Moules Marinière

Small piquant mussels are a speciality of Dieppe. As early as the 16th century a rapid system for transporting seafood to Paris had been developed. Caravans of packhorses called ‘chasse-marées’ (tide chasers), with a barrel of fish and water slung on each side, travelled from the coast at a trot with a bellman clearing the way, entering the city on what is still called the Boulevard Poissonnière (Fish Boulevard).

The variation of mussels in a simple cream sauce is a speciality both