Utee probably has had oysters in France and maybe a more refined pallette than mine. I didn't find them exceptional, nor were they bad at all, very good, but tasted like oysters, to me.
We stayed with a couple in Brittany a while back and went to a dock one day to get them. Beautiful weather that day so we had them on their deck which overlooks the ocean with a couple bottles of something good, maybe I was more interested in the wines.
My wife is really taken with Brittany, I'm less so, I prefer Provence.