Oyster Dinner at Mine Oyster, Boothbay Harbor, 6:30 Wednesday Night

Jul 08, 2013

On Wednesday I’ll be at Mine Oyster, one of my all-time favorite oyster eateries, for its second annual oyster extravaganza. This one will celebrate the briny bivalve of Maine in all its glories, or six courses of them, anyway. We’ll try Nonesuches and Taunton Bays and Winter Points and, of course, Pemaquids and Glidden Points, Boothbay’s home oysters. The wines, as usual, will be spot-on. Here’s the menu:

Champaign and oysters in the lounge – Glidden Point Cocktails and other flavorful surprises

JEAN-FRANCOIS MERIEAU BULLES Or Dogfish Head 60 minute I.P.A

1st Course

Ultimate Maine Experience

(2 ea – Glidden Point select, Pemaquid select, Nonesuch cocktail, Taunton Bay, Casco Bay and Winter Point)

Served with the following designer Mignonettes from WaldoStone Farm (Blueberry lemon, Sesame Ginger, Champagne Tarragon and Seaweed Cucumber) DOMAINE DE LA FRUITIERE MUSCADET DE SÈVRE ET MAINE CUVÉE PETIT M

2nd Course

Mine Oyster Fruit Sushi

Served with Chilled Sake

3rd Course

3 Wood Fire Roasted Glidden Point selects – (butter, fresh herbs and fennel )

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Pallet Cleanser

Single Glidden select, ice cold with passion fruit pearls with champagne, strawberry vinaigrette

Served with a 633 (Hoppy Boothbay Craft Brewery Beer)

4th Course

Oyster Stew – Made at the table

GRAMONA GESSAMI

5th Course

Petite garden with house smoked oysters with citrus vinaigrette

DOMAINE LAFAGE MIRAFLORS ROSÉ

6th Course

Fried Oysters – Deep fried Maine Oysters (shucked here at Mine Oyster) served in their shell with cocktail sauce LES VIGNERONS D’ESTÉZARGUES ANDEZON CÔTES DU RHÔNE

7th Course

Desert buffet in the lounge

More bubbly

A bargain, a blowout, and truly one of America’s most intense oyster evenings of the year. Hope to see everyone there!

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