Lunch Break in France: French Cafe Menu
French Cafe Menu Pictures – Serie 1
- As far as lunch options – there are so many. Below is a sample French cafe menu with a selection of croque-monsieurs. This bistro offers the classic croque-monsieur but also the many variations on this classic sandwich.
French Cafe Menu – Photo 1
- There are also many sandwiches offered in “boulangeries” (bakeries) or “sandwicheries”, such as the popular “sandwich américain” made on baguette of course with mayonnaise, ham, egg, lettuce, and tomatoes.
French Cafe Menu – Photo 2
French Cafe Menu – Photo 3
- But you can also get a Subway sandwich, they made it to France as well – love this arched entrance! As far as calling the Subway menu a “French cafe menu”, not sure if it qualifies but it is in French after all.
French Cafe Menu – Photo 4
French Cafe Menu – Photo 5
- Or you can eat “à la carte”. Notice how lunch is only served from noon to 3pm. Some restaurants offer “service continu” (food is served all day) but many will also stop serving lunch after 3pm. The way they presented their menu is great. You can do this at home too using a frame and a piece of wood painted with chalk paint. Simply insert the painted piece of wood inside the frame and showcase your menu French country style!
French Cafe Menu – Photo 6
As far as the Art of the Home team, we opted for a quick lunch. We stood in line to get a few “sandwich Américain” at a traditional bakery (boulangerie artisanale) — the baguette was delicious and crunchy. Sorry no pictures, that was our first “Américain” since we arrived so we honestly could not wait but we’ll take more pictures of the various sandwiches offered in French café or “sandwicheries”, you may find the different sandwich options interesting. We enjoyed our “sandwich Américan” in a café with a Vittel (water), finished with an espresso, and “allez hop” (off we go)– we were ready for some more shopping, such fun!
Fortunately encountered these same grand-scale cafe productions in Montreal where the exterior atmosphere may be very 16th.century but the interior is ultra-moderne. You can eat and chat with the local citizens who make this their regular spot for sweets/patisserie as refreshment when they go about their shopping round,
Otherwise, the varieties of sandwiches can be taken out with you while you walk about the cobbled streets to get your bearings.
Never had the pleasure to visit Montreal but eating and chatting with the locals is always such a rich experience wherever you are. Thanks for sharing Dianne!