but it has like six meat patties! in any case, why eat at macdo or quik, when there are a billion sandwich grec places around - it's just as expensive (includes a drink!) and far better
I always thought the "macdo" nickname for McDonalds was funny . The first time I heard my dad call it that I was thinking "what?!"
yes, kebabs... that's our standard pre- match fqre; but in french the're mostly turkish places, i've never seen a greek one.
In Nice there's no real kebabs. Only snacks with pizzas or paninis. I hate paninis. We have socca. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socca
get a life P-H... choucroute? backoffe? OK when you can only eat fresh food 2 months out of the year... some respect for the flammekuche though... quite recourseful to make a pizza in a land where tomatoes don't grow! hey i'm kidding!
If you come here one day, don't make that kind of joke ... or you'll finish your tourist trip in the Rhine wearing cement shoes.
i would never do that... i'm a good tourist! actually i've been twice to alsace on holiday and go often for work to saarlouis... i get along with everybody in the area!
the best meal I had when I was in France was at a Moroccan restaurant in Rouen. it had L'Etoile in the name, that is about all I remember. lots of wine, tons of couscous and assorted meats, and some calvados to end the night. it was awesome!
at first, i thought so, but upon looking at the map it is too far west. using Google Maps, i believe it is this place, called L'Etoile D'Or http://www.fra.cityvox.fr/restaurants_rouen/l-etoile-d-or_200059340/Profil-Lieu but i can read any of that website! the satellite map on Google Maps helped. because I remember the location and there is a good crepe place just south on Rue du Pere Adam. Google Maps link.... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...,1.099124&spn=0.001664,0.004989&t=h&z=18&om=1
i had a great meal in normandy at la rascasse in ouistreham: a shellfish platter accompanied by the regulation amount of muscadet.. comparing fruits de mer here and there is like chalk to cheese! for dessert les trois pommes: slices of sauteed apple over apple sherbet, with a shot of calva over it... the only word for such a meal is perfection.
i'm trying to think of other restaurants I went to in France, but I'm having trouble, it was over 5 years ago! i do know I went to the Cafe La Madeleine in Paris. La Mere Poulard in Mont St Michel (didn't get the omelet though, we ate upstairs as a group dinner, had some chicken ). In Angers there was a fantastic creperie we had dinner at, sooooo good. in Paris, near the Medeviel History museum there was a restaurant with a window to buy crepes from. my nutella and banana crepe was the greatest thing I have ever eaten. the lady overloaded with nutella and bananas. it was excellent. our last night in Rouen was spent at a bar called Callaghan's. we sat outside, drank tons of beer, it was great. the bartender started giving us free drinks. we had to go to this bar because our teacher's last name was Callahan, pronouced the same, so we just had to go.
wait, kinda remember one more! there is a courtyard that is straight west of Sacre-Couer (or however you spell it) where like 4 or 5 restaurants all have outdoor seating under some tents. we ate at the one in the NE corner of the square, i remember the restaurant had a blue awning (the actual building with the indoor seating). got the French Onion soup. it was marvelous.
i found the crepe place in Angers. it is amazing what you can find using google, google maps, and a faint memory of other places in Angers. http://creperie-lacremaillere.com/
i suppose your smiley means you realize that poulard is no more chicken than fois gras is liverwurst ... that said, la mère poulard is probably the WORST tourist trap in france, maybe even in europe. avoiding the omelette was a good choice, and the food is certainly not outright bad... if you're not the one paying!
right on with the smiley i know basic basic french. we didn't have many options, since we stayed at the hotel on the island! if you've ever been there, they have another building which is up some stairs, you go outside, and then it is on the right. they somehow gave our group every room on the first floor/second floor. the windows on the first floor opened right out onto a walkway/garden area so we all just drank wine, calvados and hungout there. we also were wandering the city at 2 AM, which was kinda fun.
definitely a great move. places like this are so much nicer that way. i lived for a while in san gimignano, and the place was magic once the tour buses pulled out!
A few observations from my first two weeks living in France. (I'm still in a dorm, and I won't move in with my famille d'accueil for another week, so I can't give information really on family cooking/eating yet). Restaurants are not open at all hours like they are in the U.S. On Sunday, we had a trip to the ruins at Nimes, and got back at 19:00h. I hadn't been shopping in a couple days and so went looking for a restaurant. I found everything closed except Quick, which forced me to break my promise to myself to not eat burgers in France. Whereas in the U.S. the extra money from being open Sunday is well worth it to the owners, in France the proprietors much prefer to have their Sundays free even if it means losing money by not being open Sunday. The stereotypes about wine and bread seem to be true to this point. You walk into a restaurant for lunch at 13:00, and almost everyone over the age of 25 is enjoying a glass of wine with the meal. Likewise, get on the tram to go home after class, and 1 in 3 or 4 people will be carrying home two or three baguettes to eat with dinner. Even if the food is becoming Americanized, supermarkets here are not like they are in the states. Selection is limited and prices are not that much cheaper than they in the charcuteries, boucheries, patisseries, boulangeries, etc. I'll have more to add as an American living in France after I move in with my family.
about the closed restaurants, it's true that everyplace is closed at least 1 day a week, but not necessarily sunday, and it may be that 19h00 was just too early... most places dosn't start seating until 20h00! clearly living in the dorms right now is slow, since the only inhabitants right now are... foreign students! but once the year starts it will liven up and you would meet plenty of french students. i think your famille d'acceuil will encourage you and give you tips to meet other students though; they've probably done this before. how long are you there for?
