The Local Way Paris-Baguettes & Boulangeries

Our hosts, Bryan and Anna, visit the best boulangeries in Paris to find the best baguettes, french bread, and pastries in town, getting an inside view of how the award-winning Maison Kayser (who serves bread to the President of the nation) bakes its one-of-a-kind breads. They interview the company's marketing manager, who tours us through the bakery's kitchen. Our hosts also interview the owner of A La Flute Gana bakery to gain a better understanding of the bread-making culture in France.
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Français:
Nos hôtes, Bryan et Anna, visitent les meilleures boulangeries à Paris pour trouver les meilleures baguettes, pain français et pâtisseries en ville, obtenant une vue intérieure de la façon primordiale de la Maison Kayser (qui sert du pain au président de la nation) Fait cuire ses pains uniques. Ils interviewent le responsable du marketing de l'entreprise, qui nous visite à travers la cuisine de la boulangerie. Nos hôtes interviewent aussi le propriétaire de la boulangerie A La Flute Gana pour mieux comprendre la culture panifiable en France.
Español:
Nuestros anfitriones, Bryan y Anna, visitan los mejores boulangeries de París para encontrar las mejores baguettes, pan francés y pasteles en la ciudad, consiguiendo una vista interior de cómo la galardonada Casa Kayser (que sirve pan al Presidente de la nación) Hornea sus panes únicos. Entrevistan al gerente de marketing de la compañía, que nos visita por la cocina de la panadería. Nuestros anfitriones también entrevistan al propietario de la panadería A La Flauta Gana para obtener una mejor comprensión de la cultura panificadora en Francia.

[@pheebelikes3500]

I'm buying and loving baguettes now. I should try to eat it different ways I think.

[@LuluFrance]

Left overs are always breakfast... cut lengthways - with thick butter, raspberry jam, with a a mocha

[@takeru2702]

nice

[@jurisembergs9245]

French backeries are awesome, when these are Café. Too posh, extremaly sweet, and you have to be royal, posh person etc. to understand the taste, "feet of the frogs", "overdated cheese", alright, my fault, i cant understand these royal, useles 1800 year wine flavors and tastes. German backeries are just right, elegant shop together with Café.

[@clarisebrooks7042]

My first time to Paris I found a wonderful small boulangerie that sold delicious baguettes. They would add some slices if ham and cheese for me and I would then walk a short distance to the Eiffel Tower and eat it in one of the benches in the park while I watched the skateboarders do their tricks and the people walking by. I would then plan my day around Paris. I was just out of college then and in Paris on my own. This was several decades ago. Wonderful memories.

[@joebadgermoneymentor8436]

I would hang out at the Jardin du Luxembourg after stopping by a boulangerie for bread, and then the local store for Bordeaux -- not too expensive there! Always a wonderful picnic.

[@TheLocalWay]

Such a wonderful picnic place!

[@buckybarnes3803]

I would go to a little local grocery store and I'd get a baguette, some sausage and cheese, and half bottle of Bordeaux. It was a perfect meal

[@NoteAndroid]

Bread, bread, bread, and more bread. Ah, Paris, on my way to you~!

[@takeru2702]

ok

[@michellemobakeng5938]

I am parisian and I love the music you selected for your video

[@annaveyron2399]

LOVE PARIS 👍❤️🇬🇧

[@amandainflux]

Baguettes 🥖 are a treasure!

[@Malibudream32]

This is so fabulous... love it!

[@WarinPartita6]

Lovely, personal ​and ​informative.​ Thanks​ so​ much.

[@roucoupse]

super reportage merveilleusement bien réalisé. merci !!

[@rabiabaer6752]

I've been watching this over and over and pretending it is the view from my apartment I love watching the seagulls and the waves on the river too, so relaxing. Ah, Paris... Be in Paris: A Walk on the Seine

[@phillipsimpson3359]

I AGREE!!! And I feel in My HEART... your LOVE for The BEST... In BREAD!!!! LES PAIN!!! XXX :)

[@antonellamanners669]

Very nice video! It's great that Anna conducted her interview in French! 👍I love it! Thank you guys! 😍😍

[@GodGunsGutsandNRA]

Baguettes, cheese, butter and wine..........I love France!

[@adamantium2012]

Like the gentleman baker said, even their flour is different. Tres bien, magnifique!

[@edwardoneil3962]

I can just feel the texture of that bread in my mouth and the crust melting with butter and cheese ❤🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@priestessmikokikyo77]

I went to Paris France on a cruise it was incredible, Me and my mom stayed in La horset hotel just a block away from the opera house! XD.!!! I felt like a princess their!

[@jeannecooke4862]

How Beautiful and Sublime! Thank you for sharing your videos!

[@marcelia3]

I'm glad we have several French backery shops at The Hague too.

[@eisenjeisen6262]

When i was in Paris whatever i ate was good because i am a very choosy eater, and was shocked to eat freshness in everything and i ate in there main department store and had Brussels sprouts it melted in my mouth and now my mouth waters thinking about all that and even on the boat ride all fresh food.

[@JustinBrehm]

I wanted to subscribe but because there hasn't been videos for 2 years it's no point but very informative

[@tonicoote6388]

Very informative thanks for sharing.

[@TheLocalWay]

Thank you!

[@bancotuong7901]

Depuis longtemps, j'ai voulu trouver 1 vidéo comme celle - ci pour montrer à mes amis dans mon pays les boulangeries françaises, par hasard je suis tombé sur votre vidéo, c'est superbe, j'adore votre chaîne KZbin, je m'abonne tout de suite. MERCI BEAUCOUP POUR VOTRE VIDÉO TRÈS BIEN FAITE

[@cuisined]

Someone said that *Cooking is an Art and Baking A Science* . true but, this video shows you that not only that it's science but also of a great art. What a treat is A Good Baguette with your heart desires inside. yum!

[@pragneshpatel9111]

So Superb Dear Thanks.

[@freitastown]

Geat job!!! note taken...tks.....

[@missymason2377]

I'm new Zealand....French Baker amazing!

[@an_384]

I loveeeeeeeee baguettes 🤤

[@billelliott4217]

This is so cool! I wish America did things this way!

[@flowcash7499]

Bill Elliott ，

[@TheLocalWay]

Me too!

[@carolemoisan1531]

Belle France et Belles personnes !!!!!

[@hannahdavies7388]

First time I went to Paris was in the 1990s it was on a college trip couldn get over how beautiful it was the euro wasn about bk then it was francs, gosh where 's time gone!

[@crisyorke1328]

Now, there is no more France.

[@clarkkent4595]

Energizing..

[@PKAPE004]

Lovely ending...

[@angelanbenjamin7980]

Very very helpful! I'll be spending 5 days in Paris in Oct and I'll def will be following your route for all the best boulangeries and bangettes around Paris! Just wondering, will you be reviewing any good casual rest/cafe for lunch/brunch? hanks again for the great vid! :)

[@hanalee4242]

Very nice video!

[@slobomotion]

Uprated and favorited, will probably share. I love being a Parisian and have been here 20 years from the USA. It's funny they are so into the bread (but consumption has dropped dramatically over the decades) and that about 40% of people are gluten intolerant, but most of the French really have to have their bread! We rent furnished places in France often for vacations, and my Parisian spouse loves to get out early in the mornings usually and find the BEST bakery in the hamlet, village, town or city and I ask for butter croissants, which take 36 hours to make correctly, and brioche, which I love to toast a bit and have nice French unsalted butter and a locally made jam or honey on it. Until a few decades ago, the baguette was not much known outside of Paris. It's a city thing. The best baguette to a Parisian has a thick crust, takes a long time to get stale (it has some olive oil in it often) and is never soft and warm, but always cold and it crackles when you squeeze it. They like to finish meals with a bit of bread and a selection of cheeses, then some fresh fruit. I am actually not a fan of baguettes, myself! I find them hard to chew and deal with, but hey. The pride workers have here is quite extraordinary. This country has a very strong work ethic and a heavy connection with honesty and labor, and every task can be considered "art" as applied by the worker. I like their adherence to traditions even if they get a bit absurd at times, very outdated. I hope everyone who sees this can enjoy at least once the simple pleasure of a buttered bread sandwich with fine country ham. That sounds gross, but a "jambon beurre" can be excellent!

[@benkh4546]

I am a beautiful Cenbousa, but

[@lisa-jd2cc]

Je précise que votre information est fausse dans le pain il n'y a pas d'huile d'olive ,il n'y a aucune matière grasse , la base du pain c'est de la farine ,eau,sel,et levure c'est tout , et si il y avait de l'huile d'olive dans votre pain ,c'était certainement autre chose ,comme par exemple de la Fougasse peut- être(j'habite dans le Lubéron) et on met parfois de l'huile d'olive dans des pains spéciaux ,mais jamais dans des pains classique comme une baguette, mais merci pour votre recherche ,pour nous connaitre et nous comprendre et pour l'honnêteté de votre témoignage, je vous souhaites encore de beaux voyages

[@t_h_e_v5000]

I so want to live in France!!! I would love to know, though, how has the traditional approach to cuisine, eating and food evolved over the years? Does the generation now still care or do they go for ready-made meals and everything easy as it happened in America? Aren't supermarkets destroying the values? And what are the habits of French people? Do they still stick to their 3 meals a day, nothing in between? Are they emphasising quality and smaller portions to quantity and cheapness?

[@t_h_e_v5000]

And do you think the gluten-intolerance is related to the more frequent consumption of bread in France, and that the bread has changed from how it was before? I presume more people are just buying it from supermarkets, are they not? And that kind of bread dough is not let to ferment overnight, as it traditionally should be. That could be a reason for gluten-intolerance. Or the quality of the flour. Or has France always had a bigger problem with gluten-intolerance (and constipation) in comparison with other countries?

[@coolyoda2]

only 1% of the populaton is gluten intolerant in France.Please stop spreading lies.

[@veronikawdamelani6205]

Even in her old age, Valérie Ganachaud still look stunning. I think she's still around 50's 😊.

[@missymason2377]

Very educational

[@christine9122]

Awww the dog

[@muchwow5782]

Baguette comes from the fact that people wanted to eat more crust, so one day one dude came up with it. The girl story is not true, its not quicker to make, bread takes time to make. Ask a bread maker for this kind of comment, not some marketing lady.

[@cuisined]

Actually the real story is that workers needed bread to carry easily to work and the best bread is easy to carry with the palm of your hand..

[@clarkkent4595]

Getting all..

[@PKAPE004]

It is hard to find good baguettes here in the USA.

[@jeffbianchi523]

Nice video!

[@miriamlima3244]

Que maravilha

[@zoran9945]

Very nice

[@hori166]

J'ai cherché les boulangeries du Pain et des Idées même le Grenier à Pain pendant mon dernier séjour à Paris. Je voulais comparé leurs Chausson aux Pommes aux autres boulangeries comme Paul Bert, le Boulanger de Monge... Nous avons un Boulanger de Monge autant que Paul et Maison Kayser à Tokyo où j'habite, mais c'est pa pareille. Très bon reportage!

[@lopuyh]

Nice. I had for a few times opportunity to help in a bread bakery at a local supermarket.

[@Honeypepper.]

i ate a baguette one time from a local grocery store here in America and it was like a ROCK, literally almost broke my teeth.

[@IceAintNice]

and your point is what?

[@Honeypepper.]

i'm sure it's better in France! no need to catch feelings!

[@adamhovey407]

Wildhoney this is why it's a wise decision to make your own. Also I'm going to be fair there are places here in America that have great baguettes. They may be few and far between but they do exist

[@sferdh]

Fairway in Plainview, Long Island, N.Y. has excellent Baguette.

[@crisyorke1328]

Don't hate on America, hate on cheap grocery stores!

[@juxbertrand]

Et félicitation à la youtubeuse pour la qualité de son Français. Bienvenue.

[@pinkyfinger9851]

0:06 OO LA LA

[@takeru2702]

nice video

[@parichan4725]

On thousands of boulangeries in Paris, Montmartre definitely gather in such a small area the most prized and best ones with Le Grenier indeed but also Pain Pain, Alexine, Coquelicot, Gontran Cherrier, Gilles Marchal, Au Levain d'Antan ... if there is one district to spot, I would privilege this butte.

[@MedianaDhea]

Woww Hello from 2021

[@Anthonyinkz]

Sourdough bread, nice

[@beccareul]

Nice video, I really enjoyed Paris but the baguettes our hotel served were terrible, as was the coffee. Everything else was magical!

[@begzog]

I'm french and your experience make me sad for you. Actually good food products are not served everywhere in Paris, you can find terrible baguettes even in some bakery (that are serving industrial baguettes). Same for restaurant. French people review on tripadvisor are quite reliable for that. Glad you enjoyed the rest ;)

[@hearmymotoredheart]

1:54 LET HIM SHOP

[@Z_imi]

City of Lights, Romance, Fashion, Art, Pickpockets.. Lol

[@unemusiqueunjour]

Don't be salty about your shitty country

[@sherrycaraway5663]

Finally a couple doing videos who aren't annoying twats. I love this vid.

[@zmitter4844]

I know it's been over 11 years since this video was uploaded so you may not remember, but what is the name of the song that plays during the outro at 9:38? I really like it!

[@biomanization]

“Of course we sell out, we’re French!” (you silly American!)

[@lesbonsplansdalex5126]

Nice selection! Did you tried maybe Maison Kayser? :)

[@TheLocalWay]

Yes, it's in the video!

[@nicolesmith5366]

MY LO VE ES FRANCIA

[@blancavelasquez9859]

I would be so fat if I lived in Paris I don't know how I would revisit all the food and how are the French so skinny with all that delicious food

[@bonjourbernadette]

+Blanca Velasquez If you walked as much as the Parisians do, it wouldn't be a problem ;) We were just there for two days and I was amazed at how easy it was to just walk everywhere. I did not feel bad for one second to indulge in some patisserie or ice cream!

[@Difdauf]

Problem isn't to eat rich food, it's to eat junk food with tons of shit inside.

[@hemashah3085]

See this bakery 🧁 in canal saint - Martin in Paris is very baguette bread 🥖 is very yummy 😋

[@bzz5601]

I would love to visit Paris just once, but I will never get to.

[@noname-mq6vw]

No one makes better bread 🥖 than the French, hint to America, stop putting sugar and preservatives in yours

[@TheLocalWay]

agreed!

[@aminamelancon5640]

Nah, I’m from New Orleans. We’re just as serious about our food and our bread. When I went to Paris I didn’t really find their food better than ours and I think our French bread tastes better than baguettes.

[@maniacram]

Amina Melancon you speak from New Orleans, where you throw sugar on all ur sweets?

[@manoyski3555]

Amina Melancon, perhaps you're taste buds were accustomed to sugars. I just got back from a European tour and everytime I see a boulangerie I had to come inside. C'est si bon!

[@goudagirl6095]

TELL ME ABOUT IT. Sugar sugar everywhere! Ugh!

[@dandanvis1953]

One of my favourite "boulangerie" is Utopie, rue Jean Pierre Timbaud. You have many special breads, like green tea bread or vegetable coal bread. It's really surprising. You have also traditionnal baguette... Flute gana and Kayser are not so good for me, it's ok but it depends of the place...and too expensive. I find often the bread too hard and too dry, it's my own opinion. In 2019, the winner of the the best "baguette parisienne" is boulangerie Leroy Monti, avenue Daumesnil. If you want to find a good bakery, you have no choice, you have to try many of them.

[@purberri]

Maison Kayser is closing it’s stores in Washington DC

[@julienbee3467]

Really ?

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

Why are Americans always surprised that people in other countries take a bit of time and trouble about their food !?

[@crisyorke1328]

We take our time during thanksgiving an Christmas.

[@goodbyamerica3665]

Because Americans basically Are ignorant and do not appreciate quality when it comes to food. They don't understand how to live a good life. This from an American who loves Paris.

[@bobduvar]

That's the way we see an American abroad and especially in France : he is lighter, he stops rushing for anything, so HE LIVES !!He stops considering his neighbor as a threaten and potentialy dangerousMy friends are from Massachusets and when they come to Provence they are totally different from their own country. They take time to live, to eat, to drink, to talk to ppl....

[@layoufa8117]

MARINETTTES BAKERY!!!!

[@t_h_e_v5000]

I love this. Are they French? Or do they live in France?

[@TheLocalWay]

Yes, originally from US and UK but French citizens as they've lived in France for a while

[@bobduvar]

The first american city !! And the ultimate too ! Bigger than Chicago, NYC or LA.....

[@Designer888]

If every corner u can find these items then who will be the best....

[@masodsaeed9216]

احسن صمون بالعالم

[@joanlynch5271]

Do the locals go to sacre-coure? I have heard that the area there might be lower priority now a days due to muggings. Do you think that is true?

[@julienbee3467]

Sacré Coeur is especially a touristy place but there are also many nice restaurants around. Lots of people go there

[@AMBERALERTFORAERIEL]

they are working to death omg shout out to all the hard workers in the world

[@elizabethshort6347]

The best way to enjoy baguette is simply plain ?

[@clarkkent4595]

Bread..

[@moniquebousquet466]

7

[@normezmoi]

I live in Paris for 50 years. Eric Kayser is not a boulanger, he is a business man. Seriously, which french boulangerie has a marketing manager ?

[@TheLocalWay]

Thanks for your comment! We made this film 8 years ago, so I can assume that the Kayser brand has only grown since we filmed this. Compared to some other "chains" however, they do focus on baking their bread on site, and even after filming this and seeing them open sites in NYC, the attention to detail in their work is still exceptional in our opinion. We'd like to relook at this video, however, and consider new and old places more, so any suggestions you'd have would be greatly apprecaited!

[@giselamorchel5705]

Play. Andre Rieu

[@dougpinnick9279]

Ça m'énerve toujours cette musique d'accordéon alors qu'en France personne n'écoute cette musique seulement 1 sur 1000 et encore..., bonjour les stéréotypes...

[@Pollendu13]

France doesn’t use the same wheat flour than the US, it’s not the same thing at all.

[@clarkkent4595]

Baguettes..

[@Wkkbooks]

The French never eat on the street. It's considered rude. Don't you have a family and a set mealtime where the family gets together daily, and never eat between meals. It spoils the appetite and the camaraderie of the mealtime. I suppose this is a bit old-fashioned!

[@Guydebute]

French here, eating on the street is totally ok as long as you don't litter. You can eat a sandwich on a bench nobody will even mind you. Just pick up your trash, don't be a filthy animal like so many folks.

[@lookoutforchris]

Paris has become Africa.

[@beowulf1312]

Is it just me but this never shows a filled baguette or give any idea of what the complete sandwich consumed by the presenters look like ?

[@janbaert9944]

Should have added some cheese and wine

[@masodsaeed9216]

عود بالعراق همات يسوون وكاتبين الصمون الفرنسي ولكن ليس فرنسي حقا ولا يشبهه ابدا

[@northseabrent]

How romantic, eating a baguette between two green rubbish bins and a smelly grey canal, sitting on a cold concrete bench that junkie use at night to shoot up.

[@seminary5055]

Right. That's exactly how it is. GTFO

[@bobduvar]

Next time stay in Dayton and wait for a white suppremacist.... He will let the guns talk to you !!!

[@masodsaeed9216]

كان عندي قصص فرنسيه في اعوام الثمانينات لميشيل زيفاكو سقوط الباستيل وفرنسوا الاول وفرانسوا الثاني وشارل التاسع وبطل الثورات الفرنسيه دارتنيان المخضرم وهوه ليس من النبلاء و سافرت ورجعت بعد ستة سنوات لقيت اهلي امضيعين الكتب مع انها غاليه في الاسواق وتحفه سالتهم اين كتبي يقولون لا نعلم اي كتب هذه

[@jay71512]

2000 baguettes a day!! damn!

[@andreweinberger1305]

The lady in maison Kayser is totally wrong,I lived in Paris & was born there,I ate Bagette every day,it was not invented after the war.😍😍😍

[@wuaaron808]

One Thing I cannot stand in french bakery is that the seller normally just grab the baguettes with his/her hands and he receive cash and changes with those hands too.

[@sassypolkadots6446]

No brie cheese & wine to go with your baguette?😟 I mean you're in Paris! I wouldn't sit on a bench watching the best sceneries & eat just A plain "unique special" baguette! It has to be paired with something special.....

[@TheLocalWay]

We agree. Cheese and wine are good complements, but the bread at those places is THAT good that you don't even NEED it.

[@SuperLn1991]

And please, brie is good but not so much, they are hundreds of cheese in france, brie is one with the less taste.... don't know why it is so famous in foreign countries...

[@sylviebasyl2835]

@@SuperLn1991 industrial brie, perhaps.

[@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534]

Go ahead French !!! We are about to conqueer the world !!! We are about to spread our imperialism !!! The world will a be a big and hug BAGUETTE !!!Our weapons : A BAGUETTE !! Our aim : to make the world eat BAGUETTES !!French baguette imperialism is on process....

[@fabiecherie3363]

+Les Amis de la cuisine provençale what a fucking idiot you are.

[@morgankeita2838]

J'ai pas compris non plus. C'étais plutôt sympa selon moi, te prend pas la tête avec ces coincé ;).

[@philippeigoa7765]

Est-ce que c'est necessaire d'employer des gros mots ? Putain, alors ! :)

[@adamhovey407]

Les Amis de la cuisine provençale that's actually kind of funny especially when you know that France has the best military record in Europe

[@rubenperez6754]

Les Amis~ D'accord, bien dit😈

[@elisannem5685]

Pas besoin de s'appeler Kayser pour faire du bon pain, des milliers de bons boulangers dans nos petits villages de France font du meilleur pain que lui.

[@bernardtapie1092]

oui mais Paris c'est le business !

[@VishalLandge]

French women are beautiful

[@55dbau]

Hopefully Sarkozy pays for his bread with his own money.

[@hennayatsu6969]

These are not the baguettes I grew up with. They are more like a specialty type. Like what they would make in the countryside. The one I used to eat, as well as all of the peeps around me, was longer (there is a specific size to be called "baguette" otherwise it would have a different name) not as dark and softer. These type here, in this video, are much harder and coarser. These are not the "classic" Parisian baguette. FYI there are other breads called: Pain, ficelle, batard, pain de campagne etc.. and the baguette could be available as "moule" ( roughly pronounced " Moo-lay" ) or not, as well as baguette Viennoise

[@joachimogereau4531]

big horse inside a baguette :-)

[@bobduvar]

Baguette Troy horse.... French imperialism... ;o) Take that Trump !!!