The Quintessence of Ham

Black­salt nor­mally car­ries three kinds of oys­ters at three dif­fer­ent prices. Chesa­peakes are the cheap­est and not so great, but the annoy­ingly named “bou­tique” and “pre­mium” oys­ters are sig­nif­i­cantly bet­ter. Unfor­tu­nately, Black­salt only offers a happy hour dis­count on the Chesapeakes.

Fish is hon­est and fresh, though not ter­ri­bly excit­ing. Seems to me that the ideal meal here involves a few dozen oys­ters, a Cham­pagne cock­tail for Sarah (“I thought only hook­ers drank those things”), a soup, and a bot­tle of Mus­cadet. Then again, that’s pretty much an ideal meal any­where, espe­cially if you find your­self in Can­cale.

Most of Blacksalt’s more inter­est­ing seafood seems to be in their retail case rather than on the menu. After your oys­ters, take home some­thing nice to pan roast later.