Moules-Frites - Eatin' mess

Ingredients

• 2kgs mussels
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 tbs butter
• 2 eshallots, finely diced
• 1 glove garlic, crushed
• 1 spring of thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
• 1 leek, cut into matchsticks
• Oil for shallow frying
• 5 medium potatoes (get any potato that is good for roasting or chips)
• 1 tbs salt
• 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup plain flour