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France is a country famous for its delicious and varied cuisine. You may find a lot of different bistro, restaurant and cafes along the streets of any city or especially in resort areas. In these French restaurants there are several rules of eating, ie. each restaurant offers you two types of meals according to your preferences and the sum of money you are going to spend on it - a la carte which offers you a wide range of meals usually more expensive than food from the other one, le menu, which provides dishes selected from the full a la carte menu.
At these restaurants, the waiter will not present a bill (l’addition) till you ask for it, even if you finish your meal for an hour or so, you can just sit and talk for all this time. But you require to check that the restaurant is open beforehand, especially on Sunday, as many restaurants close for a month in summer and for one day a week throughout the rest of the year.
At these places. You come across with various names of dishes that you may have not tasted before. In different regions and parts of the country, also according to vicinity to the sea, different types of dishes are being distinguished. Among them the most wide spread Ratatouille nicoise (stew of courgettes, tomatoes and aubergines, braised with garlic in olive oil) are some of the famous dishes. In some regions of France that are located near the sea, fish and shellfish are the star features in menus – oysters, moules (mussels), coques (cockles) and crevettes (shrimps.
Some of the other dishes are, Alsace and Lorraine near the lands of choucroute (sauerkraut) and kugelhof (a special cake) and quiche lorraine and tarte flambee (onion tart). The better known cheeses are camembert, brie, roquefort, reblochon and blue cheeses from Auvergne and Bresse. Desserts include: souffle grand-marnier; oeufs a la neige (meringues floating on custard); mille feuilles (layers of flaky pastry and custard cream); Paris-Brest (a large puff-pastry with hazelnut cream); ganache (chocolate cream biscuit); and fruit tarts and flans.
The prices of these dishes vary for the salads and soups, and for different desserts.
Wine is the national drink of France because the country is famous for its world known wine-producing districts, ie, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Loire, Rhone an Champagne. There is also a wide range of different liquors for you to choose from. You may find a sommelier in any expensive restaurant, who helps you to choose among great variety of alcoholic drinks.
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