07 March 2021

Another Oléron menu + a few Boyardville photos


[3 course "Bistrot" menu]

  • Seafood plate (oysters, whelks, shrimp)
  • Salad with warm goat cheese on toast
  • 5 oysters (#3, raw)
  • Mixed salad plate

  • Mussels cooked in white wine, served with French fries (all you can eat)
  • Savoy-style buckwheat crêpe (with potatoes, bacon, and cheese)
  • Grilled steak served with French fries or green beans

  • Dessert of the day (local specialties)
  • Crêpe with sugar
  • One scoop of ice cream, any flavor

    ["Specialties" menu]

    • Grilled rib steak (10 oz.) with French fries or green beans
    • Filled buckwheat crêpes (starting at 6.20 euros)
    • Luncheon salads

The Boyardville boat harbor and restaurants

The channel leading out toward the bay

The channel entrance, stabilized by a groin and a jetty

Finally, Fort Boyard, built on a sandbar in the 19th century to defend the area — especially the French navy base on the mainland at Rochefort — against attacks by British ships

8 comments:

  1. This little island is getting higher and higher on my Go Here list!

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  2. Great fun, reading the menus, that is about the extent of my French

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  3. I'll have five oysters #3, moules marinières, and raspberry ice cream, thank you!

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  4. Fort Boyard is also famous in many different countries as the location of the game-show concept (called Prisoners in the castle, or something similar).

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    1. I didn't know that the Fort Boyard TV show was popular in other countries. I don't think I've ever seen it, but I know host Olivier Minne from other shows and American connections (not personally).

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  5. Salad de chevre chaud today plus the local desserts. Sometimes I find the script handwriting a challenge to read. Thanks for the translations, Ken!

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    1. It's true that French handwriting is very different from American handwriting, as a general rule.

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  6. Merci pour cet excellent post j'ai beaucoup appris !
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