And then I present them on the largest iced platter I can carry.
And I don't mean a measly half-dozen but a giant iced platter of glistening raw mollusks ready to be slurped down with Champagne or a minerally white wine.
If you wish to be seen as a baller but don't feel like eating that much, you should probably order the Paley Plateau – not one of the tall wedding-cake seafood towers but a broad, iced platter holding most of the raw bar on a single level – oysters, shrimp cocktail, maybe some yellowtail with shaved fennel or thin slices of cured scallop draped over a bit of ripe melon.
The traditional brasserie menu can be seen in a mostly standard raw bar selection (oysters, shrimp, clams), an iced seafood platter.
The traditional brasserie menu can be seen in a mostly standard raw bar selection (oysters, shrimp, clams), an iced seafood platter and a weekly rotation of specials like bouillabaisse on Fridays and confit of suckling pig on Thursdays.
A lavish iced shellfish platter, a zesty watercress-and-red-cabbage salad dressed with ginger vinaigrette, rosy-rare steaks cut from beef hung for 21 days, proper bearnaise or bordelaise or mustard (your choice), crunchy frites, bread pudding -- a classic American Saturday-night dinner, as seen through three-star eyes.
The waiters sway as they carry iced silver platters of gleaming west Clare, Carlingford and Galway oysters through the magnificent wooden dining room.
Even as the humidity thickened, the wait at Five Leaves was already up to an hour long by noon on Sunday, with several small groups languishing on the corner, their eyes on the passing platters of eggs and iced coffee.
You'll be served lobster, caviar and champagne on the beach by waiters who wade through the surf with iced buckets of the bubbly and silver platters.
"Frisky" Oysters are served on a bed of flaky salt adorned with pink peppercorns and topped with a slushy, pale pink granita, a rosé ripple float is presented dramatically (and attractively) bubbling over the top and a platter of gold dust and champagne iced doughnuts are served with a fluff of pink cotton candy and rosé sorbet.
Mr. Tsao had brought with him an old wooden card table, upon which he placed jars of iced tea and bloody mary mix, along with platters of fried chicken, French bread and wedges of Manchego cheese.
