Restaurants in the Marais poitevin

13 June 2018

During your trip in the Marais poitevin (by foot, by bike or by traditional boat), you can stop for a picnic on the banks of the canals that punctuate the Marais poitevin Regional Natural Park.
But you will then miss the local gastronomy!

So, to enjoy a good meal in this beautiful territory, there’s nothing better than a meal in a restaurant of the Marais poitevin.

Between nature trips and culinary trips

Roaming the Marais poitevin during your trip will whet your appetite, because the region is full of discoveries. But discovering a region also includes an exploration of its culinary heritage.

To taste a typical dish of the Marais poitevin on a terrace along the waterways in summer, or near a chimney in winter, you will easily find a restaurant, a hostel, a brewery or even a bistro to welcome you in the typical setting of the Marais poitevin to eat.

The Marais poitevin, a land of fine cuisine

After navigating on the canals of the Marais poitevin on the morning, here comes the time for lunch. And it’s a perfect opportunity to enjoy the surprising yet delicious specialities of the Marais poitevin.

The restaurant menus are generally well provided to arouse your senses by tasting the new flavours of the local cuisine, prepared with ingredients from numerous markets located in the region. You will find terrines of all kinds such as the iconic eel terrines and pickerel terrines with dill, or the “farci poitevin”, a terrine made with greens from the region (sorrel, spinach, cabbage and chard, cooked with duck meat and bacon, then seasoned according to the local know-how). A true delight for taste buds!

For the main course, try the snail skewers with mushrooms, as surprising as they are delicious.

There are of course many other dishes that inhabitants of the Marsh are the only one to know, accompanied by “mogettes” beans (a plat growing in the fertile lands of the Marais poitevin and also used for the making of jams, sweets and even chocolate!). Finish your meal with a Coulonnais, a typical cake from Coulon, the capital city of the Green Venice in the Marais poitevin. At the end pf your meal in one of the restaurants of the Marais poitevin, choose as digestif a glass of Kamok (a liqueur created in Luçon made with a mix of arabica roasted coffees that can also be tasted on a flambéed ice-cream). Just what you need to recharge your batteries and continue your trip in the Marais poitevin and discover the charms of this exceptional territory.