we're out of bread, lunch service is over

I promised a post about Normandy. So here it is.

Last Thursday Ali, Alex, Elana and I took the two hour train ride to Trouville/Douville, Normandy. We arrived at about 1:30pm and spent the day there wandering around the precious towns.

Who sleeps like this?

First stop: Lunch. Of course. We ate at a little restaurant next to the beach that was made out of a boat. It was amazing. Well, the location. I would say the food was meh. When we first walked in they told us they were out of bread and therefore could not serve us lunch. We told them that we didn't need bread to eat and then they seated us. So, we learned how to tell when lunch service is over in France... when the bread runs out. Such an obvious concept, right? They started us with Salmon Tartare which was pretty delicious but needed salt. Then we ordered 12 oysters to share and those were really tasty. For the main course we all ordered battered and fried scallops; Coquilles St. Jacques. The plate was beautiful but the scallops were a little overwhelming. And, here in France they eat the entire scallop which includes the Roe. The Roe is an orange part of the scallop that we don't normally see in the States and I'm not a fan. The color is off putting and the taste is very rich. We had a bottle of wine and enjoyed the view so overall lunch was pretty great.

Then we took a walk on the beach and enjoyed the fresh air. I'll let the pictures do the talking..

Next, we walked around town a little and finally ended up at a brasserie drinking café au lait and eating pommes frites... 2 entire plates.

7pm rolled around and we were all ready to head home. We got on the train early and snagged a cabin for ourselves. All of us slept on the way back and were exhausted when we got home.

Normandy was a perfect little getaway and I can't wait to go back in the summer when I can really enjoy the beach!

I have my first written exam tomorrow and I should probably be studying at the moment instead of blogging/facebook stalking but those of you who know me well know that studying really isn't my style. We'll see how it goes. Wish me luck! 

Cooking is like love. 

It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. - Harriet Van Horne 

xoxo, alex