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Nothing can make a trip to Paris more enjoyable and rewarding than a great dining experience – but you have to know what to order! This handy guide helps readers navigate French menus while also steering people to great Parisian restaurants, bistros, cafes, wine shops, food markets and the like. The bulk of the book is the most comprehensive menu reader available, translating thousands of French words into English. There are also sections on restaurant etiquette, a pronunciation guide, English-to-French phrases and words, Parisian neighborhoods from a dining perspective, and descriptions of the many different kinds of food and eating establishments in Paris.

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“...an opinionated little compendium...the right size for a traveler" – New York Times

“Those fearless culinary travelers Michael Dillon and Andy Herbach have done it again. This time they have ventured deep into the culinary heart of France--Paris to be exact--in search of authentic French cuisine. They have left no bistro, brasserie, cafe, cheese shop, chocolate shop, creperie, deli, food market, pastry shop, restaurant, rotisserie, sweet shop, tea shop or wine bar untouched while doing the research for this irresistible little guide.” – Chicago Tribune

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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Open Road; 4 edition (March 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593601115
ISBN-13: 978-1593601119
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4 x 0.3 inches
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This review is from: Eating and Drinking in Paris: French Menu Reader and Restaurant Guide (The What Kind of Food Am I? series) (Paperback)

76 of the 123 pages are menu translations, French to English, and the vice versa so you can ask for what you want or translate what they have; all this very helpful and in a light, compact easy to carry book that makes it worth taking. The "Ten Simple Rules of Dining in Paris" in the begining along with the introduction comments are very good, they will serve you well to help make eating in Paris less stress free. The 25 pages of eating place recommendations is of less use, considering how many there are in Paris this is a very small sample. Near the Sacre-Coeur their recommeded cafe turned out to be a shabby affair with curious looking characters hunched over their rundown tables, which sat directly accross from a more relaxed less rundown place that we felt more comfortable eating at, which had fine food. You have to decide for yourself.
The book is worth taking with you. Paris is thick with places to eat, making it easier to just duck in anywhere with this wonderful little guide to manners and translation. Don't rely too much on the recommendations as the only places to eat at. It would have been nice if they had included a few paragraphs about the different types of wine.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Try lunch instead of dinner, October 27, 2001

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This review is from: Eating and Drinking in Paris: French Menu Reader and Restaurant Guide (The What Kind of Food Am I? series) (Paperback)

This is the third time that I used this book while on vacation in Paris. I actually used the previous edition on my last two trips in 2000, and used this edition for my most recent trip in September 2001. The book is worth the money!

When I got to Paris, I made my way to some of my favorite restaurants and obviously started using the menus. This time, it was much easier to understand the selections. I remembered the definitions of a lot of the menu items from the previous two trips (using the book) and so understanding the menus and ordering the food was relatively painless this time. Yes, I actually improved my French vocabulary by using the book during my last two visits! The book is not exhaustive; however, I would say that at least 75% to 80% of the words on most restaurant menus are listed and defined.

I was so happy about my success with the menus that I decided to give some of the restaurant tips in the front of the book a try (pages 19-51). Now you have to understand that I never visit restaurants listed in guidebooks - EVER! I think that we tried three of the restaurants that were listed in the book and we really liked them. There weren't a lot of tourists in these restaurants and the food was pretty good.

I would like to make a comment about the best restaurants in Paris (page 29). Yes, it is very difficult to get a dinner reservation at these places -- I usually call about one month in advance. However, I almost always can get a lunch reservation at one of these restaurants without much difficulty. If you are dying to have dinner at a specific restaurant and you can't get a reservation, then try to have lunch there instead. I planned our last trip at the last minute and so I was not able to call restaurants ahead of time from the USA. When I arrived in Paris, I tried to call for dinner reservations and got the usual "complets" (full) on the other end of the line. Then I called and got a lunch reservation at L'Ambroisie with no problem! We waltzed in at about 1:00 pm, sat at a great table in a beautiful room and had a wonderful three-hour French lunch. The restaurant said that the lunch and dinner menus were the same (on that day) and so I did not feel that we had a lesser dining experience. This was confirmed when we were presented with the $300 check for lunch for two at the current exchange rate of 7FF/$1!

I highly recommend the book. It will save you a lot of time and trouble while using French menus. Also, you can try the restaurant recommendations and still feel as if you had an authentic French dining experience! I would also recommend their guidebook for Spanish-speaking countries.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Now I know what I'm ordering!, April 14, 2001

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I got this book as a gift. It has tips on restaurants, bistros and wine bars in Paris. The largest part of this book is a menu reader that explains what you are ordering on a menu in France. What a tough job these authors had! Exploring food markets and restaurants must be hard work. But seriously, this guide sends you to restaurants with good food and reasonable prices.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not Helpful
Love the concept...but did not like the book. The restaurant recommendations are pretty useless. With no map, there's no way to figure out where the heck the restaurants are. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Purple Grapes

4.0 out of 5 stars Great info but...
I found this book very useful when eating in France (not just Paris!). It gave more useful information than a phrase book and, more importantly, gives very good CULTURAL... Read more

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Published on October 16, 2007 by Daniel Schmidt

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
I bought this book before our trip to Paris, knowing that I wouldn't be able to read a menu. The book had a lot of good tips on dining out, which turned out to be very handy... Read more

Published on July 26, 2007 by L. Vernon

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If French isn't your primary language and you need help understandind what to order in a restaurant or if you are looking to find out more about French food and are looking to... Read more

Published on May 28, 2007 by Christopher W. Damico

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I expected more from this book. While it has lists of restaurants, the menu guide is just a glossary of french terms. Read more

Published on January 26, 2007 by Emma Antunes

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What a great book. You never have to wait in horror to find out whether you ordered sheeps tongue instead of steak. Read more

Published on July 27, 2004 by Douglas E Morris

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly helpful!
I used this small book (easy to carry everywhere) on a recent trip to Paris. I found it incredibly helpful in trying to decipher menus, and when we sat near other Americans they... Read more

Published on June 3, 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for a trip to Paris!
This little book - the size is perfect for a purse - was indispensible in Paris. I don't speak French but this guide book let us be confident about what we were ordering without... Read more

Published on April 18, 2004 by beckster32

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