why is French food so expensive?

Answer 1

Do you mean why is it expensive in their own country? Or why is it expensive here in America? In grocery stores, it's expensive cause it's imported. In French restaurants, it's expensive cause it's got the foreign label on it and because they use hard to find ingredients that are generally more expensive to cook with. It's expensive in their own country cause they are smart and know that the stupid American tourists and any other tourists will pay out the wazoo for the delicious taste of a buttery French croissant.

Answer 2

French people are well known for there restaurants, wines and a certain way of living that they have become a custom to.
They use only fresh rare and expensive ingredients to create unusual well presented dishes.
It is classed as one of the most expensive countries in the universe.

Answer 3

depends where u buying it. lol. its pretty cheap if u live in a vietnamese area because they adapted french food but if u buy it at a hotel or restaurant owned by caucasians it will be pretty expensive. for example 1 bagguette in hotel paris at las vegas would be $7 each and not fresh while in santa ana california u can bu that bread for $1. french restaurants are expensive due to ingredients and reputation by the media.

Answer 4

Reputation - it is actually very simple to make (just get a Julia Child's cookbook) but the reputation of the French for being masters has artificially inflated the prices - plus to maintain the reputation "french" restaurants are infamous for using rare and delicate ingredients like Foie Gras and truffles.

Answer 5

Because you lived in the US, and french cook cost a lot of money, since they are supposed to be the best in the world... So its like asking why Ferrari cost more...

Answer 6

most of the food is bistro style..they use ingriedients which are hard to find..so they're more expensive.

Answer 7

Because their socialists??

Answer 8

because it's good