Andre, La Rochelle (France)

For some reason I forgot to post this at the beginning of the posts about our trip to France, as that is where it fits chronologically. Andre has been our favourite place to eat out in La Rochelle since we started going to the area, and no trip would be complete without a visit here. When we flew out we ended up on the outskirts of La Rochelle at pretty much lunchtime, so a meal at Andre seemed to be the perfect way to start the holiday.

This place is absolutely huge. Over time they have taken over the adjoining premises, and now the restaurant can do over 500 covers. It doesn’t seem to take the quality away though. They had rebranded since we were last there, and it all looked a bit more modern and freshly painted.

We managed to bag the last table on the terrace, and after a cursory glance at the menu both of us went for a mini ‘fruits de mer’. This consisted of 4 oysters, 4 prawns, 4 langostine and 4 whelks each. Accompanied by bread for R and chips for me, and large amounts of homemade mayonnaise, this was a truly great meal, and came in at about €40 for the two of us, which for the quality was well worth it. There is nothing that says you are on holiday more to me than eating shellfish while being able to smell the sea!