Amiens: The Oysters

Previously, we mentioned that Katie's motivation for visiting Normandy was that her father had landed there during WWII. For Theresa and I, however, the motivation was food. Normandy is one of the best places in France to enjoy seafood such as lobster, crabs, and oysters.Our hotel in Amiens was in the same block as the Brasserie Jules Verne, one of the best seafood joints in the town. The opening picture shows one of their plates of oysters. In France, oysters are graded by their size from 1 to 5; with 5 being the smallest and 1 being the largest. The plate shown in the picture contains some oysters of "size 0"....so large that they are almost the size of your hand.

mmm...mmmm...good eating

Jules Verne, by the way, was a resident of Amiens. This explains the name of the restaurant.