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| Oyster Festival Kuala Lumpur 2015 |
Words past times Huong Tran
Photos past times Monica Tindal (Yum List)
When you lot advert oysters, the running joke ever is “ha-ha it’s an aphrodisiac,” but to an oyster fanatic, “it’s similar kissing the sea.” Many French poets own got as well as then beautifully described the gustatory modality as well as experience that I experience it’s my duty every bit a foodie to detect out more.
I own got ever liked oysters, as well as on those few occasions inwards the twelvemonth when I’m lucky plenty devour them, I detect their silkiness as well as freshness perfect for our local KL weather. However, I am no oyster connoisseur or goodness at distinguishing betwixt a wild or native oyster permit lone rootage as well as taste, but luckily for me, the invitation from Monica to the 2015’s Oyster Festival has opened upwards doors to a greater as well as wider appreciation as well as agreement of oysters.
This twelvemonth marks the kickoff ever Malaysian Oyster Festival (25th Oct until 01 November) - organized as well as hosted past times Southern Rock Seafood as well as its adjoining kitchen eatery – a identify unit of measurement run specialist fishmonger that has been consistently supplying premium oysters to KL’s live on past times restaurants, hotels as well as loyal retail customers for the past times 6 years.
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| Southern Rock Seafood |
I was fortunate to pick the encephalon of Melvin, the ops manager as well as Josh, i of the directors as well as founders - both die-hard oyster enthusiasts. They were total of answers to my questions, but had also prepared an educational tasting guide was real useful for reference. Just similar white wine, at that spot are characteristics alongside a publish scale organisation to stair out flavour, saltiness, sweetness as well as umami. How funny, “umami” is a Japanese give-and-take touchstone the essence of deliciousness!
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| Oyster Tasting Guide |
October was a cracking calendar month to agree the festival, every bit it is the in-between calendar month where you lot tin relish both the northern (English, Irish, Scotland, Dutch, as well as French) as well as southern hemisphere oysters (Australian / NZ). So lucky for me - a whole plate total of 12 varieties!
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| Twelve Oyster Varieties |
And this is possibly the easiest means to gustatory modality as well as differentiate the many varieties - business them upwards inwards i become as well as swallow them “naked.” That’s a term when you lot don’t pose whatever toppings on your oyster – to actually appreciate the honest flavour. Like vino or cheese, it’s actually a personal preference. Yes, you lot for certain 100% tin gustatory modality as well as experience the difference. Besides from the vanquish looking dissimilar or beingness dissimilar inwards size, it’s similar perfume - each oyster multifariousness has its ain odor as well as real distinct gustatory modality as well as juice. That’s why the prices attain too: from RM80 to RM168 for a dozen alongside the Irish Gaelic oysters beingness the close expensive.
My favorite oyster is the Irish Gaelic Tagheanna Bay Oyster. It’s only velvety, creamy, as well as real umami – my novel give-and-take for “very delicious”. Paired alongside a chilled Strongbow cider, it’s a wonderful match.
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| Close Up on the Oysters |
So inwards a ii hr tasting session I’ve learnt an abundance of novel facts. I tin tell it’s a niggling briny (aka salty), or endeavor to depict the odor every bit sea-weedy or sandy shores. Then of course of instruction there’s the torso as well as texture of the oyster (eg plump, firm, woody) as well as its complete as well as afterwards taste. Never volition I accept an oyster for granted again!
To terminate the afternoon a friendly shuck-off rival was held where contestants shuck (oyster term to opened upwards the vanquish as well as detach the meat) 12 oysters as well as acquaint it dorsum on the iced plate inwards a pretty manner. The winner is based on fastest fourth dimension as well as also character of shuck. What science precision as well as speed these shucklers operate at! I am impressed as well as thankful that I gild my oysters opened as well as ready to slurp.
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| The Great Shuck Off! |
But if you lot missed the Festival, it’s ok because drum rolls... This is exactly the soft launch for the big final result which is to hap adjacent Apr for the 2016 Malaysian Oyster Championship – as well as then bookmark your calendars to scout approximately serious shuck-off as well as develop for adjacent year’s oyster tasting extravaganza.
Today is the terminal twenty-four hr menstruum of this year’s oyster festival as well as then caput on over to i of the Shucked Oyster Bars or to Southern Rock Seafood to acquire your gustatory modality of the sea.
Reasons to visit: perhaps the widest alternative of oysters inwards the city, a lead chances to sample 12 dissimilar types of oysters as well as a handy guide to accept you lot through the tasting of each one, as well as think to bookmark Apr 2016 for the Grand Oyster Festival.
Southern Rock Seafood
34 Jalan Kemuja
59000 Bangsar
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
+6 03 2856 2016
www.southernrockseafood.com
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