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Adresse: Le Perrey | Le Casino, 76460 Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France
Stadt: Saint-Valery-en-Caux
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Webseite: http://www.casino-saintvalery.com
"Again grinned my friend. How come we always end up going to the Passerelle when we're in St Val Four reasons, which both of us know perfectly well: (a) the sea views (b) the consistently delicious food (c) the efficient service, friendly but never obsequious...(d) the bright crisp décor, nautical without the knots. So, yet again, we booked our window table (really our names should be on it by now) and wow, in October it was wonderful. The equinox tide was so high and the swell so great that even in mid-conversation we couldn't take our eyes off the sea; had it come much higher we could have had a swim without leaving the table. The welcome was faultless, the trademark blue glass plates reflected the ocean, the linen was snappy and the menus were as concise and appealing as ever (though I do wish French restaurants would lay off the calf's head). From the €28 menu I chose oysters to start, which are fished locally, and my friend chose a medley of seafood involving clams, mussels and baby prawns. Both were simply and perfectly presented, both were delicious, and we began to purr gently as we sipped Bourgogne Aligoté with them, reasonably priced at under €4 per glass and perfectly chilled. For mains we both had veal, a hearty side of veal done in the traditional Norman cream sauce with mushrooms, served with just the right (i.e.small) amount of crisp broccoli, and we particularly loved the potato shell containing potato mixed with cauliflower and cheese. Yum. We cleared our plates, savoured our (now red) wine and gazed at the sea hypnotised, lulled into that state of soporific contentment induced by fresh, hot, comforting, well-cooked food. Next, cheese: camembert, livarot, neuchatel or goat's were on offer with little green salads. All are soft local Norman cheeses, all were served at the perfect temperature (how so many restaurants serve chilly cheese straight from the fridge is beyond me) and my only tiny cavil here was that I'd have liked a choice of at least one hard mountain cheese, such as comté perhaps, for balance. However, now being well down my third glass of wine, I magnanimously decided to forgive the omission. Dessert was divine. I had the lightest, subtlest, most wonderful honey and thyme scented creme brulée, my friend had a chocolate fondant and quite honestly, should the good Lord ever decide to take me, I hope it's at a moment like this when I have a smile wrapped right round to the back of my head and am looking at ditto on the face of an old friend. It was an interlude of perfect bliss. Finally, coffee. I had to fight the temptation to have an armagnac with it and slump happily into a coma for the rest of the afternoon. But the coffee woke me up (as did a walk around the harbour afterwards) and when finally the bill came in at €82, it represented excellent value. We both well and truly loved our lunch, we lingered for well over two hours and nobody made the slightest attempt to rush us (a French trait which can sometimes mar a good lunch By the way, there's a little bistro-tapas area downstairs for lighter nibbles, a piano bar on Sunday afternoons, and a drinks deck for gazing out to sea over your glass of kir. The Passarelle is really a quite delightful venue and only one thing could improve it: the rounding up and floating out to sea of the teenage brats who scream around St Valéry on their souped-up motorbikes. The deafening noise often makes eating outdoors impossible, and why the police and/or tourist office do nothing about this deliberate bullying of tourists and restaurateurs alike is a mystery."
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