For Valentine’s Day, we hopped down to Chinatown to pick up some fresh seafood (we both love seafood) and for me, I like seafood as simple as possible. The Virginia oysters were shucked (shucking is harder than it looks when you’re not well practiced) and slurped up with a raspberry mignonette.
We’re not big drinkers so we did our “cheers” with oysters.
Our Steamers were steamed with shallots and nothing else. The amazing flavor is there; you don’t need much.
These happened to be the meatiest steamers I’ve ever had. Each one filled the shell to the very brim.
Just in case you haven’t eaten steamers before, make sure to pull away that black skin. You want to get the grey stuff that goes around the rim and then pull the skin off the neck.
MMM… Hope you all had a yummy V-day too!
That is my kind of Valentines Day celebration. Wonderful pictures of some super fresh oysters. Well done, Jessica.
i’ve never had oysters 🙂
Thanks Phil! Hope you had a delicious one as well.
Pearl sweetie! How could a pearl miss out on oysters? If I were in CA, I’d remedy this myself.
Jessica,
Thanks for visiting. I just broiled some oysters last week. Yes, they are hard to shuck, but I found it was much easier shucking with an oyster knife than with a screwdriver which I tried the last time! Your meal looks splendid. I’ve never had steamers but it looks like I’d love them. Thanks for the tip about the black skin.
Joie de vivre, we had an oyster shucker this time but we had to open clams with a butter knife about a week ago…haha.
i tried oysters recently. Must confess I couldn’t stomach the taste. But will definitely give them another shot
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