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Post by mich64 on Jul 9, 2012 14:17:44 GMT
Thank you! ;D
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Post by Charles L on Apr 21, 2013 20:00:11 GMT
I will be going to Paris in July 2013 - has there been any dignificant change in prices from the 2010 posting? I will primarily be in the 6th. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2013 20:20:40 GMT
If anything, a few prices may have gone down -- there is practically no inflation, and economic times are taking their toll on restaurants.
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Post by Charles L on Apr 21, 2013 20:46:48 GMT
Thanks for the answer above. Big help to me.
Two questions:
1. I favor lite beers, i. e. Coor's Lite, Mich Ultra, Amstel Light - etc. - should I attempt to order those or is there a French lite beer? I don't want to be the Ugly American but I don't have a taste for dark beers and/or bitter beers.
2. I'm not clear about the table wines. Are they simply house wines, and perhaps lighter - perhaps lower alcohol content? And how do they charge for the table wines? Have you had good luck with table wines?
Any suggestions will be appreciated. I'll mostly be in the 6th district but hope to get to Normandy beach area for a day trip.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2013 21:06:47 GMT
Most ordinary lagers have about a 4.5% alcohol content. House wines are just like the bottled wines, only cheaper. They come in 25cl or 50cl carafes (in rare cases a 1 liter carafe is available). The alcohol content would be 12-13%. If you prefer water, just ask for a "carafe d'eau" and don't pay attention to any of their bullshit about still or sparkling water -- a carafe comes out of the faucet and is free.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 21, 2013 23:31:45 GMT
As for the quality of table wines, obviously it varies. I've had plenty of perfectly fine table wines to accompany what we were eating. That, beer, and of course carafes of plain table water, is they only thing we ever ordered at the little Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants near Kerouac's place (I had friends who lived in the very same area).
Yes, most ordinary lagers in France aren't strong at all.
I'm very fond of a dark beer, which is not necessarily bitter. It is more something to sip slowly, and many of them are not any stronger than lager beer.
Dark beer is a great cooking ingredient too.
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Post by bjd on Apr 22, 2013 9:08:18 GMT
The usual French beers like Kronenbourg or 1664 don't have much taste, so they probably compare with your light US beers.
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Post by fumobici on Apr 23, 2013 1:19:15 GMT
bjd beat me to it. French corporate beer, for the most part, like its Italian and Spanish counterparts, will hardly offend with its assertive flavor. American palates should easily adapt. Beers produced near the German border will have a bit more hop, but even then be no more bold than a light German lager such as Beck's.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2013 12:05:21 GMT
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Post by mich64 on Apr 24, 2013 15:18:08 GMT
Hmmmm... what to choose... hmmmm... For me... The Brochette de poulet au citron vert, please.  |
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Post by lagatta on Apr 26, 2013 2:02:41 GMT
Le Ponceau - very noncommital about what they are serving.
Except for the precise volume of their glass of wine...
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Post by nukesafe on Apr 30, 2013 18:21:05 GMT
The Le Ponceau slateboard caught my eye, too. Is it usual to offer discounts on the menu price if two or more order the same thing? That's a hefty discount if three of you want to share a lunch.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2013 18:40:07 GMT
First time I have ever seen that, which is what caused me to take a picture of it.
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Post by patricklondon on May 1, 2013 13:30:47 GMT
Just out of interest, is "steak à cheval" a particular way of preparing steak, or what I think it is (in which case it's a wicked tease to put it on the menu under "Anglais"!)?
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2013 13:54:06 GMT
A steak à cheval has nothing to do with what many visitors think, which would be a steak de cheval. A steak à cheval is a hamburger steak with a fried egg on top -- the egg is riding horseback.  Je suis venu à cheval manger un steak à cheval... Je suis venu à pied manger un steak de cheval... |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 14:11:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 17:11:13 GMT
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Post by Don Cuevas on May 2, 2013 20:46:53 GMT
I note a number of menu slates offering cheeseburgers. What are those like in Paris?
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2013 5:06:18 GMT
I don't have the slightest idea. I would never order one. They might be very fancy, i.e. to be eaten with knife and fork.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2013 23:19:22 GMT
First time I've seen this on a slate!  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2014 14:26:43 GMT
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Post by mich64 on Feb 21, 2014 15:15:35 GMT
Ahhhh...
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2014 14:04:43 GMT
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Post by lagatta on May 7, 2014 17:59:36 GMT
Où?
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Post by bjd on May 7, 2014 18:06:42 GMT
12 blvd Montmartre, Paris 9°
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2014 18:24:40 GMT
Yes, that last one is next door to the Musée Grévin.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 9, 2021 21:45:31 GMT
Appreciate this subject has died a death for obvious reasons but I have been watching Rick Stein in France and he suggested the French are quite regimented in their eating habits. For example he says they would be surprised if you asked for a coffee at 10am as that would be time for an aperitif (I like that). Coffee is for breakfast. Is that so? How else do they eat?
Feel free to move this to a more appropriate thread if there is one.
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Post by bjd on Feb 10, 2021 8:28:03 GMT
Things have changed some in France, from what I have seen and eating hours are a bit more flexible than when I arrived, but it's true that the French tend to keep to more rigid hours for food. The upside, of course, is that they are not grazing non-stop like in the States. You can certainly get coffee at 10 am -- that's silly.
But I remember some Canadian friends came to visit one year and I took them to visit some villages in the area. Around 11 we stopped for a coffee at a café and my friend's husband wanted a cake. The waiter was scandalized -- said, no cakes now. I confess too I thought it was stupid to eat an hour before lunch. We ended up going to a bakery where the guy bought himself a cake and ate it outside.
It's more young people that you see eating on the street and getting fatter than middle-aged ones.
Adding that 10 am is a bit early for apéritif!
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 10, 2021 8:33:58 GMT
Actually, the French can drink espresso around the clock, from the moment they get up to when they go to bed. What they will not drink after breakfast time is white coffee, at least not in Paris, so whenever you see anybody drinking café au lait during the day, you know they are a tourist. It's a bit of an odd quirk since all of the surrounding countries often drink white coffee as a hot beverage during the day. When I go to Belgium or Switzerland and ask for a coffee, it is automatically delivered with a milk miniature without asking.
Out in the regions, it is not at all as codified, but they do drink apéritif earlier than in Paris. Working Parisians don't even have apéritif at lunchtime during the week, just as they all drink water at lunch, with the possible exception of a bit of wine on Friday.
And of course there are always exceptions.
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Post by bjd on Feb 10, 2021 9:26:32 GMT
I don't think it's just working Parisians who don't drink apéritifs before lunch. Even out here in the provinces, I doubt that most people drink anything before lunch, and probably drink water with lunch.
And I wonder if the "petit blanc" at 6 am is still drunk by workers off to their jobs or if that is only in Maigret novels. I did see that once in Besançon many years ago when I had an early train to catch.
Adding that not drinking white coffee after a certain hour sounds like the Italian rule of no cappucino after 11.
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