And restaurants in these areas serve indigenous meals, including rice in bamboo stalks, roasted wild boar and millet wine.

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Other options might include roasted chickpeas, vegetarian chili and brown rice, or falafel, the city Department of Education said in a statement.

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Particularly good: steak frites with sauce au poivre, coq au vin, roast duckling with wild rice, and tuna filet mignon with roasted beets and greens and white wine caper sauce.

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