Travel to France

Eating & Drinking in Paris: French Menu Reader and Restaurant Guide, 2nd Edition

Format: Paperback
Author: Andy Herbach
ReleaseDate: 06 April, 2004
Publisher: Open Road
Rating:

Disappointing
While it has lists of restaurants, the menu guide is just a glossary of french terms. I expected more from this book. I admit that I'm spoiled - I expected something similar to a book I used extensively in Japan - "What's What in Japanese Restaurants - A guide to ordering, eating, and enjoying" by Robb Satterwhite. In that book, you go to the section for the type of restaurant you're in, see typical menus and translations, and can order from there. "Eating & Drinking in Paris" is NOT that kind of book. It's not a menu guide. It's just two lists - an alphabetical list of restaurants (note: not by neighborhood or type - though there's a neighborhood lookup at the back), and a list of words. Speaking no French, there is no way I'm going to translate a long menu word by word with an alphabetical dictionary. I kept flipping through, hoping to see groupings of typical cafe or bistro fare, only to realize how little actual guidance there is. I'm leaving this one at home.

Eating & Drinking in Paris
You never have to wait in horror to find out whether you ordered sheeps tongue instead of steak. What a great book. This book takes the mystery out of ordering at a French restaurant. A necessary addition for any traveler to Paris.

Incredibly helpful!
I found it incredibly helpful in trying to decipher menus, and when we sat near other Americans they clearly were jealous of this handy guide. I used this small book (easy to carry everywhere) on a recent trip to Paris.

In addition to menu translations, this book also contains useful tips about dining out in Paris.

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