menu
The French traditionally have 3 meals a day:
- Breakfast,
- Lunch,
- The dinner.
Here is the classic menu of the 3 meals in France.
The breakfast
Eaten between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m., the typical French breakfast menu usually consists of tea, coffee or café au lait as a beverage and toast spread with butter or jam and sometimes pastries like croissants.
The lunch
Taken between 12pm and 2pm, a typical lunch menu is:
- A starter: salad, cold cuts, cheese, etc.
- A main course: meat or fish with pasta or vegetables, etc. Among the dishes most appreciated by the French, there are : Magret de canard (duck breast), Blanquette de veau (veal stew), Côte de boeuf (prime rib), Boeuf bourguignon (beef stew), Stuffed tomatoes, etc.
- A dessert: fruit, ice cream or pastry, etc.
The dinner
Taken between 7pm and 9pm, the typical dinner menu is very similar to the lunch menu, however, soup is preferred over appetizers.
French restaurants
In France, it is possible to have breakfast in cafeterias. For lunch and dinner, there are a multitude of inexpensive "petit restau", as well as McDonald's and Quick. It is also possible to sit in brasseries, bouchons or good restaurants that offer quality meals.
Tupin stopper
Bouchons are traditional restaurants that offer culinary specialties such as charcuterie, tablier sapeur or cervelle de canut.
This stopper located in Lyon, France, offers authentic and traditional local cuisine.
Restaurant Le Brin de Zinc
There are many restaurants in France that offer cheap dishes on the menu.
This retro-style restaurant with terrace, offers traditional French bistro dishes. Ideal for quick meals adapted to your budget.
Restaurant Christophe Bacquié
French gastronomy is known to be one of the most refined cuisines in the world. Many great chefs share this culinary art in their restaurants in France.
Christophe Baquié's restaurant is a 3 star establishment, located in the Var. It offers a refined Mediterranean cuisine.
