West Country Girl and a Quiet Stroll 12-22-15

Weather looked good today and tomorrow is the must shop day for the Noel holidays here, if you don't get your groceries tomorrow you won't until next Monday.  So we decided to go for a walk down in the 11th arr. with a stop for lunch at a restaurant we've been wanting to try for several months now.  West Country Girl got on our radar several months ago and we've just never quite made it over to eat until today.  They specialize in crepes and galettes (savory buckwheat crepes) and have a very good reputation. But they are really hidden away on a backstreet and you have to be looking for them because you don't accidently walk by.
The building is non-descript and the interior is very basic and looks a bit thread worn, but the food is really good.  Due to the approaching holiday they were offering an abbreviated menu, no soup or salads.  But since they specialize in galettes and crepes there wasn't too much to cry about.  We picked the lighter menu which was a galette and a dessert crepe along with a bit of cider.
The heavy menu was two galettes and and a crepe.  After the galette I was extremely tempted to switch to the heavy menu but let my order stand at one.  We both had the paper-thin crispy edged galette oozing with cheese and the center covered with an egg, and Montbeliard sausage in a little line down the side, it turned out to be divine.  We had a bottle of Breton cider which was very dry and an excellent accompaniment to the lunch.
After lunch we walked a few blocks over to an area noted for its little specialty shops for a bit of window shopping.