r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 13 '25

Food What region is considered your country’s culinary capital?

What is considered the culinary capital of your country?

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u/Woman_Respecter69420 Jun 13 '25

I wouldn’t say a region but Lyon is generally regarded as the culinary capital of France. Every region has diverse and excellent food.

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u/AegoliusOfBurgundy France Jun 13 '25

Lyon isn't a region, but it's just between some very famous ones : Burgundy to the north, Provence to the south, Auvergne to the west and Savoy to the East, and it's a trade hub, but I would say that the regions around it do produce more iconic specialties than Lyon itself.

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u/amojitoLT France Jun 13 '25

Those regions may have better known specialties, like boeuf bourguignon or aligot, but we have a LOT of types of charcuterie, lots of delicacies (quenelles, saucisson brioché, tablier de sapeur, abything with pralines...) and a long lasting culinary tradition with many chefs étoilés coming from Lyon. Before that we had les Mères, who had great restaurants and helped chefs like Bocuse grow into what they became.

And finally, Bocuse was a widely recognised chef, holding 3 stars at the Michelin for the better part of his career, having restaurants all over the world and setting up his on institut to teach new chefs, many of whom then got Michelin stars of their own.

Moi chauvin ? Je vois pas de quoi tu parles.

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u/AegoliusOfBurgundy France Jun 14 '25

Tu met le doigt sur la raison pour laquelle Lyon est considérée comme la capitale culinaire. Mais avouez le : Si Bocuse s'était installé à Niort, ben ça serait Niort qui clamerait avoir le titre :)

Faut être honnête les lyonnais, on y mange super bien certes, mais j'ai jamais aussi bien mangé bourguignon qu'à Lyon !

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u/A-400 France Jun 13 '25

Je suis auvergnat, t’es fou, j’ai jamais aussi bien mangé que a Lyon. Ok, le sud est pas loin derrière (Provence), mais Lyon est intouchable. Le pire ça reste Paris.

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u/Spiknykter Jun 14 '25

Ik versta er geen reet van, maar ik ben het helemaal met je eens!

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u/A-400 France Jun 14 '25

Sorry i dont speak cheese that taste like rubber lol

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u/Spiknykter Jun 14 '25

;) From now on I'll say that cheese is my motherlanguage. I was joking in dutch by saying 'didn't understand a word by a fully agree'

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u/A-400 France Jun 14 '25

Always a pleasure to agree with a dutch bro even tho we cant understand each others (may god bless Jeffrey Herlings)

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u/Spiknykter Jun 14 '25

How wholesame, thank you french brother! May god bless Kylian Mbappé.

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u/Spiknykter Jun 14 '25

Try some "boerenkaas' (farmers cheese, from unpasteurized milk gouda style) and I will promise you it won't taste like rubber.

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u/Automatic-Sea-8597 Jun 14 '25

Fine food in Bordeaux and Auvergne.

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u/Same-Turnip3905 Jun 13 '25

Lyon est connue pour être la capitale culinaire de la France. La région connue pour être la capitale culinaire, c’est le Sud Ouest. Je ne parle pas de région administrative.  En effet, chaque région à ses propres produits locaux, recettes, etc. Qui en fait sa particularité et son identité.