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Ethnic food in Paris for a visitor from San Francisco.
Elizabeth David's 'French Provincial Cooking'
http://www.amazon.com/French-Provincial-Cooking-Elizabeth-David/dp/1904943713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336142779&sr=8-1
Good recipes and a great read.
Ethnic food in Paris for a visitor from San Francisco.
I think the point Parigi was making is that it's difficult to find good, and especially cheap, regional cooking in Paris today. The communities of poor workers from the Auvergne, Britanny and other regions who came to work in Paris, bringing their culinary traditions,with them, and have a more or less died out. In my neighborhood, indeed in my arrondissement, it's difficult to find good regional restaurants.
You can find many "ethnic" restaurants, canteens, take-away places run by and for and by the latest waves of immigrants who come from farther afield though. .
Ethnic food in Paris for a visitor from San Francisco.
"the point was that if you aren't ever going to eat anything that's not Capital-A Authentic because you're not at its point of origin...you're going to be pretty hungry -- and awfully deprived"
.Dunno about that. I dont feel hungry or deprived when I eat "ethnic" food in Paris (see my recommendations to OP who's staying in the 4th above) or abroad, when I travel. Judging by what my French Parisian friends eat, they don't either. I just got back from an apero where one of them, from Lyon, who grew up eating in bouchons, was happily munching a lamachun. But perhaps he was mistaken,
Ethnic food in Paris for a visitor from San Francisco.
You also have l'as du Fallafel on the rue des Rosiers. Again "ethnic" but very Parisian (though many people prefer other falafel joints in the same area, or elsewhere.) You get a slice, or rather a pita full of a certain local colour here (the Sepharade diaspora).
Ethnic food in Paris for a visitor from San Francisco.
Okay. For Asian, in that aream you have Minh Chau at 10 rue de la Verrerie.
It's tiny. The WC's in another builidng The menu hasn't changed in 20 years. But it's very good. Though it's vietnamese, I think this restaurant could only exist in this city, in this neighbourhood, in this street,
Ethnic food in Paris for a visitor from San Francisco.
Try doing a search in the window above mentioning the words Streetfood, North African, Asian, Chinese,,cheap eats. This subject often rears its head here and has its supporters...and detractors.
It might help others help you if you do this and also mention where you're staying.
Ethnic food in Paris for a visitor from San Francisco.
"actually, vielleanglaise, I didn't even mention tartiflette in my comment..."
"And nobody -- **nobody** said anything about eating those industrial slabs of onion-flavored cardboard sold as tartiflette at Leader Price. (although the OP probably can't get *that* in SF either...!)"
You did.
However, I was just trying to make the point that while I understand the someone who only wants to eat only "French" ("austrian" pastries, anyone? stockfish? ), food in France I also understand the desire to eat cuisines of other origins too, as that's what I do when I travel.
Ethnic food in Paris for a visitor from San Francisco.
"sounds like a walk i should hit. thanks."
There are far prettier or more rewarding walks in Paris than this one. I wasjust trying to make the point that in Paris there's a bunch of Ethnic food, that for good, or some would say, for worse, is now ubiquitous.
While understand and I am jealous (need an eating buddy?) of your opportunity to splurge in 3 star joints, I understand and applaud your desire to "go ethnic."
I ate my my best plateau de fruit de mer of my life in Wellington New Zealand, the most memorable Sushi in Austin, Texas, and tastiest Pakistanti in, London, England.
Ethnic food in Paris for a visitor from San Francisco.
It seems that the "A" word (authentic) has reared it's ugly head here. Did you know that Tartiflette was a marketing gimmick put together by the Syndicat Interprofessionelle du Reblochon in the 1980's?
Did the aller-retour rue du faubourg St Denis/rue de Provence twice today, à pied, around lunchtme. I saw people feasting on lamachun from Urfa Durum, a bunch of women ordering bobun from the Cambodian hole-in-the-wall near the New Morning, a huge queue from the cyber café across the street where the headscarfed Turkish women sell their petit plats, and another line coming out of the African joint just up the road. Bulma café, where they sell bobun and banh-mi was doing brisk business too, as was Vivant, where they were were serving the Burratta bought from Cisternino straight up the street...and onward and onward past dozens of places selling "ethnic" food. Some of them not very good, some of them really good (you'll find them if you search on these boards.)
Perhaps all the people eating this food were misguided American tourists.
I hate to be this unimaginative, but post-research, pre-trip, might you celebrate or lampoon our choices?
There are also "blanquettes". Then there are other spakrling wines which have there own appellations - St Louis, Vouvray, Saumur..
Vaux le Vicomte candlelight supper
I think you can.
I ate there. It was very good, but it was a wedding, so I can't vouch for their "normal" cuisine.
ribs in Paris (raw, from a butcher)
Longe de porc. Try a chinese butcher. French travers are "babyback".
Paris in two weeks with my Italian chef husband
I hate to brag, but I now have Gold Card status chez Angela. She gave me her cell number on a Postit which means I will now be able to call ahead to order.
One Week in Paris, Gluten-Free and Pregnant
No charcuterie? In my experience when pregnant you can eat charcuterie if it's cooked and not just cured . The same for raw milk cheese. If they're pâte cuite (cooked), you should be fine.
Dinner before the opera (Bastille) - where's good?
Don't think so. It's at the beginning of Rivoli, or near the end of rue St Antoine.
They used to sell a thing called "fromage fort" - they'd take the left-overs of very ripe un-sold cheese, stick them in an earthernware pot with marc and garlic, and then put it on toast. It was like spreadable ammonia .
Not seeing it on the menu, I enquired about this " fromage fort " the last time I went there. The waiter told me that they'd taken it off the menu after it had been banned.
In the autumn they used to also sell a white Sancerre 'nouveau', which was cloudy and got you drunk really quickly. I've never seen it served anywhere else in Paris.
Dinner before the opera (Bastille) - where's good?
A bit like La Tartine, Le Baron Rouge's not far away. It's more bobo than the Tartine, which was tarted up a few years ago, I think they serve charcuterie and cheese all day.
is the confiserie le Furet Tanrade gone?
Came across this today....
http://instagr.am/p/Ibi_iVmVBY/
One Week in Paris, Gluten-Free and Pregnant
"I thought most (all?) preserved meat was off-limits for pregnant women."
I think this depends on which country you ask the question. Italian, French, British, and American doctors give conflicting advice as to which meats may or may not be consumed.
There is a common wariness concerning cured meats - "raw" hams, bresaola, viande de grisons, etc. I do not think t there's a problem with confit. The stuff has had the living daylights cooked out of it and should be fine.
One Week in Paris, Gluten-Free and Pregnant
I'm not gluten intolerant, am not a big pastry person, but I, like D Lebovitz, like the Helmut Newcake, though others on these boards, who proclaim to know more about these things, don't. The couple who run it are very sweet. They're both english speakers.
On the same street, rue Bichat, there's a vegan "asian" place, Tien Hiang, which is very good and I believe offers gluten-free alternatives.
Appropriate Dress in Paris
Circumstances have meant that I've eaten at starred restaurants in trainers, and have always felt perfectly at ease (which for me is a sign of impeccable service).
Dress codes here are more relaxed than in England and the US, for better, and for once - I'm always surprised by the casual approach to weddings and especially funerals.
Paris in two weeks with my Italian chef husband
Aie, aie, aie. One of your posts that I wanted to reply to seems to have disappeared into the ether. I'll reply in friendlier climbs.
Paris in two weeks with my Italian chef husband
I just tried banh mi from new place on the rue des Petites Ecuries. Had the beef. Brisket, lots of vegetables. Very good though I'd add a bit more spice.
Tapioca fans in my house thought bubbles were a bit too gummy, but otherwise seemed to enjoy tea.
Paris in two weeks with my Italian chef husband
Both child and spouse uncurable junkies. They know about Angéla's bubble tea, though there seems to be a preference for 37.5m2's.
Paris in two weeks with my Italian chef husband
I know -Tang frères sandwiches don't cut the mustard.
I have a diminutive tapioca junkie in my household who's bugging me to try their bubble tea. I'll check it out before the end of the week. BTW, have you tried the other wares of the dimsum lady at the Marché St Quentin?
Paris in two weeks with my Italian chef husband
Though the chef's from Rome, Rino isn't "Italian" and is very good. In a similar vein, I really like the Galopin on the rue St Marthe in the 10th. I'm sure others have written better right-ups of it here or elsewhere.
The Bahn-mi Parigi writes about on the rue de Volta are very good. She might like to know that a new banh-mi place has opened up on the rue des Petites Ecuries, right near the entrance to the passage of the same name.
la part des anges
I thought it was the liquid that evaporates when alcohol is in the barrel.
Help please! (menu translation) [moved from France]
Why has this been moved from the France board? I think that's where you'll find more French speakers.
Help please! (menu translation) [moved from France]
Orzo is barley "orge", in French. Langues d'oiseaux are pasta.
I grew up in an english speaking country picking mushrooms we called cepes, and not porcini. C'est selon, I suppose.
Kids and Paris Dining
Kids. I have some of them too. If they're taking up valuable and much sought after seats in the kind of places you're talking about and only eating off your plate, I wouldn't bring them.
