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World Hotels - Eating & Drinking in Paris: French Menu Reader and Restaurant Guide 4th edition (Open Road Travel Guides)
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List Price: $9.95
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Manufacturer: Open Road
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781593601119
ISBN: 1593601115
Label: Open Road
Manufacturer: Open Road
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Publisher: Open Road
Studio: Open Road
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Editorial Reviews:
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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. Reviews: “...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 "...a terrific primer for first time visitors...a pack-along must for the less-adventurous eater." - Houston Chronicle "Get an Eiffel, earful, mouthful." – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Summary: Great Menu Dico
Comment: I just returned from five days in Paris, and took this along in my bag for the menu translations. I speak French, but the culinary terms often elude me, and this little book had every term I looked up. Don't agree with his editorial on Ile Flottant -- I love it!
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Summary: Undiscovered gems.
Comment: What strikes me about this guide (and I buy every new edition) is the author's ability to find new gems. We dined at Le Severo (great beef dishes) in a neighborhood we'd never have gone to except for this book. The next night we visited La Maison (which despite its excellent location near Notre Dame isn't in other guide books) and had one of the best (if not the best) meals of our lives. After a long stay in Paris, we wanted to have some Italian and headed to Soprano for a relaxing inexpensive evening. I like the fact that the author seems to steer US travelers to places where they'll feel comfortable AND have a great meal.
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Summary: Great book!
Comment: 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 while we were there. Also, it's a small book, so I kept it in my purse the entire time. We were able to look up all of our menu items in the book, and, while some things we just didn't know what to expect, we were still able to glean information about it. We also found some things on the English menus that we had to look up, as well. For instance, "Croque Monsuier" was on the English menu, which is roughly translated to a ham and cheese sandwich.
I would recommend this book to anybody leaving for France who speaks little to no French.
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Summary: helpful book
Comment: 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 broaden your culinary horizons, then this book will be helpful to you. If you plan on eating fast food, don't waste your time
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Summary: Disappointing
Comment: I expected more from this book. While it has lists of restaurants, the menu guide is just a glossary of french terms. 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.
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