Oyster Bucket List: 25 Top Oyster Experiences

I talk a lot about my Oyster Bucket List on this blog.  Until now, it's always been an informal list bouncing around in my head of oyster-related things I want to do.  I finally decided to write it down, make it real, and share it with my favorite oyster people at Oyster Stew.  I've had the honor of checking off the first one. Can't wait to plan for the rest!

TOP 25 OYSTER EXPERIENCES

• Visit the country's oldest restaurant: Union Street Oyster House.
• Visit Island Creek Oyster Bar and Island Creek Oyster Farm.
• Visit Hama Hama Oyster Farm and pick/dig my own oysters.  Eat 'em.
• Kayak through Tomales Bay and eat oysters right out of the water.  
• Visit Hog Island Oyster Farm and Shuck My Own Picnic.  
• Cook a 30-minute oyster meal with Rachael Ray.
• Eat fresh Belon oysters in Cancale, France.  Make a stop at the Ferme Marine Musee de l'Huitre - a museum dedicated just to oysters.
• Judge an oyster eating contest.
• Shuck oysters at Acme Oyster House.
• Tong for Apalachicola oysters in Apalachicola Bay.
• Eat Olympia oysters at Elliott's Oyster House in Seattle, WA.
• Visit the pearl farm at J. Hunter Pearls in Fiji.
• See an original turkey oyster plate from the Hayes administration.
• Try an oyster loaf at Casamento's in New Orleans.
• Stop by Marlow & Sons restaurant in Brooklyn when Dodge Coves are in season.
• Enjoy a dozen oysters at Pearl Oyster Bar in Greenwich Village.  
• Eat Miyagi oysters at the counter of Swan Oyster Depot in San Francisco.
• Drive north from San Francisco and enjoy oysters roadside at the Marshall Store and at the Tomales Bay Oyster Company.
• Eat until I'm stuffed at Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant in NYC.  Plan visit when Rhode Island Moonstones are on the menu.
• Visit Rodney's Oyster House in Toronto.
• Visit the inspiration for the Seamus Heaney poem "Oysters" at Moran Oyster Cottage in Galway, Ireland.
• Eat at the Mandarin Grill + Bar in Hong Kong.
• Visit the Oyster & Wine Bar in Kowloon and eat as many of the 800 oysters they serve every day.  Hope that the Gillardeaus are on the menu.
• Eat Sydney Rocks at the Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay in Australia.  Cross my fingers that Tasmania oysters are also on the menu.
• Put on something fancy and enjoy an oyster or two at Wilton's in London

There are actually 100's of oyster farms, restaurants, people and experiences that are on my mental list. My official bucket list is a mix of classics and my own desires.  Please let me know what else you would include on the list.