Visiting Pouliguen (France): Sunbathing on Brittany’s Family Beach with
Savvy Mom Ruth Paget
Pouliguen
is a family-oriented beach in Brittany, which means that there is no topless
bathing like there is in the next town along the coast at La Baule.
We
went to the crêperie called Au Jardin du Balata in Pouliguen. Crêpes made with buckwheat flour and served
with savory fillings are called galettes.
Laurent’s
mother ate a traditional galette with ham and cheese. I had a more modern take on the dish and
ordered a galette with ratatouille and egg.
Ratatouille
comes from the South of France, but the stewed eggplant, onions, zucchini,
tomatoes, thyme, and bay leaf tasted delicious with the scrambled egg inside
the Breton galette I ordered tasted great.
Typically,
galettes contain savory items like eggs, ham, butter, mushrooms, onions, and so
on. A crêpe is made with white flour and
sugar. Crêpes are filled with sweet
items like chocolate Nutella.
Cider
is the preferred beverage that goes along with galettes and crêpes. The sweet kind is called “doux” and the more
astringent one is called “brut.”
I
ate a dessert crêpe called a Negresco for dessert. I daintily ate the Negresco filled with vanilla
ice cream, chocolate sauce, and sliced almonds and was very happy with life.
By
Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
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