Thursday 19 April 2012

Bienvenue

Bonjour, Salut

Since this is the first entry from French language, let's begin with something mouth-watering...



                      A big part of visiting France, either to study French or just for a holiday, is trying out all the amazing French food and sweets! Specialties such as Foie gras, Coq au vin and Bouillabaisse and sweets like Creme brule,Macarons and Mousse au Chocolate make people cross the world to visit this culinary nationFor me, the most typical French treat is French pastries, such as the pain au chocolat, bichon au citron or my favourite: the croissant!


                        Wherever you go in France, whether it’s to a bakery, supermarket or café, you will always find croissants on the menu, either as a snack or for breakfast. The croissant is made of a leavened, buttery puff pastry. The dough is brushed with butter between each layer and then rolled and folded many times, this technique is called laminating. The croissant is named after it’s crescent (croissant in French) shape.

                     The technique of making the croissant has been in use since the Middle Ages, but the modern croissant we are talking about now dates back to the 19th-century in Paris. The ancestor of the croissant is the Kipferl from Austria, which dates back to the 13th century. The first bakery that sold croissants in France was the Viennese Bakery (“Boulangerie Viennoise”) in Paris that opened in 1989 by an Austrian artillery officer, 
August Zang. This Austrian bakery quickly became popular and inspired French bakers first in Paris and then across the nation.



                       Today the croissant is an important part of many French family’s every day life. Generally they eat it for breakfast, with some jam and an espresso. The croissant is something you can find everywhere in France and usually people here buy them fresh, or frozen, since they are rather difficult to bake by yourself.

                         If you haven’t tried a croissant yet, come to France and try it in a French café together with the French people, the only right way to enjoy a croissant!



From: Miss Aimi Amirah bt Jaapa 

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