Des huîtres, mon ami Pierrôt!
General Nov 13, 2009 The Waffle 2 Comments Friday night, the best deal in town for oysters was not the Metropolitain (1$ an oyster, 4 to 7), it was not Whalesbone (they rarely have them below 2$ a piece), and it was not Big Daddy’s (they also offer a buck a shuck Happy Hour). No, the place to be was l’Institut Canadien-Français d’Ottawa, located on Dalhousie. Founded in 1852, the ICFO held its first annual oyster dinner in 1870, an event that has been held every year uninterrupted to this day. After a great sales’ pitch by a long-standing member who happens to work at my curling club, the Royal Canadian Navy Curling Club my team mate Ken and I decided to go for it – we both enjoy oysters very much, he being half-acadian, me being an athlete needing energy. For good measure, Ken brought two of his anglo neighbours and…