What do they call french toast in france?

What do they call French toast in France? ... If you want to order some in France, ask for pain perdu: it translates as 'lost bread', because it is a way to use 'lost' or stale bread. read more

What Americans call “French Toast” doesn’t exist in French cooking since the French don’t use rectangular loaves of bread very much (pain de mie). The nearest equivalent is called “pain perdu” but it uses baguettes and is not very common. read more

Cookbook: French toast Media: French toast French toast is a dish made of bread soaked in eggs and milk, then fried. Alternative names and variants include eggy bread, Bombay toast, German toast, gypsy toast, poor knights (of Windsor), and Torrija. read more