On Wednesday night, Robin, Christopher and Mac and I all went to Le Cafe de Paris for Les Fruits de Mer, a treat of shellfish.

It all started with a delightful salad of Stone Crab Fritters on a bed of field greens and a remoulade sauce. Followed by Fanny Bay Oysters with cucumber mignonette, King Crab Legs with beurre blanc, Clams Casino with bacon, white wine, herbs and butter. But we’re not done yet! we also had Pernod Steamed Mussels and Creole Poached Prawns with chorizo and potatoes. The wine that we had with this delightful dinner was a Chateauvieux Vouvray that was the perfect paring.

Owner Mathieu Choux and I had a discussion on the East Coast Shellfish versus the West Coast Shellfish, noticing that the East coast shellfish has more natural salt and iodine than the West Coast. We both decided that a comparison dinner would be fun to do. He may do so in the future. In the meantime, look at these photos.