Sunday, February 13, 2011

Old friends and Oysters at The Auld Spot

I'm currently typing this review to Arcade Fire in the background as they just won the Grammy for Album of the Year... vas-y Montreal!  Give it up Lauren!  My conoisseur of all things oyster, we met at The Auld Spot for a few pints to rehash romance gone awry ironically over one of the world's greatest aphrodisiacs: oysters.  Lauren picked the east coast Raspberry points as we soaked them in lemon and freshly grated horseradish with a dash of tabasco of course.  The aftertaste is sweet and fresh and lent itself nicely to the contrast of our next order of heavily seasoned hand-cut fries.  At $2.50 an oyster, for a dozen we ended up grazing gourmet a la neighbourhood gastro pub.  Many other shmancy offerings include musself in white wine sauce and specials of sweet potato croquettes.  Cheers to a great girls night as  We're Ready To Start the week....

Raspberry Point Oysters.. mmmmmmm

Hand-cut Fries... mmmmmm

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