Oyster Shmoyster in Toronto

I can't write a post about lobster and then forget to tell you about Rodney's Oyster House in Toronto. It's been well over two years since I was there, but the memory lingers on. I do love my oysters...

Rodney's is a paradise designed especially for me and my bottomless gullet.

You walk in through a sober enough entrance: it's candle lit, with mariner's memorabilia all over the place, a huge tub of live crab and lobster on display and a gentleman's club-style horse-shoe bar where you sit and drink stout, or champagne, and in front of you are racks upon racks of crates filled with oysters from all over Canada and America; nova scotia tumthamps, british columbia flat oysters and prince edward island rock oysters. Point at the ones you want, and the number you want and the staff will prepare an ice platter for you, with lemon, fresh grated horseradish, seaweed salad and shallot vinegar and serve it up at the bar. They also do clam chowder, roast scallops on soda bread, pickled swedish herring on rye bread, and spicy vongole soup. To die for.... We had 12 oysters, and the herring and some prosecco and it came to about £23, and sat in the 26 degree evening sun (!!!) watching Torontonians go by...

Rodney's Oyster House
469 King Street West.
Toronto