Caen (France) diary
I am here in Normandy without camera and little time to blog. Therefore, I will use this single post to highlight some impressions ... about food of course.
Monday 26/06 - I have eaten in the restaurant in my mercure hotel (restaurant Le Normand) after flying in a very small plane (smaller than a Piper) from Eindhoven to Caen (and missing the soccer match). Even now, I crave to eat more of those oysters I had yesterday. They were of good quality (some simple Isigny N.2) ... but so tasty even if not in the best season. On the other hand, I got some very salty tarbot ... very very salty. The wine was a decent Chablis 2004. And bread ... good french bread I miss so much in Belgium!
Tuesday 27/06 - Can french food look like german food? It can! In the lunch break I visited my company local cantine and I got something like a Rosti with a slice of ham and cheese on top. The rosti ... was so soaked in oil I did not touch it. The rest ... well, it is well processed in me as I feel very starving. Great thing was we visited a semiconductor fab, where we needed to dress up like in movies with even plastic gloves! Cool to see even for a person in the field like me and here is a photo of us!!!
We had dinner at La Cremaillere (FR) on the coast. It was extremely busy despite not having a television and France playing in the world cup against soccer. A typical nice restaurant on the coast with traditional french food and quite some fish and shellfish. It is Normandy ... so I went again for oysters (local ones): twelve moments of joy for my tastebuds. They keep saying here it is not the season, but these ones were still fantastic, large (N.2), sweet and salty, not fatty at all! After that I took a boiled spidercrab. It was a long time since I enjoyed such a tasty crab. And even longer since last time I had a spidercarb. Maybe nest week in Hong Kong .... Very nice dinner. Unpretentious, fresh and tasty ... and France won!
Wednesday 28/06 - Busy day of work and recovery from the nice dinner from the evening before. We did try to get a decent dinner and took the tram after work to the harbour in Caen. After some guessing we ended up in a busy place ... but that was not a great choice. Dishes were pretty misterious and I ended up with some sort of kebab and what was sold as duck breast (it tasted like overcooked beef) with some pre-made pepper sauce on top and super greasy potatoes (which I left on the plate). The wine we had was ok. Pretty strong, but ... hey ... it was a St. Emilion of 2002 ... so typical rought taste of the vintage.
And now back home ... few days before leaving for Hong Kong.
Monday 26/06 - I have eaten in the restaurant in my mercure hotel (restaurant Le Normand) after flying in a very small plane (smaller than a Piper) from Eindhoven to Caen (and missing the soccer match). Even now, I crave to eat more of those oysters I had yesterday. They were of good quality (some simple Isigny N.2) ... but so tasty even if not in the best season. On the other hand, I got some very salty tarbot ... very very salty. The wine was a decent Chablis 2004. And bread ... good french bread I miss so much in Belgium!
Tuesday 27/06 - Can french food look like german food? It can! In the lunch break I visited my company local cantine and I got something like a Rosti with a slice of ham and cheese on top. The rosti ... was so soaked in oil I did not touch it. The rest ... well, it is well processed in me as I feel very starving. Great thing was we visited a semiconductor fab, where we needed to dress up like in movies with even plastic gloves! Cool to see even for a person in the field like me and here is a photo of us!!!
We had dinner at La Cremaillere (FR) on the coast. It was extremely busy despite not having a television and France playing in the world cup against soccer. A typical nice restaurant on the coast with traditional french food and quite some fish and shellfish. It is Normandy ... so I went again for oysters (local ones): twelve moments of joy for my tastebuds. They keep saying here it is not the season, but these ones were still fantastic, large (N.2), sweet and salty, not fatty at all! After that I took a boiled spidercrab. It was a long time since I enjoyed such a tasty crab. And even longer since last time I had a spidercarb. Maybe nest week in Hong Kong .... Very nice dinner. Unpretentious, fresh and tasty ... and France won!
Wednesday 28/06 - Busy day of work and recovery from the nice dinner from the evening before. We did try to get a decent dinner and took the tram after work to the harbour in Caen. After some guessing we ended up in a busy place ... but that was not a great choice. Dishes were pretty misterious and I ended up with some sort of kebab and what was sold as duck breast (it tasted like overcooked beef) with some pre-made pepper sauce on top and super greasy potatoes (which I left on the plate). The wine we had was ok. Pretty strong, but ... hey ... it was a St. Emilion of 2002 ... so typical rought taste of the vintage.
And now back home ... few days before leaving for Hong Kong.
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posted by The Food Traveller at 12:18 PM
1 Comments:
Looking forward to the post from Hong Kong, have a great time!
Love the pic :)
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