Traditional Alsace Food: What to eat in the Alsace Region of France

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Жыл бұрын

Visiting Alsace is a special experience for foodies as it is a mix of French and German cuisine. You are just as likely to have great wine as you are to have saurkraut. Here we go through a number of the traditional Alsatian specialities that tourists will enjoy whether they are in Colmar, Strasbourg, or any number of French villages in the Alsace region. From the wine to the flammkuchen or tarte flambee you will have a lot of fun eating here in Alsace.
Filmed in Colmar, France
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@charlotte_la_mycose Жыл бұрын

I live in Alsace. For information, the 1664 beer (Kronenbourg) is a low-end industrial beer like Heineken. If you come to Alsace (apart from the micro breweries) take METEOR beer, it's the last family brewery in Alsace!

@avalerie4467 Жыл бұрын

Meteor - oui, je m'en souviens ! Délicieuse !

@knikhita1787 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the hint, Charlotte - we’re about to go to Alsace and this is a super useful hint. Merci bien! 😀

@kijaeckarts1847 11 ай бұрын

Il y a la licorne aussi

@avalerie4467 Жыл бұрын

My grandmother was from Provence, my grandfather was from Alsace. I have trouble watching this and not feeling terribly homesick. I really want a slice of Muenster with the rye seeds and a kuglehopff, like never before !! LOL Merci a vous. Profitez bien de notre belle France. Bon retour, Monsieur.

@aekriege Жыл бұрын

As an Alsatian-food patriot, I approve this message 😊

@avalerie4467 Жыл бұрын

Krieger - vous êtes Alsacien ? It was so hard to watch this and not get hungry !!!!!

@hagsebeemden Жыл бұрын

I love Alsace been there four times. Friendly people great history and culture and the best wine and food. I remember when I was in a typical Alsace restaurant in Straatsburg a woman asked the waiter if the wine is regional and he replied madame this is Alsace even the cola is regional brewed.

@fabulously695 Ай бұрын

kind of. We have our own kind of cola, but it isn't owned by Coca Cola, its a local brand

@gamermapper Жыл бұрын

Hello. Thank you for talking about my amazing region and nation, Alsace ! I hope you enjoyed here! Merci vielmols!

@maxbarko8717 Жыл бұрын

J’aime l’Alsace! Grüße aus dem Schwarzwald!

@zippymufo9765 Жыл бұрын

My great-grandparents were from Alsace, they moved to Maryland in 1919. They chose Maryland because of its Catholic history and it still having the highest number of Catholics in the US.

@avalerie4467 Жыл бұрын

Vive l'Alsace !

@ChrisDewitte1 Жыл бұрын

Hello! I'm very pleased you enjoy the alsatian food! You have forgotten "Sürlawerla", "Lawerknepfla", and the most important the cheese called Munster! And many other typical dishes like la tarte aux myrtilles, le repas marcaire...

@rodjones117 Жыл бұрын

Munsterkaese ist koestliche, gerne mit sylvaner!

@lenam3806 6 күн бұрын

Going there this weekend cannot wait to try all of the food thanks a bunch

@simonm8 Жыл бұрын

Always appreciating americans sharing our culture and identity

@christianoliver3572 Жыл бұрын

The onion tart is my favorite from this region but there's so much good food in Alsace. It's just everywhere you look almost, and the food even seems good in what looked to me like the kind of tourist trap restaurants. I wasn't as excited with the local wines but as they normally do in Europe they were great with the food.

@ThePeteBkk Жыл бұрын

Having visited Colmar twice just before and after the pandemic (and certainly more in the future), let’s me suggest you try the white wines, such as Gewürztraminer, Sylvaner and Muscat, other than the mentioned Riesling and Cremant. These are white wines with depth of character, not just some fruity wine that “goes well with seafood or chicken”. These are flavorful and just fine by themselves. Some may also find it pleasantly surprising that Muscat is not sweet and sugary. Incredibly enjoyable.

@shinryohji Жыл бұрын

Next time you come here, just try the Pinot Gris d'Alsace. It's quite a treat with amazing floral notes.

@avalerie4467 Жыл бұрын

The muscat grapes are sweeter, hence a sweeter wine. I honestly thought they only grew in the south. All the sweet wines ( Gewurztraminer and Riesling, etc ) are typically desert wines. I am glad you enjoy our region. Yes, please come back.

@enlilw-l2 Жыл бұрын

Will be there for Christmas in my family, always excited to go back there where I grew up.

@dustinrosenau2733 Жыл бұрын

All of that food looks so delicious, I'm thinking I may need to make plans to visit there on a side quest with my next visit to Deutschland.

@WoltersWorldEats Жыл бұрын

Would be a fun day trip or two

@ITeachChinese 11 ай бұрын

In Alsace, salade + tarte flambe + vin d'Alsace + black forest dessert = Alsacien ! Perfect! 😂

@anderspaulsson Жыл бұрын

All food looks amazing there

@gnostic268 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful area and the drinks and food look delicious 💟

@thomascook578 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this post, we're off to Colmar, at the end if September next year, it was your videos that made us decide that

@WoltersWorldEats Жыл бұрын

That's cool tobhear. You will love it

@gamermapper Жыл бұрын

Colmar is very beautiful. Even a studio ghibli movie was inspired by it.

@birgittemariekristensen1429 2 ай бұрын

Great video - thank you

@davidabbett7011 Жыл бұрын

During our 4 years living in north Italy on an Expatriate assignment, we traveled to Alsace in 2017 for a Christmas Markets week, and we fell in LOVE with Alsace . . . and especially Colmar.

@fiveinitaly Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍

@tootsownhorn5874 Жыл бұрын

I'm going with my friends in 1-2 weeks for a couple days. I've been here with my dad 10 years ago and loved it. Can't wait

@rickybobby1055 Жыл бұрын

Awesome info thanks. Making a 5 week western European/ Mediterranean backpacking trip this summer so this helps a lot.

@jmlepunk Жыл бұрын

Five weeks is a great duration! Good on you for taking the time :)

@stephanesoler3085 Жыл бұрын

At the end of the video you shown some snails and foie gras, saying to don't expect this traditionnel french good in Alsace cause it's différent. OK snails aren't an Alsacian thing But foie gras is totally something in Alsace. It's the second producer region in France and it's totally worth it.

@jespercato 10 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks. Going next week to Alsace. Listening to you talking about food really makes me hungry. Please keep up the good work.

@NovaStar1967 Жыл бұрын

Heading to Colmar next week. Perfect timing to find this video!!

@willow67bis Жыл бұрын

If you are in Colmar with a car, I can highly recommend you to visit the small towns Kaysersberg, Ribeauville or Riquewihr.

@joesantamaria5874 Жыл бұрын

Good timing. I’ll be there Sunday afternoon. Thanks!

@WoltersWorldEats Жыл бұрын

Hav fun!

@nicolashipp1407 Жыл бұрын

Here's the funny thing: French from outside Alsace call it flammenkuch but locals call it tarte flambee.

@aikothefrench68 Жыл бұрын

Nah we call it flammeküeche in Alsace

@clementinekirilenko2449 Жыл бұрын

@@aikothefrench68 Nicolas is right. Some use flammekuëche of course but it's not the most common. Once I worked on the website of a company selling "flammekuëche kits". I was studing the keywords when I found out that "tarte flambée" is used almost exclusively in Alsace, while flammekuëche is used everywhere else. Pretty fun and weird fact :)

@aikothefrench68 Жыл бұрын

I don't think they say it like that, i'm in Alsace and in 15 years i've never heard tarte flambée

@clementinekirilenko2449 Жыл бұрын

@@aikothefrench68 what ? How can you miss that ? ^^ I've lived here my whole life, it's said all the time and written down on almost every menu out there. I personally say tarte flambée, like most of the people I know. Maybe it depends of the exact area 🤷‍♀️

@aikothefrench68 Жыл бұрын

@@clementinekirilenko2449 Oh, yeah maybe it depends on the area

@jolanda.c Жыл бұрын

I need a trip. It looks great.

@alexandrejeannin1869 2 ай бұрын

Alsace is one of the best places for food in the world 🤗

@toddthedatacowboy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Mark! We just ate at an amazing Alsace restaurant in L'Auberge Chez Francois in Great Falls Virginia. French with some hints of German - === Alsace so we looked it up and found you!

@BattiTSV 7 ай бұрын

looked two of your vids - now i´m hungry!!!

@michaelsmith7902 Жыл бұрын

Great show as always... Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you live (lived?) in Chicago. You'll find a babka anywhere on Milwaukee or Archer Avenue. Exact same thing as a Gugelhupf. In Paris Sebastien Gaudard (across from the Louvre, or rue des Martyrs) does a mean one. I never fail to buy one here whenever feeling homesick for Belmont and Diversey...

@gamermapper Жыл бұрын

Hello, I think you'll like the Kronenbourg Beer, it's really amazing!

@solidstate9451 Жыл бұрын

So many foods I know from my childhood in southern Germany. I never realized they were from the Elsass. Gugelhupf for example was our go-to-cake. We often had Zwiebelkuchen. Or some of the meat looked like Siedfleisch, a meat boiled in salty water and tasted extremely of salt (I liked it very much), ...

@yamgurung8362 9 ай бұрын

Thanks brother to shared this video I will be there on November 2023 in strasbourg Alsace..from(Mount Everest )Nepal🇳🇵 😎

@setarehlessan8378 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are really great. Love from Canada.❤

@WoltersWorldEats Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@o2bnov0307 Жыл бұрын

I used to enjoy visiting in Wissemburg. I would have Lapin rôti. Also, chocolate!

@gabygaedecke2411 Жыл бұрын

Nice video, good editing. 100% agree with your recommendation for l'Estivale beer in summer ... but the wines, especially both Gewurztramier and Riesling, are superb! I tried bringing the Muscat home and it did not travel well - but it was wonderful when enjoyed en place. Flammkuchen is big in all Germanic-influenced countries, never a bad choice.

@ntmntm4201 Жыл бұрын

😍😍

@louisemtoc Жыл бұрын

All looks so good! Thanks for all the travel inspo. Adding it to my list of places to visit. Any particular restaurants you recommend going to whilst there?

@WoltersWorldEats Жыл бұрын

There are a bunch really

@WoltersWorldEats Жыл бұрын

Winstub Flory was good in a back alley

@louisemtoc Жыл бұрын

@@WoltersWorldEats thanks!

@thierryf67 8 ай бұрын

Did you know that the famous cake "Baba au rhum" was invented from Kougelhopf, as this "brioche-like" bread don't like to travel, and adding a rhum-syrup made it lasting more for travellers.

@donaldmacdonald4901 Жыл бұрын

1664 Ice beer is just delicious 😅

@brahms63 Жыл бұрын

« Alsace is the beer region in France »….cough cough the Nord Pas de Calais is going to be pissed 😅

@Justine0588 11 ай бұрын

Once you try north pas de Calais beers you are not so happy with the alsatian ones

@gamermapper Жыл бұрын

Hey, are you currently in Alsace? As an Alsatian, I'd be glad to meet you haha!

@aglenrios Жыл бұрын

Now I am hungry.

@thierryf67 8 ай бұрын

It's not the various changes between France and Germany which build the specialties of Alsace food. Alsace was a germanic place and with specific cooking before that. They kept their specificities even when king Louis XIV of France annexed it....

@stephenr115 Жыл бұрын

I’m hungry

@rowenn1729 Жыл бұрын

You visited the Christmas Market in Strasburg ?

@skinnyjohnsen 9 ай бұрын

For wine; Gewürztraminer sounds German, but it seems you can only get it from Alsace. It's an almost "spicy",almost pearly wine, even it's not. Great with salted pork, pickled vegetables and potatoes. Think German "eisbein mit sauer kraut". In Germany I would just order some Riesling, it's OK, but do not die before you have had Gewürztraminer!

@GlobetrotterGranny Жыл бұрын

My husband and I will be staying in Colmar on a Friday and Saturday in mid August 2024. Are there specific restaurants that you would recommend that I should reach out and make reservations at for those two nights? Otherwise, everything is going to be on the fly and grazing throughout the two days trying a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

@Justine0588 11 ай бұрын

Don’t go to Colmar ! If you want to eat try the villages nearby!

@shap22221 Жыл бұрын

Are you doing the brewer's advent calendar review again this year?

@WoltersWorldEats Жыл бұрын

Not this year. Was kind of disappointed last year so decided to skip it this year

@gnomevoyeur Жыл бұрын

Pork knuckle is quite different from shoulder. Perhaps you were thinking of shank?

@stephaneconstant7661 12 күн бұрын

Sauerkraut is not German. It is alsacien. The cabbage is grown ONLY in Alsace and fresh or pre cooked sauerkraut gets exported everywhere, even to USA.

@misstoujoursplus Жыл бұрын

Great video about my native county - I was born in Strasbourg ! But "Coq au vin" is not chicken, it's rooster in white wine sauce. And Bibeleskäs is a kind of cottage cheese, used (among other recipes) for the famous "Tarte au fromage blanc". In the picture, you showed us a "Gratin dauphinois" which consists on sliced potatoes in a cream sauce and baked in the oven. It's from Dauphiné, so not alsatian at all.

@thierryf67 8 ай бұрын

In France, "Coq au vin" is with red wine. the alsacian version is different.... Riesling is a white wine, of course.

@hoppinghobbit9797 7 ай бұрын

rooster is a type of chicken.

@thierryf67 7 ай бұрын

@@hoppinghobbit9797 as if you say that Bull is a type of beef... different from cow. and a man is a different type of human, different from woman 😉 (i'm not saying that i eat human LOL)...

@misstoujoursplus 7 ай бұрын

@@hoppinghobbit9797 The rooster is the husband of the hen and the chicken are its children. So a rooster is no a "type" of chicken, it's a father of all chicken :)

@hoppinghobbit9797 7 ай бұрын

@@misstoujoursplus Cambridge dictionary for chicken: a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird that is cooked and eaten: A male chicken is called a cock and a female chicken is called a hen. :):):) Maybe in the past male chickens are used for coq au vin. But nowadays, can use male or female.

@antoinemozart243 10 ай бұрын

My god, I love Alsatian food. It's like German but 20 times better and more diverse.

@Bearjew613 7 ай бұрын

I was in Alsace last year where 2/3 of my family lived going as far back 1634 . My family is jewish and the meusems explained that they most likely were there since the 12th century when jews first started to settle there. I was able to walk the same streets see the same towns as people on paper who im a decendant of walked. Powerful experiance love this area pf europe very underratted.

@Vamshi_Stambamkadi Жыл бұрын

🍤🍣🦞🍛🍲🥗🥣🍝🌯🌭🍔🥩🥓🍳🍹🍹

@wendigo6782 Жыл бұрын

You said well spatzle XD

@jeffyoung60 Жыл бұрын

Colmar looks like a Bavarian town. Do the Alsatians feel more French or more German?

@Justine0588 11 ай бұрын

They feel Alsatian! The regional feeling is quite strong here😅

@tadduniannick2042 Ай бұрын

Alsacien but germans😅😅😅

@vilayoudama6235 Жыл бұрын

On the tarte flambée, it is not creamy cheese, it is a sour cream.

@misstoujoursplus Жыл бұрын

No, real tarte flambée is made with a kind of cottage cheese, so he is right : it is creamy cheese. In french, it's called "fromage blanc", so there is cheese in it.

@vilayoudama6235 Жыл бұрын

@@misstoujoursplus La crème fraîche, ce n'est pas du fromage. Après on peut rajouter du fromage pour faire une gratinée ou même y mettre du munster.

@misstoujoursplus Жыл бұрын

@@vilayoudama6235 Désolée, mais la tarte flambée se fait bien avec du fromage blanc. On peut y ajouter de la crème fraîche, mais ce n'est pas obligatoire. Sinon, oui, on y ajoute aussi du fromage.

@henningbartels6245 Жыл бұрын

Isn't Bibeleskæs just rather like (Kräuter) Quark or curd cheese than what was shown in the video?

@rowenn1729 Жыл бұрын

Bretzel was invented in Alsace

@jmlepunk Жыл бұрын

yes!

@shastasilverchairsg Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, I remember the name Alsac-Lorraine from my secondary school history textbook. I think it was one of the regions annexed by Hitler or something.

@yoheff988 10 ай бұрын

Does the food comes with Drano? LOL

@alessandroroveda2859 Жыл бұрын

There's cream in every dish?!

@Snowshowslow Жыл бұрын

Not in the Brezel 😉

@alessandroroveda2859 Жыл бұрын

@@Snowshowslow 😄😄😄 yes I know. I love brezel

@Snowshowslow Жыл бұрын

@@alessandroroveda2859 Me too 😁

@alessandroroveda2859 Жыл бұрын

@@Snowshowslow in Italy we have so many kind of bread....but we have nothing similar to brezel

@Snowshowslow Жыл бұрын

@@alessandroroveda2859 But you have many lovely breads too :) And this way you have a reason to go to Germany / the Alsace 😁

@monyclair5357 Жыл бұрын

Concerning the "bibalaskas" you made a real mistake. Cause this dish in its real Alsacian name dont look like that. First its a cold dish, made of potatoes and heavy sour cream mixed with some "green" spices (ciboulettes, persil, poivre, sorry need a translation). We eat this with fresh or old munster, or fryed fish in my family. Oh and the correct name is Bibalakass or Bipalakass. (pronounce bibeleskäs) ...

@WoltersWorldEats Жыл бұрын

Well, this is what we got when we ordered it. Twice because we liked it that much. Thanks for the local input 😊

@DanDan-oq7pu Жыл бұрын

You owe me 20 bucks. I've spent a lot searching for Bibalaskas (which is - in fact - a pretty banal meal), only to be dissapointed. Also the "famous" choucroute, just some sour cabbage, with few processed meat. It has to be better meals there, unfortunately is too late for me to discover.

@abencutler Жыл бұрын

German food

@gamermapper Жыл бұрын

Obviously the food in Alsace (s'Elsàss) will be very similar to the one found in neighboring German Länder and Swiss regions, like Baden, Würtemberg, Schwaben, Deutschschweiz, etc.

@Kate-qq3ez Жыл бұрын

Oh la la !!! Please do not tell that to any Alsatian ….

@lvsoad22 Жыл бұрын

Not French, not German, Alsatian.

@JackNapierDe Жыл бұрын

Fusion kitchen!

@vilayoudama6235 Жыл бұрын

Don't say this in Alsace.

@JackNapierDe Жыл бұрын

Just to mention about crémant and champagne: cremant is made according to the traditional champagne method (esp. fermentation in the bottle), but as you said: it's not originating from the Champagne region and therefore it mustn't called champagne. Sparkling vines not made according to that method are to be called "vin mousseux". Similar in Germany: "Winzersekt" is the champagne like stuff and "Sekt" is just the sparkling wine. A "Schaumwein" can have added CO2 as far as I know. As this is well-founded half-knowledge, please correct if i'm wrong.🥸

@gagi56gagi 2 ай бұрын

quite ordinary simple dishes, only this one is paid to present them as something special. ganz gewöhnliche einfache Gerichte, nur dieses wird dafür bezahlt, sie als etwas Besonderes zu präsentieren. piatti semplici e abbastanza ordinari, solo che questo viene pagato per presentarli come qualcosa di speciale. des plats simples tout à fait ordinaires, seul celui-ci est payé pour les présenter comme quelque chose de spécial. вполне обычные простые блюда, только этому платят за то, чтобы преподнести их как нечто особенное.