Gastronomy in the Vendée
Comfortably installed in one of our mobile-home rentals in the Vendée or on a camping pitch near La Tranche-sur-Mer, your taste buds can savour the specialities of the Vendée!
What are the specialities of the Vendée?
The southern Vendée region is famous for its regional products: mogette, brioche, gâche, jambon de Vendée and préfou are undoubtedly the best-known specialties. But the Baie de l’Aiguillon, which faces the sea, is best known for its production of bouchot mussels and its famous mizotte cheese.
In Saint-Michel-en-l’Herm, you’ll have the chance to enjoy a romantic evening or a family lunch in a renowned gourmet restaurant.
Bouchot mussels are produced in the Bay of Aiguillon under the local name ” La Charron “. Only the mussel shipping centers of Marsilly, Esnandes and Charron, in Charente-Maritime, and l’Aiguillon-sur-Mer in Vendée, in the south of France, are able to offer this product. are entitled to the Charron appellation. Discover in the video below how to cook them with salicorne, the long grass that grows in marshes.
Does the name of our Vendée campsite “Les Mizottes” ring a bell? Mizotte is in fact the name of a grass that grows on the salt meadows of the southern Vendée, and which has given its name to one of the best-known Vendée cheeses. Its fruity taste, melt-in-the-mouth texture and amber color make Mizotte a much-loved cheese in Vendée. Unfortunately, it is no longer made in Saint-Michel-en-l’Herm since January1, 2017.
Discover all these specialities near La Tranche-sur-Mer and La Rochelle, at our campsite in Saint-Michel-en-l’Herm.
Our good addresses
Chef Loïc Rault will introduce you to tasty, flavorful cuisine at his restaurant ” La Rose Trémière ” in Saint-Michel-en-l’Herm. He prepares his dishes using local produce sourced directly from producers. For example, you’ll find cheeses from the farm “Au petit chèvre Bertrand” in his fresh goat’s milk panna cotta with basil-tomato pesto and tapenade.
You’ll be warmly welcomed in a rustic setting reminiscent of the farmhouse inns of yesteryear. Children will also be delighted by the gastronomes or petits gastronomes menu specially designed for them. An address we recommend without hesitation.
La Rose Trémière
4 Rue de l’Église
85580 Saint-Michel-en-l’Herm
02 51 30 25 69 (tel:+33251302569) – Website
