HUITRES

Baptiste battled our Normandy oysters quite gallantly and they submitted to his oyster knife technique learned from his grandfather when he was a jeune homme in the Alps. I loved the creaminess, which everyone else called milkiness and regarded with a little. I tasted freshness, just enough of the ocean, and a sweetness that made me lightheaded. Agathe says that the best (imagine the word best said quite earnestly with a slightly airy and small french accent) oysters are from the Atlantic coast. "Meilleures huitres au France sont de M___ Oleiou (Cote Atlantique, pres de La Rochelle)."