One last hurrah at Table 49!! Before we are painted as Danny Meyer groupies, I must point out that our late night dinner at Gramercy Tavern mere hours earlier was purely an impromptu idea given our location and the late hour. I will confess, however, that we did plan for our final lunch to be at Union Square…
Oysters
Oysters: O Ya***
An oyster at O Ya is not going to be served my favorite way – with a tiny squeeze of lemon. Rather the oysters are more tricked out than I like. The better of the two is the Kumamoto oyster with watermelon pearls and cucumber mignonette. It is a very refreshing take on the oyster and a fun…
Paris: Huitrerie Régis
Final takedown of the trip. This did not even come close of rising to the level of David Toutain or L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon but instead was just disappointing. It is interesting that our three disappointments this trip were places we had been to in the past. Huitrerie Régis is a tiny oyster place in the 6th that…
Oysters: Huitrerie Régis*1/2
Huitrerie Régis in Paris was a pretty big disappointment during our October 2015 trip. There is a dozen oysters per person minimum and we sampled a dozen Speciales de Claires (Nº2), six Speciales de Claires (Nº3) and six Fines de Claires (Nº2). The oysters were large and briny like a good oyster should be but the…
Oysters: Legal Seafood Chestnut Hill*****
We have eaten oysters from all over the world and, at the end of the day, New England oysters are our very favorites with Massachusetts coming out on top. Living in Boston we have eaten plenty of Massachusetts oysters from every oyster house in town. The best? Obviously it is subjective but our winner is…