My wife, our friend Stephen and I were traveling through Normandy to Mont. St. Michel after…read morevisiting the Normandy beaches. We were later than planned and realized we were going to arrive too late to find a restaurant open near our hotel so started looking for restaurants along the road to eat dinner at. The first restaurant we happened upon was Chez Hubert.
While the outside of the restaurant didn't look like much, we were tired and a bit hungry after our day at the beaches so we decided to try it. We entered and the restaurant was mostly empty (it was around 9 PM on a Monday night) and the proprietress sat us down at a table and we perused the menu. The prices were very reasonable and had some interesting items. We each ordered a 3 course meal at 13-15 Euros apiece. We really were not expecting much.
We ordered a bottle of Cotes du Rhone and chatted with the proprietress as we waited for our appetizers. When the appetizers came we were rather surprised. The plates were large and beautifully arranged and looked delicious. I had a smoked salmon blini, my wife a mozzarella and tomato salad, and Stephen had a gizzard salad. All were exquisite (see photos). The flavors were wonderful and perfectly matched, the presentation was perfect and...each of the items was just delicious.
For the main course my wife had a Faux Filet, I had a Lamb Brochette flambéed in vodka and Stephen had duck breast. Again, everything was simply well beyond our expectations. Each of our meals were simply perfect.
The desserts were wonderful as well, although we barely had room for them after the meal.
All in all, our experience at Chez Hubert was the main highlight of our 2 week trip to France. A most unexpected of pleasures.
