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Dining Out: You Need To Shuck This Oyster!

By Alan Serinsky of Bocaire group has done a fabulous job here blending the outside This preparation came with nicely whipped potatoes,
Country Club. Hungry Al’s love with the inside. Either place you dine, you’re never too green beans, and small heirloom tomatoes with a balsamic
for food started very young. far to feel the energy of Delray’s sidewalks. drizzle. This is a great dish for those who like something
Never satisfied with his Mom’s The huge linear bar serves as a great place to meet and besides such standards as snapper, cod or flounder.
dishes, he started to cook his greet, and generates that Cheers type of vibe. Brick and From The Dessert Cart: You might imagine by now
way through her “Betty Crocker dark tavern wood accent the entirety of the premises, and that our inflated stomachs were longing for a pin pop.
Cookbook.” During the years there are enough tables and booths to accommodate any But as true food warriors we progressed forward with
to follow he spent many hours seating preferences. a dessert selection. Of course, we could have gone the
working in restaurants, both as server and cook, attending Prime Your Tastebuds: Ok … you’re sitting at City simple and common direction with Creme Brûlée or Key
cooking classes and traveling the world in an effort to expand Oyster, wondering how to start off your meal. Well this no- Lime Pie. But no, we aim to achieve lofty expectations.
his palette. As a professional writer, Hungry Al offers his brainer didn’t name its restaurant without reason. So, Hungry The gluttonous choice was the City’s Pecan Pie In a Glass
perspective on current food trends and guides you through D and myself ordered up a selection of oysters to fulfill our For Two ($15). We motored the best we could through
your local restaurant options. obligation. Wow … they certainly lived up to their name. Our this mega-sized mason jar of Pecan Pie, Salted Caramel,
selection consisted of Prince Edward Island that consisted of Vanilla Bean Gelato, Pecan Brittle and whipped cream
City Oyster & Sushi Bar Barahois, Cookes County and Fire Lake that delivered the topping. Enough said!
213 East Atlantic Ave. sliver of ocean sea in every bite. Don’t hesitate to get your Check Please: It was nice to be back on the “Avenue,”
Delray Beach, FL 33484 feet wet with these delicacies. revisiting my favorite lunch haunt only to discover that its
(561) 272-0220 And since City Oyster has sushi in its title, I went ahead dinners were the pearl-of-the oyster. Don’t second guess
to see if they live up to my standards of quality sushi. Since this longtime resident restaurant for
Food For Thought: I’ve worked in Delray for over 20 I have experienced a true Omakase, I set the bar high that hopes of deeper seas offering more
years and I can’t tell you how many times I had business judges any sushi to follow. My order of a basic Rainbow satisfying catches. This “City” is a
lunch meetings at City Oyster on the Avenue. If they Roll was enough to make a determination that the City is trophy winner that won’t disappoint.
had given out loyalty reward points, I would be eating keeping its caliber of quality high. No wonder sushi makes As good fishermen, we couldn’t catch
there for months free. But with that many lunches under up 50 percent of their sales, according to our waiter. and release without giving City Oyster
my belt you would think I would have returned to enjoy Hungry D started her evening with a Tomato and Burrata & Sushi Bar four golden oyster pearls.
one of their wonderful dinners. Sadly, I can’t recall ever Salad, which was wonderfully creamy, and its perfect texture
having dinner there. throughout justified its addition of sweet heirloom tomatoes.
So, in an effort to rid my guilt of not returning to City Straight From The Kitchen: Hungry D is very
Oyster in several years, even for lunches, I decided this predictable. Since she is a non-meat eater, it’s always going
visit was long overdue. And, to my surprise, the dinner to be a fish entree. It’s the usual salmon selection that
was even better than my lunches. fulfills her seafood desires. Fortunately, the salmon won the
It’s also been interesting to see that City Oyster had swimming match with a pecan-crusted organic filet. This
added a Sushi Bar both to its blueprint and name. But this is delicately perched on a Green Romanesco sauce, with
is not the type of bar where you pull up a chair and carry charred cauliflower and Jimmy Nardello peppers. You salmon
on a conversation with the chef. It’s basically a designated lovers will enjoy this generous winner.
spot for the chef to roll its sushi and slice its sashimi. These Hungry Al chose to go a different route with City’s fish
additional offerings are now becoming more common in special. There was something intriguing about a fish I’m not
many popular restaurants. totally familiar with. Probably because you don’t see it on
First Impressions: City Oyster’s interiors have many a menu often. Tonight’s special was a Golden Tilefish with
memories for me. It was only 25 years ago that I actually a bruschetta topping. For those of you who don’t know this
sat inside this same location and listened to Livingston particular species of fish, it’s mostly found off the Nova
Taylor play a live performance. Unfortunately, times have Scotia coast and has a delicate sweet taste, like crab or lobster.
changed and so has the ownership. The Big City restaurant I found its texture and taste to be much like monkfish.

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