Gastronomy in France: La Mère Poulard, Normandy

The restaurant is the very first into the village

La Mère Poulard's speciality is omelettes. The egg whippers sous chefs make quite a show of whipping the eggs that go into the famed omelettes. The egg whipping draws crowds. Seriously, a crowd gathers just within the entrance of the restaurant watching and photographing. Every now and then the maitre d' comes out to ask people to move outside.
We had lunch there on our last day in Mont Saint-Michel. The restaurant  has a children's menu that serves a small sized omelette or roast chicken. My children had the chicken and roast potatoes and I tried the omelette with scallops. Okay, it was a good omelette; the eggs had been beaten into submission by the sous chefs, and it was fluffy and tasty. It was a good experience, but value for money? Not quite.
La Mère Poulard is the franchise name of Anne Boutiaut, who owned the famous auberge in the 1800s. The branding is not only at the restaurant; the village trades on it with the sale of the famous La Mère Poulard's cookies.


La Mère Poulard
Grand rue B.P. 18
50170, Le Mont Saint-Michel

Blurry pictures - no thanks to my iPhone- the back wall beyond the arch is the mountain

The famous omelette

Bowls of the whipped eggs

The omelettes are cooked over an open fire