Bonjour,
So one final email from Brest. A food story as I’d not done one yet. Anyone notice? We had two really good meals, one Sunday night and one Monday afternoon. Lots of flavor and what was supposed to be hot, was. Our friend Sharman (owner of Sophie and walking pal in North Cyprus) says Cherbourg has lots of good restaurants. Yum!
One last thing: the people at Marina du Moulin Blanc are as friendly and helpful as could be. This is a great place to stop if you’re travelling this way!
Ru
Dinner at the Ὰ l’aise Breizh Cafẻ….
Sunday lunch at Le Tour du Monde we’d seen mostly everyone else eating mussels so Randal decided to give it a go for dinner. I was craving salad, which I’d not noticed on the Tour’s menu so we tried the place next door. We both had exactly what we wanted. I must say the mussels were great: I tried one. The mussels were cooked with bits of sausage in a very light cream broth that was really very flavorful. Mussels are traditionally served with “pommes frites” which our waiter called French Fries. But then he knew we were Americans. My salad was wonderful with great greens and avocado and enough chicken and cheese that I was stuffed at the end. Monday we returned and each had the fish soup that was so flavorful, we both licked the bowls clean.
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Mussels and fries and some lovely white wine! |
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Before.. |
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Pommes frites |
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During…. |
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Removing broth from beard…. |
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Ate the whole thing! Finis!!! |
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Well maybe that last drop of broth with some bread! |
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Big bowl of empty shells…… |
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Dinner view DoraMac is on the dock just beyond these boats in the north marina section. It’s quite a trek to get there from the restaurant, a good thing after a big meal. |
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Just near the marina office which is just a 5 minute walk from restaurant row. Off in the distance is the gate to the secure dock area which is locked between 7 PM to 7 AM… |
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But we do have the code and it worked just fine so no locked out or in problems here ! Most marinas have security where the boats are located…at least from the land side. |
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Low Tide Through the gate and then down the walkway that changes considerably with the tide. |
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High tide…the same walkway is almost level which it was Monday afternoon. |
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Over the final bridge and then onto the floating dock at the end of which is our berth. Everything is constructed to rise and fall with the tides. |
