Starfish Oyster Bed & Grill (Revisit)

Starfish Oyster Bed & Grill
Address: 100 Adelaide Street East, Toronto
Phone: 416-366-STAR (7827)
Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 12-3pm, 5-11pm / Sat 5-11pm / Sundays Closed

we were targeting at the $100 for 100 oysters when we decided to come here this time.. 7 of us went there & we made a reseravation for 8pm (we could only choose either 6pm or 8pm)..

b4 having oysters, each of us tried their soup of the day.. it's Manhattan soup with crab & bacon.. very good for starter.. we actually found "crab shell" in the soup..
we ordered some appetizers too..
Pan fried soft shell crab on crostino of preserved lemon & arugula aioli with a fresh fava bean & spinach salad (pic above), & Grilled calamari on a spicy chorizo panzanella salad, spiced tomato vinaigrette (pics below)..

the calamari was just so-so, but the soft shell crab tasted good! actually when we was about to order it, the waiter told us that there were only 4 left & if we wanted it, he would hold 2 for us.. seems like people like this a lot..

the gents would like to have some wine to accompany the oysters.. & the waiter suggested them having the White Wine, Reisling Reserve 2006 - Henry of Pelham, Niagara.. after they tried it, they said it's a perfect match with the oysters..

& for the $100 for 100 Oysterlicious Plate, we could choose two kinds of oysters (Malpeque, Fanny Bay) & 1 kind of scallop.. since we like Fanny Bay more, we ordered 50 of them & then 25 Malpeque & 25 Sea Scallops.. in additional to the 100 Oysters/Scallops, we ordered a dozen of Razor Clams..



the Clams were a bit salty.. but everybody loved the Scallops.. very fresh.. Fanny Bay Oysters were very yummy..as usual.. hee hee..


according to the waiter, their oysters were from PEI.. & he told us that, the Scallops came from Nova Scotia.. & near that place, there's a place called Oak Island & there is a myth.. about some treasure buried under the tunnel.. but when ppl wanted to dig into the tunnel in order to get the treasure, the tunnel collapsed.. it's interesting to know some background about the food we ate..

ZT happened to have the "scallop" snack with her & we took a pic of that together with the fresh scallops.. =P

we were worried that the gents would not be full enough if we just had oysters; therefore, we ordered two main courses as well..
Crisp skinned wild Copper River sockeye salmon on sauteed escarole, wild rice, leek & double smoked bacon spring roll, french beans with a mushroom accented red wine jus

Seared Atlantic halibut fillet on a dungeness crab cake, organic aspiration, purple sunrise carrots, runner beans & a lobster reduction

we all think that the Halibut tasted better than the Salmon..

finally it came to desserts.. they had 3 choices & we ordered one each.. we love all 3 of them!!

Flourless Chocolate Cake with chocolate ganache, Creme Brulee with almond biscotti, & Lemon Tart with a citrus sabayon.. all 3 of them tasted very good.. & the waiter told us that his favorite is the Lemon Tart..

it was a great dinner.. the food was great, the waiter was friendly & very attentive during our meal.. everybody was very happy with it.. (except that it took us 2.5 hrs to finish everything..)

talking about oysters, i suddenly miss my dear "oysters-saving" buddy, CT, very much!!