Moules as the sun goes down anyone?

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This evening we had Moules with French Fries and a large beer just as the sun was setting across the Bay of St Brieuc. At the bottom of the slipway beneath the lone restaurant the beach, at low tide, reveals thousands of stakes driven into the sand. When the tide is at its lowest nimble tractors weave around with natty attachments that strip the harvest from the rope wound staves... The tractors dump the mussels into enormous trailer/bins which are then towed back to the head of the beach. Higher tides are dealt with by amphibeous landing craft which perform the same task but the fishermen keep their feet dry!
Between April and October (except on Tuesdays) La Moulerie de la Baie at Planguenoual, Jospinet, on Brittany's Cote de Penthievre opens its doors to present Moules served in many ways... restricted only by your imagination... For the feint hearted there is also steak and chips but that's the only 'non-moule' offering... and to drink? Well of course there is Wine, Beer and Champagne. The mussels go down a treat with beer. What is certain about your visit? Well, you will want to come again. And you will want to bring friends and you will want to tell everyone!
Remember - the restaurant is only open in the evening and, if you are lucky with the tide... you can enjoy a walk on the vast beach before or after and, although you can't take the mussels from the staves - for a start they are too far out - but, if you take a bucket... you can pick your own!

Update... Although I first wrote this post in 2011 we have now been back many times and it is still brilliant. If memory serves me well I gave it 5 stars on Trip Advisor!

La Moulerie de la Baie, Jospinet, 22400 Planguenoual • Tel: 0296 32 82 22

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  1. Ooh and Ahh to Ooh-la-lah!4 October 2014 at 02:42

    We went there again recently... a fine sunset, great moules... a good ambience... the proprietor was a fine host. If they had served real ales from French brewers then I think Mike Green would have been in heaven! Voila! We WILL go there again!

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