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OUISTREHAM Ft. Funny Fish

Date of visit – 22nd October 2025

Where it’s the dream of many lovers of seafood – of shellfish and perhaps simply oysters – to visit Brittany or in my case, Normandie, France, I quite fancied avoiding any tours. Perhaps even try oyster farming on a, well, an oyster farm.

So on the overnight ferry I popped from Portsmouth to Oistreham in Normandy, France. No, I hadn’t heard of it either (Ouistreham that is) but then Normandy is big and there are many place in Normandie to visit. If not just eat to their famous four cheeses that start but don’t end with Camembert. Other soft but not as creamy characters include Livarot. The heart shaped bonbon de Neufchâtel attracts the eye and makes a lovely cadeaux while Pont Lévêque formerly known as “l’angelot” is a high fat dairy devotee. (Yes that’s four cheeses. I double-checked).

More on dairy in Normandie shortly. Back to oysters!

The anatomy of an oyster is not something I looked into in England as, although they are a treat to eat, for myself, I rarely do. They’re expensive or a messy, an accident prone fanfare to shuck without the appropriate tool. I also feel that they are to be savoured and so, when in France that is exactly what I plan to do: savour. Which is a way of life, I suspect, not only translates in the way the French like to eat.

Funny Fish in Ouistreham delights with another frenzy of fours and this time it’s at the oyster bar which is here.

There are four types to choose from and I try them all (in the image of the oysters above). I like both creamy and sweet and slightly saline and creamy oysters. The Papillon oyster (pictured but labelled incorrectly due to lack of labels, as I was told) along with the Asnelles no. 3 oyster hit the spot all the more for me in this regard.

Here’s the menu for funny fish in Ouistreham with the reasonable prices. Not pictured but indeed present are the lovely staff who know and chat to all the locals that frequent to purchase their seafood for the day.

Would I recommend Funny Fish in Ouistreham, Normandy?

Would I recommend visiting Ouistreham out of all the places in Normandy to add to your travel itinerary?

I highly recommend both to do, to try. I almost insist upon it. Especially if you are an oyster lover or shellfish lover for that matter, you are a Francophile, considering where to visit in France that is not Paris for a change. Even Emily left Amélie and France altogether, apparently.

I did not imagine to eat the best crab of my life in Normandy but I did and that is not another blog if you like.

Overall shellfish in Normandy France Ouistreham

Taste: 8/10

Service: 7.2/10

Value for Money: 8.5/10