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...Everything on the menu is heritage, farm-raised, grass-fed or line-caught, with an impressive selection of oysters and raw seafood....
...Instead, I was delighted to find a range of dishes that could tempt me away from the meat and seafood....
...restaurant and takeaway, serves local produce such as oysters, prawns and crab tarts....
...Housed on the top floor of the 18th-century Grade II listed former courthouse, the bright and airy dining room is set amid grand arched windows, sage green walls and crumbling pink plaster, lending an air...
...I was brought up in Le Pouldu, a tiny fishing port that is a thriving holiday area. It’s still unspoilt and beautiful....
...Seafood is a speciality: the bar has the longest oyster list in London and a sparkling wine list to match, including a particularly good edit of grower champagnes....
...Organic pressed juices, a frozen-yoghurt station and a coffee bar worthy of Italy round this out....
...Last year it fielded an unexpected demand for seafood imports, said Linh Le, marketing manager....
...Clyburn goes for the “Seafood Tower”, a platter of oysters, shrimp and lobster tail. I gladly accept the invitation for another round. “Are you sure we can’t tempt you?” I ask Clyburn....
...Arriving in the depths of winter also meant you could get into the best tapas bars, such as the legendary La Tana — a favourite of Anthony Bourdain — and nibble Jamón de Trevélez, swallow Algeciras oysters...
...But tourism is increasing steadily and the bounty — olive oil, seafood, wine — is top-grade....
...A fixture near America’s shopping centres, Ruby Tuesday — whose menu runs the gamut of steaks, seafood, burgers and salad bars — has seen its fortune hit by a confluence of trends, including falling mall...
...Once inside, a vast wooden bar takes pride of place, complete with an octopus painted at its centre....
...You won’t find the majesty of Marseille’s Vieux Port in this robust little fishing port, nor the diaphanous splendour of La Serenissima – even though Sète, an island town floating at the apex of the Gulf...
...The skipper of our 60ft ketch, Colona II, is Freddy Storheil, a 69-year-old Norwegian....
...Behind the bar is a list of the shellfish that constitute the seafood platter, including British prawns, Whitstable and West Mersea oysters, mussels, clams and winkles....
...The Oyster Bar too, I must say, still seems to be trying its best to keep the grand old station buffet alive in New York. ftweekendmagazine@ft.com...
...On the other side of the World Expo Center, rows of faux European buildings house upmarket restaurants and bars....
...The menu features creative takes on the Cape’s seafood bounty – oysters, sea bass, halibut – and the robust meat dishes that a day on the green demands....
...After a seafood meal with friends, diner Mary Ann Hatter says: “I feel like I ate my last shrimp for a long time.”...
...Where to drink: La Caravelle (34 Quai du Port) is a jazz bar upstairs in the Hotel Belle-Vue on the Vieux Port....
...Today Le Pouldu is a hectic resort full of surf clubs, bars and holiday homes....
...The following month, Batali will open John Dory in Manhattan, offering simple English seafood, chowders, raw and cooked oysters and clams. Batali has a thing for clams, it seems....
...Deep-fried local Helvick Point oysters with hollandaise; a luscious seafood chowder; hake with an apple and celeriac remoulade; and half a dozen plump scallops from west Cork with spinach and saffron sauce...
...I delved into Käringön’s nooks and crannies and ended up at the tiny Käringö oyster bar, which seems to bear the gold standard in defying those old hardships....
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