Spécialities and local products
To try in Southern Brittany
Don't hold back when trying Brittany's finest...
You will enjoy fish or seafood plateaus coming directly from the Quiberon bay and the local oyster farms.
And what would be Brittany without the traditional Breton crepe ... Each creperie will offer you a varied menu of buckwheat flour and normal wheat crepes, the whole meal, accompanied by a good local cider ....
Your taste buds will be asking for more !
For gourmets, temptations are numerous! Caramel-based treats made with salted butter, such as the famous Niniches from Quiberon, Breton far and kouign amann, butter-filled sponge cake or Breton biscuits ... Have a different sweet speciality for every day of your holidays !
Oysters, sea shells, crustaceans for sale
La Perle de Quéhan - Maison Quintin produces and nurtures its Portugese oysters "La Spéciale" and its flat oysters "La Belon", respecting the tradition and the quality surounding their product.
A small restaurant will allow you to taste the different fresh seafood, and you will also be able to buy the oysters and many crustaceans in their shop.
Contact Details : 7 route de Quehan, 56470 Saint-Philibert. (0033)2 97 55 01 94.
Salmon for sale
A specialist in fresh Scottish Red Label smoked salmon and certified organic Irish salmon, the Saumonerie du Loch smokes all its fresh fish and other seafood in a traditional way.
Contact Details : ZA de Mané Lenn 56950 Crac'h. (0033)2 97 50 78 80
Seafood restaurant at La Trinité sur Mer
Chez Jaouen : You will find this restaurant next to La Trinité-sur-Mer, where you can taste fresh seafood, such as oysters and clams from its own parks, mussels they fish themselves and other seafood from the fishponds of this aquafarming company.
With a view over the Crac'h Crach, you can enjoy an unlimited seafood buffet every lunchtime or let yourself be tempted by the mussels & chips and grilled seafood.
An open-air play area and children's menus guarantee a good time for the whole family.
Bookings at (0033)2 97 30 00 24.
Visit La Belle-Iloise cannery
Discover unique knowledge that continues for 3 generations, a family history that preaches quality first and foremost. Take advantage of the free 45 minute guided tour which will show you the different operations needed to turn a quality piece of fish into gourmet tined food. This is an opportunity to see in real time some expert handwork, on the site of the current factory.
Also, you can visit the site of the historical factory in Port Maria, where you will find a shop, a tasting area and a relaxation area.
Breton biscuits and cakes
The Biscuiterie Simon biscuit factory in Plouharnel offers various Breton traditional products such as far breton, kouign Amann (their specialty), cakes, caramel made with salted butter and many other delicacies. Open all year round, you can buy its wonders on the markets of the Quiberon peninsula, Carnac or La Trinité-sur-Mer.
Also, make the most its presence at the campsite every Tuesday in July and August.
Contact details: 50 rue de la gare, 56340 PLOUHARNEL. (0033)2 97 52 34 33.
La Trinitaine, a family-owned biscuit manufacurer created in 1955 in La Trinité-sur-Mer, offers a wide choice of biscuits.
The factory shop in Saint Philibert offers a nocturnal opening in July-August until 9 pm every Friday with a Breton food tasting.
Sweets and chocolates
Since 1946, this confectioner of sweets, chocolates, biscuits and jam uses the old recipes of Breton grandmothers to create a wide choice of sweet sweets. The quality of the different specialties lies is the use of natural materials (sugar cane, Breton salted butter, salt from Guérande ...) and on some manufaturing secretsets (old copper cauldrons ...) that craftsmen have passed down from generation to generation.
To simply get a delicacy, one of the shops is in Carnac, 7 avenue du Parc; And for those who wish to discover the famous salidou (salted butter caramel) or the famous Niniches (toffee lollies that have garned the "best in France" award and listed as a culinary heritage), the boutique-echoppe de Quiberon welcomes you from Monday to Friday for visits At 11 am and 3 pm.
Muscadet : tasting and direct sale
The domaine Bonnet et Huteau located in the heart of the Muscadet vineyard region, 20 minutes from Nantes, is a small town with an Italian charm that has been producing Muscadet for over 150 years.
For more than 12 years, this family practices a viticulture that respects the soil and the environment (certified as organic), with small,hand-picked, yields.
You can find the winemake's shop in Saint-Philibert, 2 route de Quéhan (open from Easter to October). (0033)2 97 35 11 62.