tag: seafood

I was fortunate enough to eat a lot of home-cooked meals while I was in Brittany, but there are certain things that a food-obsessed girl needs to go out and find when in the region: seafood, cider, and crepes.

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Posted in: dining out, travel | Tags: brest, bretagne, brittany, cider, crepes, food, france, oysters, plougastel, restaurants, seafood, travel | 13 COMMENTS

There are some restaurants that do just one thing, and do it so well that every person who visits the town it graces is compelled to visit.

You see that plate of langoustines? €22. For serious. And they were head-sucking, finger-licking good. Simply grilled with some mystery herbs and seasonings, served with a big pile of hot fries.

I mean, there are other things on the menu. These mussels were good, too. But every single person in that fully-booked restaurant was there for one thing.

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Posted in: dining out | Tags: bastia, bastia restaurant, corsica, dinner, food, france, langoustine, langoustine restaurant bastia, langoustines, restaurant recommendations bastia, seafood, shelllfish, travel | 17 COMMENTS

I was obsessed with the sky in Normandie.

I took the train from Paris to Bayeux last Friday to spend the weekend driving around the countryside, marveling at wheat fields and puffy clouds and red, red poppies. And cows. Happy, happy cows. No wonder Normandie butter is so good.

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Posted in: life, travel | Tags: bayeux, car trips, cows, d-day, france, mont saint michel, normandie, normandy, omaha beach, seafood, sky, train trips, travel | 2 COMMENTS