BP Oysterette in Santa Monica
This is a Linh. Well actually it isn’t Linh because Linh won’t let me take a picture of her in a “pissed” pose so it is actually a picture of a bunch of fish but pretend it is Linh and pretend she looks pissed. Linh is pissed (or would be if she really cared and wasn’t actually a pile of dead fish) because I told her we would try the new Oyster Place in Santa Monica but instead I went with someone else. Don’t worry Linh it was really awesome and I will be going back there a lot.
I wouldn’t consider myself a food blogger so I’m not going to give you a history of the place or the name of the chef or any of that crap. The thrillist post has a lot of that. What I can tell you is about my experience.
I needed to have a conversation with one of my employees outside of the office so I suggested lunch. I asked him what kind of food he preferred and he said “anything but seafood”. So of course I took him to an Oyster Bar.
After a brief conversation with the waitress about her recommendations I went with three Chefs Creek and three Metcalfe both from British Columbia. The Oysters from Chefs Creek were really good and really huge. The Metcalfes were a little saltier but also really good. I kind of know how to shuck Oysters myself but these were done better than I ever could and with significantly less blood loss. They were cleanly opened with all of the Oyster goo un-spilled. Now I could go on and on like some Oyster Douchebag about the specifics of each Oyster but I will spare you. They were good and there are at least six other kinds of Oysters to choose from so if you like Oysters just shut up and go.
And then the fish came…..
Normally I would have taken a picture of it so my wife can make fun of me (“what is it with Jews and pictures of food”) but I lost myself in this fish. I ordered the Ling Cod with a garlic pesto sauce. It was awesome! It was cooked fully but it wasn’t dry at all. It prefer my fish raw, wrapped in some kind of rice and seaweed tube, dipped in wasabi and Soy Sauce, and not pissed (see above) so I am usually skeptical when someone ruins a perfectly good piece of fish by cooking it. The pesto sauce wasn’t too heavy, complimented the fish well, and looks really good on my shirt since I haven’t quite mastered the whole food-fork-mouth routine.
My employee had his hamburger and fries and I didn’t even think to ask him how it was cause it’s all about me.
So that is all. It is good, go try it.
Blue Plate Oysterette
1355 Ocean Ave.
Santa Monica CA 90401-1019
(310) 576-FISH [3474]
Hours: 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM Daily
No reservations.
http://blueplatesantamonica.com/bpo/
http://twitter.com/BPOysterette
