Exotic delicatessens Pays De La Loire

Behind the new Leclerc Drive, or Hyperburo, the new address for exotic and Asian products in Le Mans is here. At attractive prices (lower than supermarket prices). Chillies, bean sprouts, flours, teas, cookies, drinks, rice, sauces, nori leaves and many other products are available on the shelves. But the most impressive is the frozen food section, with lots of fish, but also desserts, smoked meat, samousas and Reunion corks. The products come mainly from Asia, but also from Africa and the West Indies. The sales area is around 300^m2, enough to add a touch of the exotic to your dishes so that your guests won't be able to resist, and to whom you'll be happy to pass on the address. The young owner Xin Lin is very friendly and it's not uncommon to hear Ni hao, which undeniably adds to the exoticism of this store. And if the northern zone doesn't tempt you, there's the same in the city center!

Guillaume, of Zairean origin, welcomes you with kindness and simplicity to his cosmopolitan store. Made up of two rooms, the second, at the back, houses the African grocery store. Don't be fooled by its modest size, there are plenty of products for concocting exotic dishes. It's a godsend to be able to stock up on cassava, yams, plantains, attiéké (cassava semolina) and dried fish right in the center of town. You can also stock up on rice (perfumed, long, broken once or broken twice), frozen fish and meat, peanut and cocoa spreads, African beer (Flag) and sodas, spices... In the first room, you'll find DVDs and hairdressing accessories (highlights, weaving, hair care products, relaxers, hairpieces...). Not sure what to choose? Don't worry, we'll be happy to advise you. Some people also come here with friends to chat and enjoy local video clips. Finally, for Bollywood fans, this friendly boutique has a vast selection of Indian films.

At Comptoir d'Asie, you'll find absolutely everything you need to cook exotic meals. You'll find fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as a wide variety of frozen foods (fish, egg rolls, gyozas...). You'll also find all the must-have sauces (from soy sauce to oyster sauce), noodles, spices, drinks, bags of rice from 1 to 25 kg... Outside food, you'll find cosmetics, kitchen utensils, tableware and much more. An address to remember.

In the middle of the dynamic Jean-Jacques-Rousseau street, the Atlas food, open 7 days a day and late in the evening, is among the right addresses to get supplies of last-minute ingredients. Traditional groceries, including a varied choice of oriental specialities (from the Maghreb jusuqu'in the Middle East), basic food products, fresh bread… There is also a selection of crafts such as lamps, hookahs, tajine dishes or slippers, also a wellness radius with cosmetic treatments and the entire world of the hammam: black soap, aleppo soap, essential huilles, henna, etc.

At the end of St. Gildas's point, facing the parking and the dike, in this small gallery adjoining the hotel, there is a bar, a boutique of marine-oriented clothing, and this grocery store of Basque, Spanish and Portuguese specialities. An address that you don't necessarily expect to find here, so close to the sea. Full of exoticism, this grocery store offers good things, all Basque products. Specialties of cured: sausages, sausage, ham, also numerous preserves, tapas, olives, tuna preparation, axoa, octopus, olive oil, spices… Ask, the boss prepares baskets with sets, for yourself or to offer, and especially beautiful plateaux plateaus to taste between friends or better, in entry. And around Préfailles, he delivers to you! An address to discover.

A former baker who spent twenty years in the bank, Guy Bouvet well deserved his nickname: " The Italian on the rue des Déportés ", report to the delicious dishes that this friendly craftsman sells and prepares since 1992 in a Casa that cannot leave any indifferent palate… We think of pizza, necessarily, but also of filled lasagna, triangolis (triangular ravioli, you guessed), fresh pasta, brioches… Not forgetting all products coming from the country: hams of Parma and San Daniele, salami of Abbruze and Brianzolini, mozarella milk, tiramisu, bottles of marsala and Chianti… So many wonders and sweets that the chef likes to praise while he is cutting them and wrapping them up with a slow pace of another age (pressed, abstain!) and a quasi-religious respect…