Tag: where to visit in Normandy

  • Crêpe vs. Pancake A THIN PANCAKE is fitting here. Typically, this thin pancake is a European culinary delight: it shuns air bubbles, bounce, fluff and plate piled pancake aesthetic. Thin means, also, there’s no Japanese jiggle. By calling it a pancake in and of itself suggests heft. Pre-Lent Shrove Tuesday in Britain: are we snobbishly…

  • Caen France Bouillon

    Caen France – Bouillon Saint Martin Date of Visit – October 2025 Here is my experience in Caen, Normandy I was refused entry at a restaurant I researched. I mention this as a preface to what happened next. I hot-footed it there, knowing that the opening hours were all over the shop. I found another,…

  • OUISTREHAM France – Ft. Funny Fish

    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…