I have had them for the first time.

In a lovely Italian fish restaurant in Bold Street in Liverpool.

Salty little beggars they are too, them oysters. But extra yum with a spot or two of tobasco sauce.

Me and NM shared half a dozen as a starter while out on Friday night.

And the lemon sole I had as my main was beyond delish. A very pleasant evening all round, even with lashing rain and a very dubious brandy in the Vernon (tasted more like grappa and I am far too princessy to be drinking the distilled sweepings of a wine maker's floor). But we finished up in the Lion where the brandy is fab, so no tears before closing time.

Roll on the weekend.