Food to take to France for holiday?

emmamc252

Taking the kids to Disney Paris but do not want to pay the stupid prices for food.
Will have a kettle in room but no fridge or cooker, only there 3 nights though. We get breakfast included. What would you take?

esmf73

friends of mine did this by taking breakfast cereal with them and making their lunch out of the breakfast provided - as its mainly a continental one by all accounts. Seem to be plenty of all you can eat buffets there - they stayed at Davy Crockets which was slightly further out, but cheaper. Suggest you take your own water bottles so you can refil as apparently inside the park the prices are high. however she did say that the prices for disney things in the shop were reasonable compared to buying in a normal shop.
have a great time

Alison_Funnell

Take ziplock bags and a large bag to breakfast, we did that on hols in France took the continental breakfast rolls, buttered them, took meat, cheese and fresh fruit (We don't eat breakfast really so took them to eat later, not helping ourselves to another breakfast for free). Worked well for us. Obviously there are all the pot noodle/rice/mash/cuppa soup/instant custards that can all be made with a boiling kettle. So picnic type get up. Instant porridge too. All depends on how little you want to buy food wise. And the season. If it's now, I'd also add instant hot chocolate and biscuits. Flasks if you have any for when you are out.

Ok that is a bit OTT but depends on how far you want to go.

Kevie192

I'd be very careful about 'stealing' items from breakfast for your lunch. Some hotels can be very funny about this and may even throw you out!

Kevin

adelight

If you have a flask you can use it to do some "cooking". Put lentils and seasoning in the flask(maybe a cheap packet soup mix), fill with boiling water and leave for 1/2-1hr or until the lentils are soft and you have a nice lentil stew. You can also do macaroni, easy cook rice and probably boil eggs. But I think making sandwiches at breakfast is an easier idea.

allison funnel doesn't sound ott to me at all! i always do that, though i don't take much(make an extra sandwich and pop it in my bag and some fruit) and am quite subtle- so subtle that when i did it on holiday with friends noone noticed and they were all very jealous when i was munching my sarnie and they were starving hunting for a maccies

Alison_Funnell

Kevie192 wrote: »

I'd be very careful about 'stealing' items from breakfast for your lunch. Some hotels can be very funny about this and may even throw you out!

Kevin

I clearly stated we did NOT take a second breakfast but removed the one we would have eaten. It was not therefore stealing, it was part of what we paid for at our hotel, who were completely happy for us to eat our breakfast 'out'.

Kevie192

Alison_Funnell wrote: »

I clearly stated we did NOT take a second breakfast but removed the one we would have eaten. It was not therefore stealing, it was part of what we paid for at our hotel, who were completely happy for us to eat our breakfast 'out'.

I didn't say you were, only that the OP should be careful if they were planning on having breakfast and taking more to eat later. Not very MSE if you get thrown out on the first morning and have to find somewhere else to stay!

andygb

I would recommend that folks go to a large supermarket, and buy a roast chicken, ham or cheese, fresh bread (which is much better than ours), and lovely salad and fruit. The quality is better than in the UK and often cheaper.
Stuffing the odd croissant or roll into your bag is OK, but taking "ziplock bags and a large bag" to breakfast and then filling them with food to take out is stealing, and it is only a matter of time before someone confronts you.

VJsmum

I would second the "go to the supermarket" for stuff like a cooked chicken.

Also go french and buy baguettes, pate, cheese, grapes, tomatoes and wine. Always the best meal we have in France.

ubamother

You don't mention how old the kids are - that can alter your options. We have found with older children that a huge buffet breakfast before the park means they want little else during the day so we take water, fruit and nut trailmix, fresh fruit, cheese cubes or similar. They snack on these occasionally. It also means they don't have carb-full stomachs for rides! Things like pasta-mugshots might be good - you could take hot water in a flask and a couple of plastic mugs in with you.

robpw2

go to the hypermarche or super marche and get food from there it is reasonbly cheap if you get their equivalent to value range usually in white packs with blue writing