The annual Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival
will soon be underway and the local restaurants are throwing all their weight into the festivities with mouth-watering specials for all you oyster lovers out there.
2008 Tabasco Oyster Hotspot Specials
34 Degrees South
8 cocktail coastal oysters for R34.
Anchorage Restaurant
6 Medium cultivated oysters and a glass of Boland Rosé for R36 or 6 oven-baked oysters dipped in sherry and parmesan cheese with a pastry topping plus a glass of Louisvale Unwooded Chardonnay for R48.
The Bell at Belvidere Manor
Oyster omelette with smoked salmon, crème fraiche and spiced tomato salad for R35.
Canyans Restaurant
6 Medium cultivated oysters, 6 Queen prawns with Island cocktail dressing on a bed of crispy lettuce R60.
Casa de Galinha
Oysters Mornay – oysters in their shells topped with a piquant sauce and Cheddar cheese, baked under the grill for R9 each or freshly shucked naked oysters for R6 each or ginger, soy and lime topped oysters for R9 each.
Cruise Café
6 naked cultivated oysters – teased with a Bloody Mary gazpacho shot for R50.
Del Gusto
Medium cultivated oysters served the Del Gusto way for R8 each.
De Oude Fabriek Restaurant
Medium cultivated oysters – au natural for R6 each or oysters with a spicy Indian salsa for R7 each.
Dry Dock Food Co.
Medium cultivated oysters for R9 each.
Firefly Eatinghouse
Little Firefly Eating House oyster dumplings with a fragrant tamarind mustard and a citrus and juniper berry chutney for R38.
Knysna Oyster Co.
12 Medium cultivated cooked oysters with a glass of bubbly for R150.
Limani Blue
Medium cultivated oysters au natural for R6 each or oysters with spicy Limani salsa for R8 each.
Longbarn Tavern
6 Medium cultivated oysters plus a glass of Beachhouse Sauvignon Blanc for R45 or 6 Medium oysters wrapped in smoked salmon with crème fraiche and dill plus a glass of bubbly for R65.
Nauticus Restaurant
Medium cultivated oysters for R5.50 each or 6 oysters crumbed, deep-fried and served in a shell with cream cheese for R55. 8 Medium cultivated oysters pan fried in olive oil, garlic, sherry and cream served on a savoury wild rice for R99.
O’Pescador
6 Medium cultivated oysters and a glass of white wine forR33.50 or cultivated oysters, au natural, with Tabasco and ground pepper for R6-00 each.
Paquita’s
6 medium cultivated oysters for R48 or Kumumoto pan-fried Oysters for R60.
Simola Hotel & Spa
6 Medium cultivated oysters au natural for R4.50 each.
Seafood Safari
Oysters sushi – “Massive Maki Oyster Mayhem”, plate of sushi containing 4 fresh oysters (marinated in chilli sauce, lemon & pepper), 10 maki roll pieces with pickled ginger, wasabi, soy sauce and disposable chopsticks for R45.
Sirocco
Sirocco Duo Trio, 3 medium cultivated oysters, 1 with tomato salsa, 1 vodka chutney and 1 with mango coriander salsa, combined with 3 types of fish – chilli-paprika hake, lemon-garlic catch and Asian influenced salmon, with coriander couscous for R130. Sirocco Pearls – 6 Knysna cultivated oysters with vodka chutney for R65.
St James
Oysters and crushed peach schnapps ice for R8 each or oyster thermador for R8 each.
Tempura oyster with ginger & oyster sauce reduction, topped with sweet pepper spaghetti for R8 each or oysters with homemade lemon & lime sorbet for R8 each.
Watermill Oyster and Sushi Bar
6 medium oysters for R30 or 12 medium oysters for R55.
Zachary’s at Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa
Enjoy a glass of Krone Cap Classique with half a dozen Knysna oysters for R98.
Medium cultivated oysters for R5 each or 6 medium oysters with a glass bubbly forR50.