Brittany
As a major supplier of France's vegetables and seafood, Brittany rewards visitors with hearty, fresh fare from the earth and the sea, and with its famous crepes filled with sweets like chocolate or fruit, or savory mushrooms, cheese or eggs.
"Tables et saveurs de Bretagne" represents all the finest restaurants in Brittany. To be accepted as a member, they have to have been classified as first rate by the main French restaurant guides. It guarantees a very high level of quality and attests to Brittany being one of France's leading areas for cuisine.
Seafood
Here Brittany excels, with abundant oysters (particularly the meaty ones from Belon and Cancale), shrimps, crayfish, crab and scallops. And lobster is the mainstay of Breton menus, prepared in a cream sauce or grilled.
The seafood platter tops the bill in Brittany's best eating-places. In order to ensure freshness and variety, restaurateurs have signed a charter guaranteeing an "authentic Breton platter of fresh seafood"
Special offering
Memorable meals include slat meadow lamb and poultry, accompanied by the region's wonderful vegetables: artichokes, cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, endives and lettuce. Vegetables blended with pork in a hot pot is Calfedpotfe.
Crepes and dessert
Sweet or savoury? There are many different ways to prepare the "galette de sarrasin" (buckwheat pancake) or "crepe de froment" (wheatflour pancake) and even more ways to serve this traditional dish! The perfect drink to accompany a crepe is the Breton cider: cidre brut bouche.
There's the "far Breton", a custard pie; a sweet, buttery pastry called "kouign amann"; and "galettes bretonnes", homemade crunchy butter cookies.
Region Highlights - Gastronomy, Sports and Leisure, Brittany Tours, Art & Culture, and Directions to the Western Loire.
For additional information, please visit the Brittany website.
