Month: September 2011

Waterbar Oysterfest 2011

phil September 7, 2011

Some photos from the sold-out Waterbar Oysterfest 2011

I believe these are fried oyster sliders from Farallon?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House-made chinese sausage, oyster on a lettuce leaf by Prospect

 

 

 

 

a white fixie/single speed with a fatted calf sticker was parked outside

 

 

 

Epic roasthouse served a cornmeal-fried oyster with a slice of beef on a chive-buttermilk biscuit topped with.. I don’t remember.  It was delicious though – my favorite bite of food there.

 

 

 

 

the woman in the black shirt was the oyster eating contest winner – 73 in 3 minutes!

 

 

 

 

and there was a feast afterwards – corn, potatoes, shrimp, mussels and clams with half a lobster

 

 

 

 

holy crap this was so good.  trying to remember its contents: a crumby crust with an espresso-chocolate mousse topped with a layer of caramel mousse topped with vanilla whipped cream, caramel corn, and chocolate

 

 

 

 

view of the bay bridge from waterbar

 

 

 

 

 

Doughsplosion

phil September 7, 2011

I tried using dough hooks on a hand mixer with pretty wet dough.  Dough got up into the mixer itself and then, with the help of yeast, expanded into a sticky mess.  I of course opened up the mixer to try to clean it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monterey Bay Aquarium

phil September 6, 2011

 

I was able to make a quick visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium last month.  It was pretty awesome and the staff are super-nice (thanks Casey and everyone else!)

 

Here are a few shots from the Open Sea exhibit and the giant Mola Mola sunfish.