Foodie Friday

I Confess...I am a FOODIE

Mark and I love to eat out. We love to have dinner parties. We love to go to friends for dinner. When we plan our vacations, we make our dinner reservations before we book our hotel or flights! We've dined at some extremely fantastic restaurants and the bill at the end of the night has ranged from reasonable to..."don't EVER tell my mother we paid this for dinner"!

Here at home we have our own favorite restaurant, our own CHEERS... People often ask for a recommendations at home and places we've been. There are WAY too many to review in one post so I will start close to home at one of our faaaaaavy places.

~The Whalesbone Oyster House~

This is our "CHEERS". Owned by Josh and Cheri, located at the corner of Bank and Gladstone in Ottawa. The restaurant isn't big, it probably seats 35 people, make sure you make a "REZO" or I like to sit at the bar. The kitchen is open concept and they play old vinyl records on a turn table and even the customers have donated their old LP's. My brother SEAN is the entertainment behind the bar and champion SHUCKER!

There is always something new and exciting on the menu to please everyone and I can say I have had the best lobster of my life sitting at the harvest table with friends. Actually, when it is on the menu, I order it EVERY time.

This is "THE BUTTER POACHED LOBSTER. It comes completely out of the shell and each section of the lobster is cooked separately to ensure it is perfectly cooked. I even have a little fun with it, it sparkles (look closely)!

I recommend starting with the "Shuckers Platter" to get the night started. If you have never had an oyster before, Sean and Josh will guide you through it and announce you as the "OYSTER VIRGIN" as you suck one back.

The restaurant has been featured in the Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa's Capital Dining, Ottawa's Best. Make your REZO today and make it for four so we can come too!