Crickets and Cockerels
The country lanes around Calais are lined with wild roses and poppies framing fields of barley and corn. This coastal restaurant in Hauts de France region though is named after the small town of Le Détroit in Normandy. The three gourmet graces of Calais are in one Corbu-on-Coast modernist block opposite the quay: La Sole Meunière, Le Channel, Le Détroit. Unsurprisingly, the focus is on seafood: “spécialités de poisons et crustacés”. Equally unsurprisingly, as the competition on either side is stiff, Chef Patron Serge Clabault’s food is top notch. On a hot summer’s afternoon, taking a Gallic break from Pimm’s and Proms, lunch is:
- Château St Martin cru classe grande réserve 2017
- Perrier bouteille
- Fruits du mer amuse bouche
- Coquilles de St Jacques gratinées
- Turbot, hollandaise sauce
- Mousse au chocolat
