French: Eating out

For those who are vegetarian, or who prefer vegetarian dishes, turn to the VEGETARIAN topic for further phrases.

Where can we have a snack?
Où est-ce qu'on peut manger un casse-croûte?
oo es koñ puh moñ-zhay uñ kass kroot

Can you recommend a good local restaurant?
Pouvez-vous nous recommander un bon restaurant dans la région?
poovay voo noo ruhko-moñday uñ boñ resto-roñ doñ la ray-zhyoñ

I'd like to book a table for ... people
Je voudrais réserver une table pour ... personnes
zhuh voodray rayzehr-vay oon tabl poor ... pehr-son
 

Can you recommend a local dish?
Pouvez-vous nous recommander un plat régional?
poovay voo noo ruhko-moñday uñ pla rayzho-nal

* EATING PLACES

Bar serves drinks, coffee, light breakfasts and often snacks

Brasserie cross between a café and restaurant, offering snacks
and a limited range of dishes throughout the day

Crêperie pancake house offering sweet and savoury pancakes

Relais routier roadside restaurant for lorry drivers and also the
hungry tourist who wants value for money. They serve set meals,
often with drink included - boisson comprise

 

* THE MENU

* TYPES OF MEAT & POULTRY

agneau lamb

bifteck steak

búuf beef

blanquette de veau stewed veal in white wine

bouchées à la reine chicken vol au vents

boudin blanc / noir white / black pudding

boulettes meatballs

brochette kebab

cabri kid

caille quail

canard duck

cervelas saveloy

cervelle brains

chateaubriand fillet steak

chevreuil venison

coq au vin chicken cooked in wine

côte / côtelette chop, cutlet

cuisses de grenouille frogs' legs

dinde turkey

entrecôte rib steak

escalope de veau veal escalope

escargots snails

faisan pheasant

filet (mignon) fillet (small)

foie liver: foie gras goose liver pâté

gigot d'agneau leg of lamb

jambon ham: cru cured, cuit cooked

lapin rabbit

lièvre hare

mouton mutton

oie goose

perdrix partridge

porc pork

pot-au-feu beef stew

poulet chicken

poussin young chicken

ris de veau calf's sweetbreads

rognons kidney

rosbif roastbeef

sanglier wild boar

saucisse / saucisson sausage / salami

steack steak

tournedos thick fillet steak

tripes tripe

veau veal

volaille poultry
 

* TYPES OF FISH & SEAFOOD

anguille eel

bisque seafood soup

bouillabaisse fish soup

cabillaud cod

calmar squid

coquilles Saint-Jacques scallops

fruits de mer seafood

homard lobster

huîtres oysters

langouste crayfish

langoustines scampi

lotte monkfish

moules mussels

saumon salmon

thon tuna

truite trout
 

What cheeses do you have?
Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme fromages?
kes kuh vooz avay kom fromazh
 

What desserts do you have?
Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme desserts?
kes kuh vooz avay kom dessehr