{"id":191,"date":"2010-05-11T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philonfood.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2010-05-11T15:00:48","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T14:00:48","slug":"grand-central-station-oysters-and-market-stalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philonfood.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/11\/grand-central-station-oysters-and-market-stalls\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Central Station – Oysters and Market Stalls"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was on my list of things of to do in Manhattan, and I finally got to go to the Oyster Bar under Grand Central Station.\u00a0 The setting is amazing – it looks like a large, fairy-light lit cellar, but we had the choice of long wait for a table in the main dining area or going to the more conventional looking Saloon Bar without a wait – with stomachs rumbling it was an easy decision!<\/p>\n

Oysters of course were great – a menu of oysters from different locations in the US, but as a non-oyster-expert, I went for a recommended selection, and was surprised with the variation in flavour between them.\u00a0 Not quite sure though about my choice of appetiser, oyster bloody Mary (shot of tomato juice with an oyster and topped with vodka was a little) – I was getting more tomato and alcohol flavour than oyster.\u00a0 But definitely worth going to.<\/p>\n

We also stumbled upon the a market within Grand Central Station which I hadn\u2019t realised was there.\u00a0 There were some great stalls – fish, meat, vegetables, sweets and cheeses of all varieties – pretty handy I\u2019d guess to grab some food on your way home from work in the city.\u00a0 We were chatting Toby at Murray\u2019s Cheese Shop – it was really interesting to hear that the US is having somewhat of a renaissance in cheese making with many artisan producers across the country.\u00a0 Saying that, Toby did insist on giving us a sample of a Wiltshire stilton before trying any American cheeses!\u00a0 But it was certainly nice to see some non-processed cheeses out there.<\/p>\n