Paris Food Tour 10 Spots Only Locals Know

Today we are in the heart of the Latin Quarter right by the Notre-Dame Cathedral and we're about to taste some of the best food that this neighborhood has to offer. And we're not doing this alone. We are joined by Parisian food expert Sylvia. She knows which boulangerie is worth your time. The smell, the smell will bring you to the baker. So here is the game plan. We are hunting down one of the best croissants from this neighborhood. We're gonna try some street side crepes, a rich slow braised fall apart bœuf bourguignon and a few gems that I think is going to surprise Colleen. I'm afraid if we include that in the video, it's gonna get spoiled with tourists. So let's get started with the flaky buttery croissant. A croissant in Paris, this is where everyone starts. Every tourist in Paris has done this. But there's a difference between a croissant and the right croissant. So Sylvia has picked one of the best in the Latin Quarter. So let's give it a shot. What is that? So flaky. Yes, you think? So would you like to have some of this? I'm ready. We can cut it. I have a knife and a board. Can we just break it? Check this out. Yeah. Oh yeah. You're getting all kinds of special treats. Look at that. What a texture and it's all the layers. Yes. Oh yeah, I'm a pain au chocolat type of guy. This is the thing that I missed the most when I was in the U.S. I dreamed of pain au chocolat and there's just some people that try it, but never do it justice. If your fingers are not covered with butter, it's not the right kind. My croissant is fluffy and crunchy. Can you hear that? If I'm here for four days and I'm going to only try a handful of bakeries, I need to be a little bit pickier. I don't have time to try them all. So I think the first thing I'm going to look for is, is it artisanal? Artisanal, yeah. They are baked and made there. So pleasant. The smell, the smell will bring you to the bakery. That's for sure. What is it? So that's going to bring you for sure. My pro tip, I always go in a bakery and I look to see if there is one bar or two bars of chocolate in the chocolate croissant. Because if they're skimping on their chocolate in the chocolate croissant, they're skimping in other places too. For sure. I heard we're going to try some crepes. So let's go see where she takes us. Yeah, I can't wait. Now, right after the crepes, you will see the uncovered French toilet situation. I think I see the creperie. Oh, look at that. And that's mine. Hold on, my crepe just got here, darling. I got gruyere cheese, like a sharp cheese with mushrooms. I got Nutella banana. I got lunch and you got dessert. Chin chin. Chin chin, my darling. She knows the right stops in Latin Quarter for sure. How much is a crepe like that? Four. Four euro. Are you kidding me? It's incredible. You have an amazing snack. So the owner is Argentinian. The young lady that makes the crepes is from Chile. So they speak fluent Flemish. And they're selling the crepes from the window or sit down, but it's really designed for the window. Sylvia is taking us to a place where I believe we're going to try one of the best breads of Bourguignon in the Latin Quarter. So I'm looking forward to that. Chin chin. How do you like this pinot noir? It's very refreshing. I bet it goes great with Bourguignon. It's coming. Traditional beef bourguignon. Mashed potatoes. Yeah, thank you. I gotta get a little bit of the sauce on the potatoes. I'm just gonna take an onion with this one. You know how picky I am about mashed potatoes? Yeah. Those are good. Oh yeah, the meat is falling apart. What is so special? Is the the restrooms are crazy? We're following. Jesus. Holy moly. Imagine if you're taking this and you're drinking like a whole bunch of wine. I'm like, Jesus Christ, look at this ----. This is more a ladder than stairs. Colleen, trust me. You don't want to go. This is my place. I'm in Bourguignon and in general the Latin Quarter. When I'm around, I like to come here. What is Les Pipos means? Les Pipos is a slang for bragging or lying a little bit. But they don't lie about the good food. No. So next we're gonna do a rotisserie chicken. Yes. Do you know a place? Of course, there are a lot of places. That's awesome because I'm starving. All right, let's go. Because it's a medieval town. Yeah, it's a medieval town inside of a medieval town. What is that smell? Chicken? That's classic French. We are ready for it. Well, let's go and try it. Let's go. Roasted chicken. He's getting me a little bit of gravy, a little sauce. Roasted carrots and the brussels sprouts, butternut with cumin and honey. I would never think of that. That's classic. And they roast the potatoes under the chicken and it's just like, oh my god, amazing. Grab a chicken like this instead of going to a restaurant, you just bring it back to your Airbnb. Rotisserie cigar. Best roasted chicken in the Latin Quarter. What comes next is a childhood dream for every one of you, I swear. Right there. Let's go check out this place. That's right. Oh, look. When they say like a kid in a candy store, I want to dig in everything. All these are vintage candies. A lot of them were candies when I was a kid and you can't find them anymore. A lot of this stuff is very unique and there is just this place where you can find it. Oh, hold on. I don't know what that is. Like this one. Wrigley's licorice. Like this. I got to have that. I remember marshmallow. Chocolate covered marshmallow bears. This is a clementine orange confit. It's like a whole orange. Yeah. The little red ones. The caramels of Isigny. We went to the store, the factory where they make that. Oh, those are good. All along the front window, you have all the different flavors of marshmallows. Plums, orange, chocolate and pear. There's some more this way. Oh, I love those. You can buy a little bag of assorted candies right here. All these lollipops. I mean, this is a candy paradise. So why don't we take a caramel d'Isigny? I like those. As a bag and then there'll be a little candy that we're going to try. And we can share that with everybody. Okay. It's not the kind of caramel that sticks to your teeth and makes you think you need a dentist. All right, I want one. I want the blue one here. Crème d'Isigny Aoupe. It's creamy. See, that's a caramel. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you gotta let it melt a little bit. You suck on it. Yeah, it tastes buttery. Yeah, buttery. Well, they're known for butter there. This is really good. So, Sylvia, where are you taking us now? I'm taking you to my favorite place to get bubbles in the Latin Quarter. Bubbles? Bubbles. Or wine, or beer, or mezcal, or whatever. But bubbles. Stop talking and start walking. All right. Are you up? Welcome to Wine and Whiskey with my boyfriend, Fred. Nice. All right, the ladies are going to taste it. Yeah. That's how I like it. Yeah. It's what we call easy to drink. Cheers. Oh, we're doing it again. Cheers. Yeah, mineral. I can get that. Yeah, it's mineral. There's this perceived thing that all the French know about wine and champagne. And the truth is, for the vast majority of people, they don't know anything either. Now, I know the Montour to be wintertime cheese that comes in a little wooden crate. This one. And you're supposed to put it in the oven and eat it gooey. I have to try it. And it's cow cheese? It's cow cheese. Oops. Okay. All right. It's a good stinky cheese, but I didn't smell it across the room. Yeah. Like you could think about a brie, only if a brie was firmer and sharper. One of the ways to rinse your palate in between things is to actually have a piece of comté. You want to try a red and you want to go to a white. And you're like, well, I don't want the taste of the red. You just take a piece of comté, a piece of cheese. You chew it. You eat it. And then the protein... It resets your mouth. Resets your mouth. So this is comté, 18 months. Try that. This is my go-to cheese because it's a great... It's a good all-around cheese. Is there anything that doesn't go with champagne? Sardines. I tasted something the other day and I don't remember what it was. That didn't go. But you don't remember it, so it was not memorable. But it might have gone and I was in a bad mood. I don't know. As an American, how would you describe that cheese? Not as strong as I would expect it to be. Right. When I first smelled it, I was a little nervous. You are deceived by the smell. But at the end, you eat it and you're like... And prepare yourself for two absolutely to die for sweet treats, which are true French food, once-in-a-lifetime experience. After the fruit testing, that is. The little ones explode with flavor. Come and try those strawberries. Mine. Yeah, right? It's really nice. Like a good wine. This is like the flavor of a really good top-quality strawberry in the U.S. Except that this one is just a little bit ahead of season. This same one in another month will be a third of the price and absolutely extraordinary. You know, when you're in Paris, I mean, this is what you need to do. You need to stop in a fruit stand like that. Absolutely. And then buy some oranges, some clementines, some mandarins. I need another one. Just saying. Sylvia has taken us to one of the best chocolate in the Latin Quarter. What is that? This is a praline chocolate. It's a dark chocolate. This is good. Should I do that? I'm trying to melt them with my fingers. They meant it when they said pistache. No. I'll give you a little piece. That's good. And that's how it's done. That's good. That's really good. I'm getting one. How much is that, by the way? 15 bucks for this? This is incredible chocolate. You're not charging enough, man. We've done a lot of stops today, but this is really the last one for one more sweet treat. Oh my god, this is a classic French specialty, Le Marvieux. And they have the new flavor of the season out just now. All right, let's go. So what is this? The Marvieux Pistache. This is a hard meringue base covered with a creme shanty, like a thick whipped cream, rolled into different flavors. But this season, they have the pistachio. You see, the bottom is the hard meringue. I'll take a bite so you can see what's underneath all those pistachios. Oh wow. It's like air. The nuttiness of the pistachio, that unique flavor. Oh my goodness. Good stuff. All right, and I got the praline. Oh man. I was expecting a crunchier meringue, but it's all over the place. How much is this? Two bucks. $2.40. $2.30. Yeah. Yummy yum. If you like this video with fabulous street food in the Latin Quarter, next I would watch this one with 25 iconic French dishes you need to try.