We hit the road to Tomales Bay. First we stopped at the gas station and saw this gem of a circus performer (or something!), and I had to share. Hilarity ensued.
Enter: Tomales Bay Oyster Farm.
We love this place. LOVE. We've been several times, and what's so great about it is the atmosphere. It's on an inlet in the Tomales Bay/Bodega Bay area of the Pacific in Northern California, and though it's usually cool there, the sun hits right on the picnic area. It's extremely casual, and they only take reservations for large groups. This time it was just four of us, so we left around 9am and got there around 10:30. We brought a shucker, hot sauce, butter, garlic and some fun appetizers. Then we went to buy our oysters... ooh the options!
We usually get small oysters but they were all out, so we went with medium and DAMN there was a difference. My personal preference is not to eat something slimy that large, but we can't always get what we want, right?
So large it was, and we brought them back to the boys, who had the BBQ going. Don't forget to bring charcoal! They don't supply anything there, which is the beauty of it. What a cool company- their only overhead is getting the oysters and clams and a few people to sell them!
If you are ever visiting Northern California, I totally recommend this place. It's so fun! So many people visiting from San Francisco, and you can bring anything you want (except meat). We paid $60 for a bag of 50, but they were so large both couples brought home 10 for our parents, which scored us some major points :)
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