Shucking Around
Travelling the world in search of oysters
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The Oyster Files
Read about the places we’ve been in our quest to taste the world’s finest oysters, the producers who are growing amazing oysters, and places around the world where you can have your own great oyster experience.
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Matakana Oysters, New Zealand
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This was supposed to be a post about the oysters we enjoyed at The Green Shed in Matakana, NZ, but it turns out there’s a bigger story.
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Sapphire Coast Oyster Trail, NSW, Australia
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Follow your love of oysters to the Sapphire Coast of New South Wales, Australia, where oysters are grown in idyllic estuaries and you can get them from the source.
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Albany Rock Oysters, Western Australia
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Until relatively recently, West Australians often didn’t have the chance to eat West Australian oysters. But now all that has changed.
The World Is My Oyster
‘When I was a kid, my father often took us to the beach and my brother and I would go looking for oysters, chipping them off the rocks and opening them with a sharp stone. I was totally shucked and the world of oysters opened for me.’
Maurie’s passion for oysters has led him on a worldwide quest.