Comments on: Paris: Restaurants for vegetarians, vegans, and travelers with dietary restrictions

By: bonya

bonya — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:27:28 +0000

My husband is seriously lactose intolerant. We have several friends who travel to France every year, and they tell us it will be difficult for him to get dairy-free food. We’ve been told to write out cards explaining his condition, practicing our pronunciation, etc. Our friends say, they will still serve you what they have… dairy-free be damn.

Does anyone know of a reliable restaurant in Paris that will serve dairy-free menu? Or any suggestions.

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By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:35:03 +0000

I’m a life-long vegetarian and have found some cool ways to eat healthy without making a fuss as I travel. I also lived in Paris for 9 months, so here are some thoughts to add to your article.

* I never ate in veggie restaurants; they were too far from where I worked. Every restaurant has a vegetarian option. I even had to eat in a beef restaurant on occasion (as you say, it’s something of a punchline for the French, so I had to swallow my pride and be social with my Parisian coworkers wherever they chose). The beef restaurant still had a very French “salade de chèvre chaud”; the hot goat’s cheese gave the feeling of having a hot meal even though it was still a salad.

* As well as Asian, I ate regularly in Indian and Italian restaurants which are extremely good for catering for veggies. Italian restaurants / pizzerias are all over the place. Even pizza hut is a nice filling option.
* Paris is one of the few places in the world that I have been refused to be given a slight alteration of something on the menu that looked tasty if they could prepare it without chicken. It happened a few times and I was shocked and annoyed each time. It’s important to remember that the restaurant business is a pride thing in France, requesting a change in the menu is like you are insulting their well thought out plan. They would rather lose a paying customer than change “perfection”.

For other ideas you can see the article I wrote.