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irish oysters in the Burj al Arab hotel

  • 21-08-2015 10:37am
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    Registered Users Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭


    Mrs C was watching some show about the hotel in Dubai. in it the chef said he gets oysters from Ireland shipped over.
    Anyone know where these are from? Seems a good recommendation for Irish Oysters.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 11,070 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Everywhere has the best Oysters in Ireland, according to people from that area. However I've tasted most of them and the native oysters in clarinbridge take some beating


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,154 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Bizarre given that Dubai's principal revenue pre oil was from harvesting oysters.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭foodaholic


    If your north co Dublin you should pop up to Carlingford.
    Lovely little place and everywhere does oysters


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,905 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Achill Oysters are probably the best that I have come across for size and taste.
    I do like flats but the ones I got from Clarinbridge a few months ago were not a patch on the Achill Gigas.
    The Gigas have to my mind almost surpassed the Edulis as a better oyster, maybe because of better breeding and perhaps because of the type of ground that flats prefer compared to Pacific oysters.
    The only solution is to try them all and see which ones you like!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    Marcusm wrote: »
    Bizarre given that Dubai's principal revenue pre oil was from harvesting oysters.

    Not really. Even if they had better oysters being harvested just down the road, it's nice to be able to show off by saying they had them imported all the way from Ireland.

    Local produce is for poor people.:)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    Lucena wrote: »
    Not really. Even if they had better oysters being harvested just down the road, it's nice to be able to show off by saying they had them imported all the way from Ireland.

    Local produce is for poor people.:)

    Hmm. Actually plenty of upmarket eateries deliberately emphasise local produce.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    In Dubai? Ok, my mistake then.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭BailMeOut


    pretty sure they are Kelly Oysters from Galway.


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