Month: November 2015

What does late Fall mean?

A couple of things. It means Winter is almost here, whatever that means to you (some are joyful, others despondent).  Cold water makes for flavourful seafood, but unpleasant commuting.  And pity the fishermen. We see the arrival of the Red King Crab from the Bering Sea.  Available both by reservation and free agency, if you’re…

Wine Dinner #2, and a nice Xmas Gift…

One Monday November 23 we will be hosting our 2nd Wine Dinner, with wines from Terras Gauda in northwest Spain. Trialto rep Ben Hodson will pour expressions of Albarino, as well as a rare indigenous varietal called Caino Branco.  Tickets are available by clicking the link here. $140 plus taxes and eventbrite fees gets you…

THE RED KING CRAB HAS ARRIVED

THE RED KING CRAB AT THE OYSTER HOUSE November 9, 2015 The King Crab travels across the Ocean floor on slow, quiet feet. So quiet that we only just found out that the first crabs of the Season are arriving tomorrow!  The Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus, aka Kamchatka Crab, for those that remember playing…