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[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Paris has pretty good food but it's below average for France, the south is where it's at.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Why do southern places have better food while northern ones gorge on tatoes.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is because all the fancy stuff grows in the south and the only thing that grows in the north is tatoes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Honestly I think tatoes are an actual eldritch tuber.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Cause the north is comparatively freezing and to some extent is just trying to survive. The South thrives.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Lyon is BIS. It's where all their best chefs come from historically. Also they take a really relaxed approach to dining and are aggressively unpretentious about it. Almost reactionary to Parisians.

Lyon has what's called bouchons which are the equivalent of pubs but imagine the French take on pub food. It still fits the bill, strategically designed to optimize booze consumption and sports watching, but French so it's hella flavorful and rich. Fair warning Lyonnaise people get loud af in bouchons and red faced, hammered dudes will trip all over you. Love that city.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have heard the south has the best weed in france too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

you're not thinking! you're on drugs!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I could go for some French tendies now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

My tendies are ready for you

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So sophisticated

We are all so stupid in comparison

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Who the fuck passes an escargot or some fucking bread over their tongue, when it could be fried chicken in a lovely sauce? I mean honestly, would you rather have soup made from onions, or would you prefer what is clearly one of humanity's favourite treats?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

onion soup is real fuckin good though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Eh, I'm not a fan of either. In fact, French food is pretty far down my list of preferred cuisines, and I'm pretty "meh" about most fried chicken.

That said, S. Korean fried chicken is absolutely bomb.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

French onion soup is fucking amazing! Fried chicken is overrated. Good, but overrated.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

medium freedom fries plz

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

So many anons in the Seine....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"best cuisine"

I don't doubt they say that because they're insufferable but that's ridiculous especially for a country that colonized several countries with objectively better cuisine.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I mean, that's the best side effect of their colonization. They brought Escoffier's technique to other regional cuisine.

Can you even imagine Vietnamese food without the heavy French influence?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lol best cuisine, you say?

Italians have entered the chat

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

To me it's telling that among all of the restaurants in my city, the only French restaurants are outrageously fancy ones.

(Not counting patisseries)

I'm sure home cooking in France is fine, but because of the mix of cultures in Melbourne, I guess I just have never understood what the fuss about French food is.

Clearly it's not winning any hearts here because I never seen any restaurants that normal people go to.

Or I am just biased against fancy food in general.

But Italian food? Yeah, everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I'll have the milk steak boiled over real hard

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Mmm, Goujons

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The sauce would be more of a coulis