The Crown Prince of France
Chapter 1443

The Grandest Dinner

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"Captain Jacques?" Joseph fiddled with the grill and answered casually, "You've seen Pirates of the Caribbean?"

Luo An nodded hard. "I have, of course I have! Three times! I swear, it's definitely the most interesting play I've ever seen!"

What he was too embarrassed to say was that his father had also been inspired by Captain Jacques's deeds back then, and that was why he had finally decided to board a ship for the Caribbean.

It was said that a round trip could bring in at least 450 francs, and if they detoured to New Orleans on the way, that would be nearly 600 francs!

Soon, the fragrance of garlic barnacles spread across the beach.

Eman elegantly placed two portions of grilled barnacles in front of Luo An and his sister.

The two children had eaten barnacles since they were little, but they had never imagined the things could be cooked to smell this delicious.

Only after Queen Mary smiled and urged him to try some did Luo An, stiff with restraint, use the tip of his fork to pick out a piece of barnacle meat and put it into his mouth.

The garlic fragrance mingled with a rich, sweet freshness and rushed straight to his head in an instant. It was so delicious he nearly bit his own tongue.

Yes, before grilled barnacles, even oysters could only avoid their sharp edge.

Luo An kept signaling to his sister with his eyes, and the two children forgot their nerves in an instant, sweeping the barnacles in front of them clean in one whirl.

Eman then brought them grilled octopus with chili pepper.

Luo An and his sister never could have imagined that on White Beach in Brest, they would enjoy the finest banquet of Versailles Palace, along with service from

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