Monday, June 8, 2009

Cancale: The Oyster Feast

The little fishing port is famed for its offshore oyster beds. Near the lighthouse, there is the famous marché aux huîtres where cluster of stalls sell oysters from €3.5 per dozen for huîtres creuses n° 3 to €10 for plates de Cancale . For an extra of €0.5, the oyster mongers would carefully open each oyster for you. For another €0.5, you would get a lemon. We ended up having 3 dozens of fresh oysters of various sizes from different stalls. We tasted them with a bottle of Cidre Bouché Brut Cru Breton. The sweetness of the cider was surprisingly a perfect companion for the oysters. We sat by the coast, watching the sea to go from high tide to low tide. When the sun broke through the cloud, we could see the silhouette of Mount Saint-Michel floating on the sea. All of a sudden, our thoughts drifted back to our first trip together to Europe, when we were both 19…



That period of time seems as far away as the silhouette of Mount Saint-Michel.






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