“NO NO NO JE NE VEUX PAS!” That’s a cool thing to hear from the cook when you ask her for more vinaigrette for your oysters. She was right, though — the Belon plates were so beautifully fresh that it would have been a shame. We never would have come up with the idea of eating them straight-up, especially as the big, meaty creuses and plates you get in France tend to be a bit overpoweringly slimy if they’re not super duper fresh right-off-the-beds.
These were just that, though — straight from the pool out behind the restaurant. There’s not much else to say about Chez Jacky — it’s really simple, with about as much nautical-themed stuff packed into a small house in an out-of-the-way fishing bay as you can possibly imagine. Grab a couple of plates of oysters and some white wine for a late lunch and have fun driving back up the curvy road to wherever-else-in-Bretagne you are headed, but don’t piss off the cook (I can only assume it was Jacky, from her air of authority) by asking for more vinaigrette..
Chez Jacky
Port de Belon – Rive Droite
F-29340 Riec sur Belon
+33 (0) 2 98 06 90 32
http://www.chez-jacky.com/ (argh, why do so many great places have obnoxious background music on their web pages? Turn off sound at work…)
