UrbanDaddy is a free exclusive email magazine devoted to keeping you in the know.
Miami Home > Food > The Big O
02/02/10
The Big O
Valentine's Day for Oyster Lovers
Valentine's Day is many things to many people, but let's be honest, it's the one holiday when oysters take center stage. Check out our list of the best bivalves in the city where you and your sweetheart can have a good shuck.
Two-for-One Oysters at Cape Cod
Starting next Wednesday, the tony New England supper club will be doling out $6 cocktails like the
Nor'easter (Barbancourt reserve rum with Jamaican ginger beer), along with two-for-one Wellfleet
and Island Creek oysters. Fried Ipswich clams are also two-for-one, in case you feel like branching out,
shellfish-wise.
- 411:
- Wed-Fri starting Feb 10, 5-7pm, Cape Cod Room, 5937 Collins Ave, 305-864-1262
Oyster Doughnuts at the Setai
The tucked-away Grill at the Setai recently introduced top-notch tapas like sea urchin scrambled eggs and
crab-stuffed piquillo peppers. But the life-altering gems we're concerned with are the oyster beignets, a
happy marriage of fluffy fried dough and sweet briny nubbins. Each seafood pop'em comes nestled on
cauliflower cream and topped with caviar.
- 411:
- Available now, The Grill, 2001 Collins Ave, 305-520-6400, see the menu
Oyster-Spiked Chocolate
Normally we don't advocate mixing seafood with chocolate, but the mad-scientist confectioners at Vosges have
managed to join the two into a tasty and potent truffle. As part of their Valentine's-themed Sweet Coquette
collection, you'll get two white-chocolate Kumamoto truffles, made with pearl dust and extracts of
Kumamoto oysters.
- 411:
- Available here
Oyster Martinis at The Oceanaire
The dapper bartenders at retro seafood house The Oceanaire have devised a cocktail that unites two perfect
worlds: the raw bar and the martini bar. Composed of vodka spiked with red wine and garnished with a plump
West Coast oyster that's been cured in 10-year scotch, it packs a smoky punch.
- 411:
- Debuts tonight, $14, The Oceanaire Seafood Room, 900 S Miami Ave, 305-372-8862
All Systems Go at Grass
There are no oysters to be found on Top Chef alum Micah Edelstein's Valentine's evening menu, but
other ancient aphrodisiacs abound: honey, figs, fennel, almonds and orgasmic saffron. Plus, it's one of the
best deals in the city at $35 for a six-course feast, including a glass of bubbly. Study the heavily
researched menu here.
- 411:
- Feb 14, 6pm and on, Grass, 28 NE 40th St, 305-573-3355
Only what you need to know.