Collioure is a lovely well-preserved French mediterranean town. I was there this past August with my daughter Maya (although I do not recommend that you go in August because it's too crowded - perhaps it's better to go off season)
and, there are lots of restaurants and lovely historical things to see - as you will see...
Mist, melting ice cream, some cute little boats, and a Vaubon castle all in the same photo! We got the ice cream here:
I have never seen ice cream displayed this way before, someone took a lot of time finding all the little toys and special things for the display and it was good - here's another one in case we've missed something:
Collioure is also really famous for anchovies and so of course we ate some:
And we had some fish and things:
We also tried the tapas which of course included anchovies:
Collioure is right close to the French border with Spain and so their food habits are perhaps very Spanish - I had never eaten these long thin shellfish before - in French they are called couteaux (knives) and they are very good!
Maya is always on a diet so she had a particularly lovely salad:
And I'm too old for diets so I had the pizza:
The pizza was really nice! and now that you've seen what we ate here are some pics of where we ate it - after one more nice food photo, of course:
If possible you should eat here on the beach:
This is what the inside looks like- very colorful:
So from Collioure, this is Emily signing off
Happy lunching, always and forever...
You write very well.
Posted by: Mirella | 29 October 2008 at 07:18
I ADORE Collioure! I had some of the best ice cream there. We'll be going back in a couple months...yay!
Posted by: Cassoulet Cafe | 21 January 2008 at 08:36
Emily, you are back! I'm sorry, I just got frustrated checking in on you and took you off my sidebar...but I checked in for one heck of a long time! I'll put you on Google Reader now! Your last posts are lovely, even if they are not so frequent. Please keep blogging!
Posted by: Betty C. | 27 December 2007 at 13:52
I think those clams called couteaux in French are called razor clams in the U.S. They look good in your picture. Everything looks good. Glad to see you blogging again.
Posted by: Ken | 24 November 2007 at 21:42
I love anchovies, especially on bread or wrapped around olives. Give me a plate with anchovies, cheese, garlic, and bread, and I'm in heaven.
Posted by: Chubbypanda | 25 October 2007 at 01:48