bonhomme – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen Making Every Day an Occasion... Simply Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-peonies-32x32.jpg bonhomme – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen 32 32 East Coast vs. West Coast Oysters http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/east-vs-west-coast-oysters/ http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/east-vs-west-coast-oysters/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 05:50:56 +0000 http://www.ingoodtastemag.com/?p=7974 If you’re out at a restaurant and want to impress your date, know how to order oysters. Like mastering a wine list, knowing how to order oysters is a skill acquired over time. At the most basic level is to know the difference between East Coast vs. West Coast oysters. Even though we live in Chicago without an ocean for miles, we are lucky enough to be neighbors with some of the most amazing restaurants in the country. Bonhomme Hospitality Group, has several restaurants throughout Chicago including the former Pearl Brasserie, now home to Beatnik on the River. We spoke to Matt Balikov, once dubbed Pearl Brasserie’s  ‘master shucker,’ to get the lowdown on the difference between the oysters from the left and right coasts. “Oysters can be found in salt-water bodies around the globe from as north as Alaska or down to New Zealand,” said Balikov. “Most oysters in the United States come from either coast. The major producers of West coast oysters are found in cooler waters in Washington, Northern California, and British Columbia, Canada. The East coast has oysters from every state along it, as well as, up into Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, Canada.” East […]

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