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…
Continue reading ...Lobster prices are going up. A lot. We’ve held ours at $23/lb for a couple of years now, but with the latest catch coming out of the Bay of Fundy, we’ve had to raise them. $30 a pound. Ouch. The problem is that at the moment they are not catching any lobsters. October 14th saw…
Continue reading ...…But we’ll be back again Oysterin’ up the City on Tuesday October 13th at 11:30 AM. Happy Thanksgiving. -The Crew
Continue reading ...The House will be closed on Monday, October 12th so the Crew can spend time being thankful. We’ll be back again on Tuesday at 11:30 am sharp! World Shucking Championships update – Eamon Clark placed third at this year’s event (top 3 two years in a row, but the Winner’s Plate still proving elusive under…
Continue reading ...One of the nicest Oysters we see all year is the Lameque, coming from Miscou in NE New Brunswick. The larger body of water is the Baie de Chaleur (Bay of Heat, ahh), but in fact, the Lameque oyster is about as cold-water as an oyster can get. Any colder, and the oyster cannot reproduce,…
Continue reading ...The competitive shucking season is coming to a close. The last real item on the calendar is the World Oyster Opening Championships, which happens in Galway Ireland each September. In what has become an annual trip, local boy Eamon Clark will be making the journey for a 7th time to represent the Oyster House, the…
Continue reading ...Air’s cooling down, not cold, but maybe you think about bringing a sweater if you’re out of the House late … Late August is always depressing, because those first cooler days mean that the warm nights, shorts-and-tshirt weather, will soon be over for another year. For those of you who send others to school, there may be an…
Continue reading ...We’re closed August 3. That’s a Monday. “Civic Holiday.” Unimaginatively named. As we slip into High Summer, we start to see “Spat,” that reproductive character, come onto our Oysters. Spat gives an Oyster a softer and creamier texture, and a slightly nutty finish. Nothing inherently wrong with it (in fact, some of our customers love…
Continue reading ...Sunday, July 19th, starting at 2pm beside the Oyster House (469 King S. W). BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE: (CLICK ME TO LINK TO EVENTBRITE) Yeah!
Continue reading ...As the Latins said, “Carpe Shuck’em!” Loosely translated, it means “Hold and open,” and was used as a shouted toast before serious, orgy-level drinking began (“Hold” the amphora, and “Open” your mouth). On July 19th, we’re taking “Carpe Shuck’em” to the next level, with the 27th annual Ontario Oyster Festival and George Carr Pre-memorial Southern…
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