Granville
Yet another harbour town, quite big, enough
population to have an all days open market, plus a number of fish shops.
Fish shop and restaurant - Au p'tit Mareyeur
Rue du port
Purchase:
Sea urchin (from Iceland) - euro 27/kg, around 2 euro each
Praires (hard shell clam)- euro 12/kg
Also available in tanks are lobsters (euro 48/kg), crabs and spider crabs.
Sea urchins are very small but the shop
lady reassures that they are full of eggs inside. Indeed she is right, and
sweet too.
Praires are collected from the sea and is fine to eat raw. Very good marine taste, meat firm and not tough.
Praires are collected from the sea and is fine to eat raw. Very good marine taste, meat firm and not tough.
Outside the covered market there is a
good fish counter - Deshayes Maree
Purchase:
Langoustines ( from Scotland ) - euro 30/kg
Bouquet (local shrimp) - euro 59/kg
Purchase:
Langoustines ( from Scotland ) - euro 30/kg
Bouquet (local shrimp) - euro 59/kg
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| Scottish langoustines |
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| bouquet |
Fish shop owner explains that it is faster and cheaper (!)for them to get
langoustines from Scotland than from nearby Guilvinec, Brittany. The size of
these Scottish langoustines are much bigger than those from Guilvinec. This bigger
in size is the reason for the higher price.
The taste is as sweet, but the flesh is a little bit flabby compared with the Brittany ones.
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