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French Café & Pâtisseries

🌸 Lesson 4: Discover café culture and delicious pastries! 🌸
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✨ Bienvenue au Café Français ! ✨

In France, going to a café or pâtisserie is not just about eating—it's a way of life, a moment to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures! ✨

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At the Café - Essential Vocabulary

What to say when ordering in a French café
Bonjour, un café, s'il vous plaît
Hello, a coffee, please
The most basic order!
Un thé
A tea
Un chocolat chaud
A hot chocolate
Rich and delicious in France! 🍫
Un croissant
A croissant
Buttery and flaky perfection
L'addition, s'il vous plaît
The bill, please
When you're ready to pay
Combien ça coûte ?
How much does it cost?
To ask for the price
Je voudrais...
I would like...
Polite way to order
Pour emporter / Sur place
To take away / To have here
They will always ask this!
Une boulangerie / Une pâtisserie
A bakery / A pastry shop
Different but both delicious!

💖 Mlle Atlas's Favorite Pastries 💖

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Paris-Brest

MY FAVORITE! A circle of choux pastry filled with praline cream and almonds. Created in 1891 for the Paris-Brest bicycle race!

🎀 MUST TRY ABSOLUTELY!
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Macarons

Small round cakes, crunchy outside and soft inside. My favorite flavors:

• Vanilla (MY FAVORITE!)
• Raspberry (MY FAVORITE!)
• Pistachio (MY FAVORITE!)

🌸 Yes I love a lot ahahaha 😆
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Éclair au chocolat

Long pastry filled with cream and chocolate. BUT we also have éclair au café ;)

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Tarte au citron meringuée

Lemon tart with fluffy meringue on top. Perfect balance of sweet and sour!

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Typical Dialogue at the Pâtisserie

How to order like a true French person!

✨ At the Pastry Shop ✨

Amandine:
Bonjour ! Je voudrais un Paris-Brest, s'il vous plaît.
Hello! I would like a Paris-Brest, please.
Mlle Atlas:
Excellent choix ! Et avec ça ?
Excellent choice! And with that?
Amandine:
Un café crème et... deux macarons : un à la framboise et un à la pistache.
A coffee with cream and... two macarons: one raspberry and one pistachio.
Mlle Atlas:
Pour emporter ou sur place ?
To take away or to have here?
Amandine:
Sur place, merci !
To have here, thank you!
Mlle Atlas:
Ça fait 12,50€. Bon appétit !
That will be 12.50€. Enjoy your meal!

🎀 Create Your Own Macaron Box! 🎀

Choose 4 flavors for your perfect macaron box! Click on the flavors you want:

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Framboise
Raspberry
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Pistache
Pistachio
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Vanille
Vanilla
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Chocolat
Chocolate
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Café
Coffee
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Caramel
Caramel

Your Macaron Box:

Select 4 flavors by clicking on them above!

Practice Exercises ✏️

☕ Complete the order:

1. "Je voudrais un _____ (coffee) et un _____ (croissant)."

2. "Pour _____ (to take away), s'il vous plaît."

3. "_____ (The bill), s'il vous plaît."

4. "Un chocolat _____ (hot), s'il vous plaît."

🍰 Match the pastry with its description:

Paris-Brest
A. Petit gâteau rond aux amandes
Macaron
B. Cercle de pâte à choux au praliné
Éclair
C. Long avec crème au chocolat

🎀 True or False:

1. On mange des croissants uniquement le dimanche

2. Le Paris-Brest existe depuis 1891

3. "Pour emporter" means "to have here"

4. "Un café crème" is coffee with cream

Correction 🌟

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Coded with love and sweet cravings by Mlle Atlas ✧