Sydney Rock Oysters

I was fortunate last week to be on a work-related trip to Sydney Fish Markets, carefully scheduled around lunchtime, where I had a great polystyrene tray of fish and chips for $7.  I've never actually been to the Fish Markets before, mainly because it always seems like a bit too much of a hike to get there, but co-incidentally I'd been cooking quite a bit of fish over the last few weeks and so was a bit more enthusiastic about the trip.

It also happened to be my husband's birthday and so I picked up a dozen A Grade Sydney Rock Oysters to have as an appetiser at home before we went out for dinner.  They were beautiful, fresh, creamy and about half the price than you'd pay any bar in the city. We ate them raw with a bit of lemon juice and white-wine vinegar and a bottle of sparkling wine.  I'm actually a huge fan of oysters and think that Sydney Rock Oysters might even be my favourite because of that wonderful rich and velvety texture.  

And the Fish Markets is probably my new favourite place to get them.  My second favourite oyster experience in Australia , and again a perk on a work trip, was fresh from a shack on the edge Pambula Lake down near Merimbula...its a hard life!