West Coast oysters in Philly?
Just got back from visiting family in San Francisco, where lifepartner and I had some painfully delicious Nootka Sound oysters (from British Columbia) at the Zuni Cafe (we have their cookbook. Incidentally, the famous burger was excellent, but not truly mindblowing, can't-go-there-without-ordering-it good. We judged it a 7.5 - 8 out of 10).
Are there good raw bars in town likely to have these, or Stellar Bays, Hog Islands, other west-coast favorites? We want to eat them.
By GDSwamp
on Sep 25, 2007 11:54 AM
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Sansom St. Oyster House usually has several West Coast oyster options.
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Also, Oceanaire supposedly has a nice raw bar. i'd be surprised if they didn't have at least one variety of WCO's.
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I was there yesterday for dinner. They have more west coast oysters than east coast. I got the 1/2 dozen Washington State Oysters (forget the name). It was okay. However, one of them wasn't fresh: it had a really fishy stale taste to it with a pretty yucky, smooshy texture...yuck: I had to spit it out.
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hmm. that's not promising.
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I've eaten at SSOH many, many times and have never had a bad oyster. Of course, it can happen, but it's never happened to me, there.
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Ok, reassured.
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I had some delicious Kumamoto oysters a few weeks ago at Coquette.
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Coquette
5th and Bainbridge Sts, Philadelphia, PA
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Hmmmm...makes sense as the same fellow owns coquette as Sansom St. Oyster House.
A bit OT, but what did you think about Coquette? Sounds darn nice.
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We've been to Coquette 3x since it opened. It will not disappoint. We're looking forward to the bar opening...I believe it will be the beginning of Oct.
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Devon Seafood, Rittenhouse Square always has a few choices from various locations on their menu.
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