Indeed. As a Parisian, I can confirm that it's not easy. The worst part being that traditional French cuisine is slowly disappearing and making room for globali

Indeed. As a Parisian, I can confirm that it's not easy. The worst part being that traditional French cuisine is slowly disappearing and making room for globalized food court variety dishes like stupid burgers, "Chinese" fast food, döner kebaps and myriad of pasta places, each one more bland than the other one. I couldn't believe my eyes when I came back from Canada to discover that burgers were all the rage amongst the Parisian 30-something affluent class. How we've fallen :/ Mustn't be easy for tourists really, your only option if you don't know the few places that still go the traditional way nowadays is to either get out of Paris and travel to the countryside or shell out for premium restaurants at 100 euros a meal.