OYSTER TOM-YAM

Anybody for OYSTER TOM-YAM? When we ordered three dozen fresh oysters, we never thought much about how we were going to eat them except the usual 'squeeze the lemon, dip into zippy cocktail sauce, slurp the whole meat together with it's juicy goodness into the mouth and chew, chew, chew' ............fresh and raw! (A glass of Chardonnay would complement well though!) That, I think is the best way to relish such a delicacy. You get to 'savor' it's cucumber, melon and toasted-almond flavor with utter satisfaction! To create variety and choice, we had some oysters 'baked' where the Au gratin sealed in all the natural goodness! Crispy Garlic Bread made the meal complete. Everybody knows what Seafood Tom -Yam is all about. But 'Palm-sized Oyster Tom-Yam served in half-shell' beats the daylight out of me! You could see it's piping-hot (spirals of steam rising ), the distinctive lemon grass aroma, the succulent mouth-watering oyster meat immersed in half-shell soup (rich in flavor and taste to the last drop) and it's definitely more than a mouthful! That, to me is sweet CULINARY DELIGHT!