France Food and Drink Guide: Wetin You Go Chop, Drink and Order

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France dey treat food like culture, no be just to fill belle. Chop time dey slow small, ingredients matter well well, and even ordinary bakery lunch fit be highlight of your day. See wetin you go order and how you go do am like real local person.

Signature dishes wey you must try

• Steak frites - fried steak with crispy fries, na di classic bistro plate, e dey cost 16 to 24 euros normally.
• Boeuf bourguignon - beef wey dem slow cook for red wine, carrot and mushroom, na Burgundy trademark food.
• Coq au vin - chicken wey dem cook for wine with bacon and onion.
• Cassoulet - rich bean, sausage and duck casserole from Toulouse.
• Ratatouille - Provencal vegetable stew wey dem cook for summer.
• Bouillabaisse - Marseille saffron fish soup, dem dey serve am with rouille and toast.

Street food and quick chop

• Crepes and galettes - sweet wheat crepe (Nutella, sugar, lemon) or savoury buckwheat galette with ham, cheese and egg.
• Jambon-beurre - di popular ham-and-butter baguette, na 4 to 6 euros most time.
• Croque-monsieur - grilled ham and cheese with bechamel sauce.
• Socca - Nice chickpea pancake, e sweet pass when you buy am for street stall.
• Pain au chocolat and croissant - buy dis one from boulangerie, no buy for supermarket.

Wetin to drink

• Wine - order region wine: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Cotes du Rhone, or fresh Sancerre. Glass of house wine dey cost 4 to 7 euros most time.
• Cidre - small sparkling cider from Normandy and Brittany, e dey match well with galette.
• Kir - white wine with cassis, na classic aperitif.
• Pastis - anise spirit from south, dem dey serve am with water and ice.
• Coffee - ask for un cafe (espresso) or un cafe creme for morning.

Practical tips for restaurant and how you go behave

• Lunch dey around 12:00 to 14:00, dinner dey start 19:30; plenty kitchen go close for between time.
• Look for plat du jour or formule (set menu) if you want value for your money.
• Tap water dey free: ask for une carafe d'eau.
• Service dey already included, but if you drop one or two euro change, e go show say you well brought up.
• Greet staff with bonjour as you enter; e really matter well well.
• Bread dey free and dem go share am, no expect butter automatically.

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