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tone for the whole event and establishes a good relationship
with your waiter for future visits as well.
If wine is included in the
prix i xe
, it will usually be a
selection of the house wines, red, white or
rosé
. These
come in a carafe, usually a quarter (
quart
), half (
demi
)
or full litre (
litre
). Otherwise see the
Carte des Vins
for
more choices; you will have to pay extra. You cannot
bring your own wine to a restaurant in France, but you
can ask an establishment that knows you to hold your
partially finished bottle of wine until the next day's
meal. This is particularly convenient if you are using
your hotel's dining room. Sadly, this does not hold for
leftovers. You can't ask for a doggy bag. Everything is
cooked fresh to be eaten
immediately in France. Anyway,
food portions are small.
For those without the super
French capacity for wine,
drinking water along with the
meal helps moderate the effects
'Anyone with any sensitivity who
doesn't want to live in Paris is out
of his mind.'
—American gourmet Craig
Claiborne as quoted by
Rudolph Chelminski in
The French at Table
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