Local Dishes

1. Krampouezh

   Crêpe

   Usage

   Brittany's best-known thin pancake; "krampouezh" is the general word, one crêpe is a krampouezhenn

   Grammar Note

   A feminine noun; the ending -enn makes the single form, krampouezhenn

2. Ur grampouezhenn-sall, mar plij

   A savoury crêpe, please

   Usage

   Order a savoury crêpe with ham, cheese or egg at a crêperie

   Grammar Note

   "krampouezhenn" is feminine, so k softens to g after "ur"; "sall" means salty (composed)

3. Krampouezh gwinizh-du

   Buckwheat crêpe

   Usage

   The dark buckwheat batter used for savoury crêpes, as opposed to sweet wheat ones

   Grammar Note

   "gwinizh" is wheat and "du" black: buckwheat is "black wheat" (composed)

4. Kaletez

   Buckwheat galette

   Usage

   A name for the savoury buckwheat pancake, used mainly in eastern Brittany

   Grammar Note

   The form written as-is on menus and signs

5. Kaletez gant silzig

   Galette-saucisse

   Usage

   A grilled sausage wrapped in a buckwheat galette, a staple of eastern markets and street stalls

   Grammar Note

   "gant" means with; "silzig" is a feminine noun, sausage

6. Kig-ha-farz

   Kig ha farz (meat and buckwheat dumpling stew)

   Usage

   A stew from northern Finistère: meat and vegetables served with a steamed dough cooked in a cloth bag

   Grammar Note

   "ha" means "and" between kig (meat) and farz; the dish name is a fixed hyphenated form

7. Farz forn

   Far breton (baked prune custard cake)

   Usage

   A baked cake, often with prunes, and a classic Breton dessert

   Grammar Note

   "forn" means oven: a farz baked in the oven

8. Kaoteriad

   Cotriade (Breton fish stew)

   Usage

   A fishermen's stew of fish and vegetables

   Grammar Note

   The form written as-is on menus and signs

9. Anduilh ar Gemene

   Andouille de Guémené (tripe sausage)

   Usage

   A smoked pork-tripe sausage named after Guémené in Morbihan, usually eaten cold

   Grammar Note

   "anduilh" is tripe sausage; "ar" is the article, followed by Gemene, the place of origin

10. Ognon Rosko

    Roscoff pink onion

    Usage

    A slightly pink onion grown around Roscoff

    Grammar Note

    "ognon" is a feminine noun; the place name simply follows it

11. Krogenn-Sant-Jakez

    Scallop (coquille Saint-Jacques)

    Usage

    A Breton seafood favourite; the Bay of Saint-Brieuc is famous for it

    Grammar Note

    Literally "Saint James's shell"

12. Legestr

    Lobster

    Usage

    A prized shellfish caught off the Breton coast

    Grammar Note

    A masculine noun; "It is a lobster" is Ul legestr eo

13. Istr

    Oyster

    Usage

    A speciality of Breton shores such as Cancale

    Grammar Note

    A feminine noun; it is also used for oysters in general

14. Sardin

    Sardine

    Usage

    A traditional fish of the southern Breton fishing ports

    Grammar Note

    A feminine noun, spelled much like the French word

15. Amann sall

    Salted butter

    Usage

    Salted butter is the norm in Brittany, used on crêpes and in cakes

    Grammar Note

    The adjective "sall" follows the noun "amann"

16. Ur grampouezhenn-sall ha ur banne sistr, mar plij

    A savoury crêpe and a glass of cider, please

    Usage

    The classic crêperie pairing: order the crêpe and the cider together

    Grammar Note

    Two orders are joined by "ha" (and); composed from attested parts

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