We ate so many lovely things in France!
Our first city, Lille, is right up against Belgium and this patissiere got its name, Meert, from a Belgian. They have been in business for literally hundreds of years.
Famous waffle
Lemon tartlet
Religious caramel
Someone made these on the Great British Baking show and I thought yup, never making that at home! I like ordering things that I will never make myself.
Every drink is fancy. That is all whipped cream and totally delicious!
A sweet ending after all those treats? We're not going to say no!
Oh man, take home cakes all looking so good!
Amiens Crepiere
Wine is fine for most of France, but up in the north they have all apples all the time. So cidre it is! It was served by the jug and drunk out of cups.
For some reason it is important to know exactly where the 200ml line is.
This is also the land of galettes. Think crepe, but made with buckwheat, a nuttier, gluten-free wrapping. We love them! I had this classic ham and onion with plenty of cheesy sauce. We also tried one filled with lamb/veggie kabob.
Look for this sign and you can't go wrong.
At the beach
Once we knew that cidre was the way to go we just ordered the local. There was quite a variety: dry to sweet, more or less bubbles, apples or pears. I found it less fussy than wine and was happy to drink all of them.
Their cappuccino is not as pretty as Meert, but I appreciate the effort.
For some reason glasses, not cups? No problem. This was at the beach, sunny but windy, lots of folks on vacation, just hanging out. Turns out that the cups were the anomaly, maybe a local thing.
Sadness, we were there on Monday, closed! The whole area seemed to take Monday as a day to ease back into the week-stores are completely closed or open after lunch.
Can't believe I didn't photograph the galettes and cidre in Bayeux (crepe place just across the street from the tapestry! Or the macrons (cute little downtown shop)! Or the grocery store! I was getting tired near the end.
And then we had to try a McDonalds. The chicken and goat cheese wrap was not bad. Not sure why chicken/bacon/onion got its own combo, but it was fine.
Paul is the go to quick bread stop, often in the train station.
On to England!
We only saw the train station and airport in England, but we really made the most of them.
Yo sushi! It's a sushi boat restaurant, but on a conveyor. The place was totally packed.
You can order off a menu as well and we were well pleased with the chicken katsu in the train station :) This was our last meal before flying home.
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