France Travel Tour

Friday, April 27, 2007

Where French Factory Workers Go After Their Duties

Popularly, people directly go home after finishing their duties because they are tired to go somewhere else. But in France, you'll find French factory workers in places that they call harbors--- bistros. Undersized and unpretentious, bistros offer cheap prices for homestyle foods, which ordinary French workers truly love. Usually located in Paris, these places have natural settings that are contrary to what you expect about Parisian restaurants. Aside from the exceptional setting, bistros offer appetizing foods such the French local coq au vin, the favorite steak au poivre, and the famous French onion soup.

As bistros became renowned among the French, so did a particular cooking style. Inspired from the set-up of bistros, bistro eating makes use of local yet fresh ingredients in cooking nutritious but still appetizing dishes. I must say that this method is appropriate for the French, who are the epitomes of bodies sans the slow metabolism. It is also no wonder that this unique cooking method has become renowned among celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver.

Unlike in those high-rate restaurants where French cuisines usually contain "experimental embellishments," foods in bistros are original and really satisfying. Thus, I always find bistros more engrossing than lavish French restaurants because for me, only bistros offer the best local French cuisines.

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