What a typical French person eats in a day!

As a French person: we don't eat that much at lunch during the week, and we don't drink that much wine.

Ok I’m French and these are super cliché! No one dunks their baguette or bread in coffee anymore apart from the older generation in their 70s. If you work ain’t no time for a three course meal, this is for Sundays when you’ll start with a salad of carottes rapées or concombre. Also no one I know drinks so much wine, maybe during the weekends but personally I don’t drink alcohol

What the average American thinks French people eat during the day:

Having lived in France for 20 years, I can tell you this is certainly not what the French eat on an average day.

This has the “Emily in Paris” level of authenticity 😂

This is equivalent to thinking that every Indian eats Naan and butter chicken on an average day.. with a mango lassi on a side...

This is more what a French would eat on vacation. I don't think a lot of people would eat a 3 course meal everyday, though that's what you would eat at a restaurant or for family dinners. Those are occasional. The sweet breakfast is accurate, although I would never dunk bread into my beverage, but I know a lot of people do it. As for the ligther meal in the evening, it depends of your lifestyle, whether your work allows you to eat a full meal at lunch or not.

I'm French. Although indeed not everybody would eat these meals on a regular basis and although yes, this breakfast is closer to that of older generations, I think you did a really good job at portraying the French diet. Bread with butter and coffee in the morning, a 3-course lunch with salad, main and dessert, and a lighter dinner. I would add the 4pm sweet snack that we call "goûter" and it would be perfect. Traditionally and historically, what is portrayed in this video is quite true: my parents and grandparents do eat like this 😊

I came to the comments to see what the French would say and I was not disappointed

The correct title should be what i eat in a day as an influencer I'm not even French or live in France to know that most people don't eat those snobbish things that you show from overpriced gourmet restaurants because they can't afford it and eat something that's actually homemade bought with ingredients from the local supermarket

True French lunch experience (college student edition) is macaroni with cordon bleu.

All the french are cracking up at this Emily in Paris assessment of french diet.

„Something quick and easy to prepare“ for dinner.. while showing soupe à l‘oignon where the first step is caramelizing onions and stirring for half an hour, then add water and cook it down, making croutons or broil the soup with bread and cheese. Personally my weeknight dinners are ramen. Or pasta with a sauce I can make before the pasta is al dente.

This is the most unfrench routine i've ever seen 😂

Dont forget at least 10 cigs during lunch.

I’m married to a Frenchman and lived in rural France. I can tell you my husband born does dunk his bread. Definitely doesn’t eat so much at lunchtime but does eat a balanced meal. In Australia he doesn’t drink wine because it’s taxed too high but he would drink a glass or two with meals in France. As does his family and friends. I don’t think there is one rule for all. Each to their own.

That was the typical french diet in the 70's when i lived in France back then, no snacking all fresh non pre-fabricated food, adults would have a glass of red somedays .Very healthy.

as a french person this isn’t too bad! relatively accurate although lunch usually doesn’t take hours and you would typically find at least a few cigarettes between or in place of meals

This is realistic except the lunch duration of several hours, that’s only a few times a year with family. On workdays lunch break is usually an hour.

The point of dipping the baguette in one's boule (of café) was because the bread was not always fresh (post-war)!