This dish consisted of six grilled oysters on the half shell, three with miso shallot butter and three with seaweed butter. They each sat atop a piece of grilled sourdough house bread. I wasn't sure whether to shoot the buttered oysters and use the bread afterwards as a foil, or whether to pour the contents of the half shell onto the bread and eat it that way. I took the first option, and it was just delicious. The seaweed butter ones were good, but the miso shallot ones were the bomb. My friend and I enjoyed these, along with a dozen raw oysters that were really fresh, with a bottle of California rosé wine that was nicely dry with some fruit both in the nose and in the taste; I'd say strawberry and peach, but in a slightly under ripe way. It was Hogwash from Oakville, 2019. Rosé wine is popular in France with oysters which is why my friend, who has lived in France, recommended it.
Location: Redlands Oyster Cult, 16 E State Street, Redlands, California. Date: June 26, 2021.
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Joe Governale
6/29/2021 06:22:26 pm
I'm the friend that brought chef Roland to this place as I've been there before and was very impressed. I normally don't go to eat at restaurants alone but I'm going to be making many exceptions in this case.
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