This ginger-shape French bread and butter are really good. We asked the waitress to refill the bread twice.
Raw Oysters:
Drake's Estero from Drakes Bay - We like this oyster the best. The first bite is a bit salty but then the sweetness will overtake and last in your taste bud for a while.
Hog Island Sweetwater - the most popular oysters from their farm. Like Drake's Estero, Sweetwater has the sweet aftertaste too, but it doesn't last as long as the former.
Hog Island Altantic - East Coast's Blue Point Oyster farmed in the West. This oyster is salty from the first bite to the aftertaste.
Hog Island Kumamoto - this small-size oyster is originally from the Kumamoto area of Kyushu, Japan. I love to chew the adductor muscle of Kumamoto because it is sweetest part of the oyster.
Baked (Sweetwater) Oysters:
Oysters Rockefeller - this is kind of like spinach dip over oyster, but the spinach is too light in flavor and it doesn't really go well with the oyster.
Oysters Casino - my favorite baked oyster so far. Bacon + the aroma of butter + juicy meaty oyster = Yummy!
Oysters Anchovy - my friend's favorite. It tastes like anchovy on the outside.
Clam Chowder - it is a clam cooking style rather than the soup, so the sauce is not really thick and they give you ample of manila clams. The clams are sweet but I wish their size can be a bit bigger.
Blue Star wheat beer - if you like wheat beer, you got to try this.
Sometimes they have happy hour special (featured oyster for $1 each and $3.5 beer), I think happy hour is only offer on Monday and Thursday 5-7PM (please call to make sure). Expect a long line if you are coming around the time when people are getting off from work.
Address: San Francisco Ferry Building (at the foot of Market St. on the Embarcadero)
Tel#: (415) 391-7117
Website: www.hogislandoysters.com
Hog Island-Sand Isle Pacific, Humboldt Bay
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