Normandy-9/28/2015 - 10/1/2015

Trouville

Dinner in Honfleur, Normandy -9/30/2015

This is our last night in Normandy and Hoa insisted on eating local seafood tonight. We walked by so many seafood restaurants in Trouville but we did not want to take a chance, so when in doubt I was look up for Rick Steve's recommendation and for Honfleur he recommended Cote Resto, which is about 15 to 20 minutes from Trouville. The restaurant is also located in a historic center.

The Église Ste-Catherine, or Church of Saint Catherine, was built following the Hundred Years War to replace a stone church that had been destroyed. It dates from the second half of the 15th century. The story has it that the citizens of Honfleur wanted to thank God for the fact that the British had left their country after a long war. Stone and masons were in high demand and short supply, but the locals were not to be deterred. Using what they knew which is building wooden ships, they quickly built a wooden church.

La place du Marché Saint Catherine- the church is on the left. The restaurant is set in the heart of Honfleur, just off the place du Marché Saint Catherine, your have to make a right turn at the end of the street.

Walking into the restaurant.

The inside of the restaurant is really cozy and charming.

The menu offers outstanding seafood dishes, a solid wine French wine list.

Compliment of the house: mousse de saumon (salmon) with warm bread.

I selected a Risotto de coquillage et crevette et son jus persille- Seafood Risotto and shrimps in it's own juice and parsley.

Kevin selected a Carpaccio de saumon marine au piment d'Espelette, tartare de concombre

Carpaccio of marinated salmon with Espelette pepper and cucumber tartar

Hoa selected a seafood platter: L'ecailler at €40

This is are really copious portion for 1 person.

1 large Tourteau (crab), 2 langoustines, grey shrimps, boulots (sea snails), bigorneaux (sea snails), 3 Amandes (white clams), 7 pink shrimps, and 4 oysters.