French tacos

A French tacos (usually spelt with an s at the end even in the singular form) is not a French-Mexican fusion dish but a French misconception of what a real taco is. A french taco consists of a wheat galette usually filled with some kind of meat, a selection of sauces and French fries. Despite the name, they have nothing in common with their Mexican counterparts and can be thought of more as a cross between a burrito, a panini and a kebab. The French tacos was allegedly invented in the Lyon region of France by a kebab restaurant in the town of Vaulx-en-Velin^[1] during the mid-1990s, and are still most commonly found in the Lyon and Grenoble regions of France while remaining relatively unheard of even in other parts of France, although they have more recently gained popularity elsewhere, most notably in the Maghreb.^[2]

Preparation

A 'french taco' usually consists of a wheat galette, with the following fillings:

• Some kind of meat, usually chicken, turkey or beef in the form of mince, escalopes or nuggets.
• A thick cheese sauce, usually made of cream and Emmental or Gruyère.
• French fries
• Salad
• An additional relish, usually chosen from a selection of sauces such as ketchup, mayonnaise or BBQ sauce, as well as some others unique to French fast food cuisine such as 'Samurai' or 'Algerian' sauce (in French, sauce samouraï and sauce algérienne respectively).

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