Rough shell, soft flesh: how to handle oysters like a pro

Everything you need to know to serve the gourmet shellfish in style – plus shopping tips for restaurateurs

METRO's online magazine - everything about exciting topics from wholesale and from the world of our customers, independent entrepreneurs.

Highlights

METRO currently supplies restaurateurs from 671 stores and 66 warehouses worldwide.

Culinary delights delivered by METRO

Catering to high-end restaurants as well as to large community facilities. A glimpse behind the scenes: who are the METRO delivery companies?

What is a gourmet?

Lobster, champagne, 8-course menu and white tablecloth ambience – what does ‘gourmet’ mean? It doesn’t have to be caviar.

Tidbits

Supersized pumpkin
The heaviest known giant pumpkin reached a weight of 1,226 kg – about that of a small car! Its grower, Stefano Cutrupi, from Italy, was again crowned the European champion in 2022 – with a pumpkin weighing ‘just’ 1,100.5 kg.

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Rough shell, soft flesh: how to handle oysters like a pro

METRO's online magazine - everything about exciting topics from wholesale and from the world of our customers, independent entrepreneurs.

Culinary delights delivered by METRO

What is a gourmet?

Tidbits

METRO in figures

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