Santa Monica Seafood

Yay, my sister finall sent me photos from this Sunday's outting to Santa Monica.

After checking out the farmers' market on Main and Ocean Park Avenue--which, by the way, is pretty fun--we went to Santa Monica Seafood for happy hour. It's so funny to go with people who are young enough that they get carded 100% of the time. Funny, and a little sad (for me). Hehe...no one ever got carded in SF, even the when they were nineteen.

We started with plates of calamari and deep fried smelt. These are pretty darned good. The breading is fairly light, the food comes hot, and the smelt were really fat.

I forget the name of the oysters we had. Suffice it to say they weren't Ocean Avenue's best, but J says they were better than the Malpecs he had last time. Our favorites are Hama Hamas and, of course, kumamotos. But when you go for happy hour you stick to the specials!

I say they weren't as good like I'm judging them poorly, but we had a second tray of oysters anyway. So you see, they were fine.

As if oysters weren't enough, then four of us (sans driver) decided to have shooters too! These have an oyster, vodka, lemon juice, Tobasco, and a little raw horseradish in them. I kind of liked them. They were surprisingly sweet.

Total damage for 5 people was $150 after tip for:

-4 dozen oysters

-2 beers

-1 bloody mary (not worth ordering, IMO)

-4 oyster shooters

-calamari

-smelt

T, we sure could have used that 15% off from KCRW! But honestly, that's not a horrible amount for what we ate and drank. It's one of those situations when I have to remember that expensive and overpriced are two different things.

When you go to Ocean Avenue Seafood you also get to stalk the creatures in their aquariums. I liked the leopard patterned eel the best, but he was camera shy.

I needed something solid after all that drinking, so we went to Ye Olde King's Heade and I bought a Britich Chunky Kit Kat. I don't know what I was expecting, but one giant Kit Kat was definitely not what I had in mind. It's funny though, isn't it? It also tastes exactly like a regular American Kit Kat.