Paris
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MAY 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2024
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Visiting Paris and its surrounding areas
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Preparing your trip to Paris: hours of operation
Weekdays, the metro operates from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:15 a.m. On Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as on the eve of bank holidays, trains run until about 2:15 a.m.
The RER operates daily from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:20 a.m.
When the metro is closed, the Noctilien night bus network takes to the road. Night buses operate from 0:30 a.m. to about 5:30 a.m.
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
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Foods you must try
Famous food top 5
- The croissant
- Escargots: Escargot is the French word for “snail,” from the Latin conchylium, “edible shellfish.” Definitions of escargot. edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic.
- Macarons: A macaron or French macaroon is a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and often food colouring.
- Jambon-beurre: A jambon-beurre is a French ham sandwich made of a fresh baguette sliced open, spread with butter (salted or unsalted) and filled with slices of ham.
- Steak tartare: In France, a less-common variant called tartare aller-retour is a mound of mostly raw ground meat lightly seared on both sides. artare, a French word that means to be served raw, is a dish of finely chopped meat. Traditionally, it was made from the ground muscle tissue of wild horses; today, it is most often made with beef or salmon. It’s usually eaten as an appetizer, but it can also be used in sandwiches and burgers.
Famous Sweets
- Tarte Tatin: The tarte Tatin, named after the Tatin sisters who invented it and served it in their hotel as its signature dish, is a pastry in which the fruit is caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked.
- Chocolate soufflé: Soufflé is a French word meaning “blown” or “puffed up.” It’s an airy dish made by whipping egg whites and folding them into a flavored base before baking. The goal is to make something light and airy, but soufflés aren’t always fluffy.
- Crème brûlée: Why does crème brûlée mean? burnt cream French for “burnt cream,” crème brûlée is one of those desserts that seems simple to make, but in reality, requires quite a bit of finesse. The staple ingredients are cream, sugar, vanilla, and egg yolk. The best part? The crackly, caramelized top, thanks to either a kitchen torch or an oven broiler.
- Canelé: A soft pastry cake flavoured with rum and vanilla, the canelé is distinguished by its perfectly identified cylindrical shape and the thin caramelised rind which gives it such a flavour.
- Galette des Rois: A king cake, also known as a three kings cake, is a cake associated in many countries with Epiphany. Its form and ingredients are variable, but in most cases a fève such as a figurine, often said to represent the Christ Child, is hidden inside. After the cake is cut, whoever gets the fève wins a prize.
Famous Drinks
- Vin: French wine
- Pastis: Pastis is an anise-flavoured spirit and apéritif traditionally from France, typically containing less than 100 g/L sugar and 40–45% ABV (alcohol by volume).
Food trivia
- C’est Bon means “It’s delicious”
- February 2: is La Chandeleur (Candlemas), the feast day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple, and also France’s national crêpe day.
- Fête du Pain (Bread Festival in Paris): This food festival begins on the Monday preceding May 16, the day of Saint-Honoré the patron saint of bakers, and ends the following Sunday.
Other famous foods
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Cheese
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French onion soup: French onion soup is a soup of onions, gently fried and then cooked in meat stock or water, usually served gratinéed with croutons or a larger piece of bread covered with cheese floating on top. Onion soups were known in France since medieval times, but the version now familiar dates from the mid-19th century.
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Boeuf Bourguignon: is a French beef stew braised in red wine, often red Burgundy, and beef
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Bouillabaisse: Bouillabaisse is a traditional Provençal fish soup originating in the port city of Marseille.
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Crêpes: French crêpes are soft, tender, and paper thin.
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Salade Niçoise
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Cassoulet: A meaty stew of poultry, sausage, pork, and beans, all under a rich, dark brown crust.
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Quiche Lorraine: Quiche Lorraine is made of eggs, bacon and cheese.
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Confit de canard: Duck confit is a French dish made with whole duck. In Gascony, according to the families perpetuating the tradition of duck confit, all the pieces of duck are used to produce the meal.
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Ratatouille: is a hallmark of summer. Filled with late summer veggies and fragrant herbs. An easy oven-baked dish, versatile and even freezer friendly.
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Sole meunière: sole meunière (meaning “in the style of the miller’s wife”) is an exercise in simplicity: Dredge sole fillets in flour (the mill connection), sear them in butter, and finish them with a nutty brown butter pan sauce.
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Terrine: A terrine (French pronunciation: [tɛ. ʁin]), in traditional French cuisine, is a loaf of forcemeat or aspic, similar to a pâté, that is cooked in a covered pottery mold (also called a terrine) in a bain-marie.
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Steak frites
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Blanquette de veau: Blanquette de veau is a French veal stew. In the classic version of the dish the meat is simmered in a white stock and served in a sauce velouté enriched with cream and egg. It is among the most popular meat dishes in France.
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Pot-au-feu: Pot-au-feu is a French dish of slowly boiled meat and vegetables, usually served as two courses: first the broth and then the meat and vegetables. The dish is familiar throughout France, and has many regional variations. The best-known have beef as the main meat, but pork, ham, chicken and sausage are also used.