Ulladulla Oyster Bar

NSW’s South Coast is pretty synonymous with oysters; I’ve been eating bivalves originating from up and down this coast at Sydney's restaurants for years. Expecting to find a range of oysters from different regions, I was surprised to hear that at Ulladulla Oyster Bar it’s the oyster toppings that change. That’s not to say provenance doesn’t matter – the oysters we ate were from a grower in Merimbula whose oyster lease is close to the sea, making our Oysters Au Natural ($18/6) briny and salty. They flew out a little too quickly to be shucked to order, though they clearly hadn’t been sitting around for very long either. We followed them with two different cold toppings – Lime, Tabasco and Coriander Root ($20/6), which is the U.O.B. cold oyster signature topping for very good reason; and a creamy Lime Wasabi ($20/6) which went with the oysters surprisingly well. We gave the local wines – a 2014 Coolangatta Estate Alexander Berry Chardonnay ($8.50/glass) and ...read more