Saturday, June 5, 2010

Downtown Napa - Oxbow Public Market: Hog Island Oyster Co & More!

After lounging around at the poolside, I got hungry and decided to head over to the Oxbow Public Market where I must admit that I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

About a 5 minute walk from the Westin Verasa (Exit through the lobby and walk to your left). I purposely went there after reading rave reviews about the Island Hog Oyster Co. I love oysters and was dying to try it out.

To the left, you can see a picture of the Oyster bar, where I was served by Rick who was a great host as I sat down to look at the menu!

I decided to get 13 oysters. A dozen of the mixed oysters shown in the menu picture below. And one rockerfeller. (I felt guilty after doing that run, so I limited myself to only ONE rockerfeller!! :)




























My favourite oysters from the bar mix were the Hog Island Sweetwater --- hmmnn delicious, not too salty, with a bit of sweetness to it.

My second favourite were the Olde Salts which they told me kind of looked like ears :)



To the left you can see a close up of the Hog Island Sweetwater Oysters!


Below is the Rockerfeller Oyster - Absolutely Divine! :)))





Next, I stopped next at Tillerman's Tea and ordered a cold black Lychee tea. Which was really nice and refreshing. $3.50. I even stopped by the next day to get another ice black lychee tea and bought a bag of tea leaves - 100g for 6.95$ so I could enjoy it when I get home! :)








I then stopped by Annettes Chocolates. See the pictures for yourself, Need I say more? YUM!









Since I had that lovely little kitchenette back at the hotel, I decided to do some grocery shopping at the Oxbow Public Market. First stop was at the Five Dot Ranch where I purchased some ground sirloin beef























I bought fresh organic vegetables at the Oxbow Produce and Grocery. Fresh and wonderful. The strawberries I bought there were some of the sweetest I've ever tasted!




Hmmmmm and then there is Kara's cupcakes.
I didn't actually eat one, because I didn't want to waste the jog I did in the morning...but don't these cupcakes look divine??

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