How to Eat in Paris on the Cheap

Video Transcript

"Paris, the city of lights, is beautiful. And there are really nice, but, actually high priced restaurants. But there you find the quality, the high quality, and the best restaurants, almost the best restaurants, in the world. So, if you walk around in Paris, you will see how many nice places are awaiting for you. But if you don't want to fritter that much money away on eating, and first of all, you have to get in the nice French bakery shops. Try the famous French bread, or try the brioche, or try the baguette, or try the croissant, or the viennoiserie de chocolate, which is the croissant dough with a stripe of dark chocolate in the middle. And, the smell of the bakery in France, in Paris, is delicious. The second thing, you really have to keep in mind, that the restaurant in Paris, is really high prices. And, you, you don't have to fritter that much money away on these really expensive, but wonderful foods. On your ways, maybe you can get in, a cheap, a cheaper restaurant, or a medium priced restaurant, where the menu's are always posted outside as tourist menus. These are all set prices, or pre-fixed as the French would say. Stop in the few markets , which you find in Paris, on your way, and buy all the things that the locals buy there. For example, a baguette, a chunk of pate, or nice French wine, or French cheese, what can be more French than all these? Just sit outside in the sun, lay down, and eat. This is not expensive at all. Or if you're getting the brasserie, or in a cheaper restaurant, you will definitely find the best choices. And, anyway, all the nice tourist menus are posted on the restaurants outside, with set prices, fixed prices. When you walk around in Paris, just getting to the ethnic area of the city, because there you will definitely find the best food from all over the world. Of course, in France, you find a really stronger Arabic influence, so mostly the Lebanese and the Moroccan restaurants, will be interesting for you then. But, here the prices are really low, and the food is great, delicious. So, go ahead, and explore France."