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Hey all,

Can anyone recommend a great place to buy fresh Oysters around green lanes ladder area. I live in Duckett road. Ever since the slightly bizzare but wonderfully friendly fish shop on green lanes very suddenly shut down several months ago, and replaced by an entirely useless conterfeit watch shop I have been lost without my weekly Oyster fix.

The guy used to get them fresh from Billingsgate every thursday or friday morning. Sainsburys and Morrisons ocassionally stock oysters but it is very random and never reliable and most importantly - they are never as good, as big, and as cheap as the guy on green lanes.

Is there any other shellfish nuts out there that can help me.

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Permalink Reply by matt on October 22, 2010 at 13:59
Ever tried buying them online? There is another company at Whitstable but they're not delivering just at the moment.
Permalink Reply by Hugh on October 22, 2010 at 17:02
Second Steve Hatt. The best place near us. There's another I've used for crab in St John's Wood, but that's a wee bit of travel.
Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on October 23, 2010 at 16:07
What have the Romans ever done for us? Sweet FA, according to the oystermen of Whitstable, Kent. Whitstable Oyster Fishery may have gone on permanent strike because the Orient Express, for its Whitstable Oysters & Champagne post-five-course-lunch stop, has been serving Essex (not Essex Road) oysters all the way from Camulodunum (Colchester). Colchester Oyster Fishery say it's WOF's own fault as two Whitstable companies (perhaps one Matt refers to) had turned down the Orient Express's express command. So put not your oystral trust in non-Roman Whitstable.

And when Orient Express British Pullman next pulls into Harringay, Hornsey or Harringay Green Lanes what local delicacies shall we offer? Escargots des Railway Fields? Prairie Oysters de Passage Pitbull? Knotweed Japonaise de Burgoyne? .. ... .
KateyPermalink Reply by Katey on October 22, 2010 at 17:08
Shaba Fresh Fish and Seafood Centre on West Green Road (Seven Sisters end) is really good - not sure if they do Oysters there, but worth a visit
KateyPermalink Reply by Katey on October 25, 2010 at 18:53
I find them really good Will. They do have some frozen stuff too but the fresh snapper, live crabs, etc are really good ..trust me ...or blame me if you try them again and still don't like them :) ...but try them again anyway if you live opposite. At least you won't have far to go back to complain if necessary! They'll de-head/de-bone/de-scale your fish - do whatever you want with it, and you can usually pick up good tips on what to do with some of the more unusual fish from people waiting in the queue if you fancy something different!
Permalink Reply by Stuart on October 22, 2010 at 17:41
The fish stall at Wood Green (half way up on the left between Turnpike Lane and Wood Green) don't stock them but they will order in whatever you want and you can get them the next day. They get them fresh from Billingsgate. We've got clams from them like that and they're really reasonable (and fresh). I think they're there Weds. to Saturdays.

Alternatively, get down to Billingsgate on a Saturday morning and buy them yourself - for shellfish, you don't need to buy masses (you can just buy a single crab) and as long as you're there by 7am, you should be fine to pick some up. It's an amazing experience if you've never been.
Permalink Reply by Geoff Amabilino on October 23, 2010 at 22:52
You can get them at the fish stall in Wood Green Shopping City (in the rear market area)....
Permalink Reply by Jay D on October 24, 2010 at 10:27
HEY EVERYONE, THANKS FOR ALL THE SUGGESTIONS. I SHALL TRY THEM ALL OUT.
PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING.

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