Boxes & Platters

The Table

Name: The Table
Brand: From The Sea
SKU: FTS-THE-TABLE
Price: 165.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£165.00

Two lobsters split, two crabs dressed, oysters, langoustines and prawns. Serves 8 to 10.

How would you like it prepared? (optional)

Pickup available at From The Sea, Barnes

Usually ready in 2 hours

The Table

From The Sea, Barnes

Pickup available, Usually ready in 2 hours

18 Barnes High Street
London SW13 9LW
United Kingdom

Cut to order, filleting free

Next-day delivery, order by 1pm

Collect in Barnes, about two hours

Two lobsters split, two crabs dressed and enough shellfish around them for eight to ten. The picking and the dressing are counter work and it is done before the box leaves us.

The shucking is yours, because oysters opened in advance go flat. Build it on ice. Lobster and crab go down first because they set the shape, then fill the gaps around them.

What is in the box

2 lobsters, 400 to 500g each, cooked and split
2 brown crabs, about 700g each, dressed
12 Josephine oysters
400g langoustines
400g crevette prawns
200g brown shrimp
200g cold water prawns in brine
Cocktail sauce plus lemon and dill sauce

Subject to the market. The list above is what we aim to pack and the counter changes with the market and the weather. If something is not there we swap within the list below. The swap is the same price or better and the change is written on the packing note.

Oysters: Josephine, Pembrokeshire, Louet-Feisser or Jersey Rock.
Langoustines: langoustines or extra crevettes by weight.
The lobsters and the crabs are fixed. This is a box worth planning, so order it ahead and we will confirm the shellfish with you before we pack it.

Weights. Weights are approximate because fish are cut by hand. We pack to at least the weight shown.

Keep and storage. The box travels chilled with a gel pack. Unpack it into the fridge as soon as it arrives. Eat the cooked shellfish within a day or two of delivery. Oysters keep in the fridge, flat side up under a damp cloth, until you open them.

Origin, cooking and recipe

Origin and species

Packed by hand at our counter at 18 Barnes High Street.

We buy for the counter first and pack the boxes from the same shellfish. That is why this box carries a swap list. What is good changes through the week, and choosing well is the job. The packing note inside tells you what changed.

How to cook it

Nothing here needs heat. It needs ice, a big surface and twenty minutes.

Chill your largest tray or board and cover it with crushed ice. Two bags of ice is about right.
Put the lobster and the crab down first, because they set the shape of the table.
Fill the gaps with langoustines and prawns, and put the sauces in bowls in the middle.
Shuck the oysters last and keep their liquor in the shell.

Put out brown bread, butter, lemons and a bowl for the shells. Assemble just before people sit down.

Recipe

Marie Rose, made properly

You need: 6 tablespoons mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons of the cocktail sauce, a squeeze of lemon, a few drops of Tabasco, a pinch of cayenne.

Stir everything together and taste it. It should be sharp enough to cut through the shellfish.
Chill it for half an hour and dust the cayenne over the top as it goes out.

Storage and preparation

Keep it chilled and eat it on the day it arrives. Cooked shellfish does not improve with waiting.

This box needs real fridge space, so clear a shelf before it lands. Keep the oysters cupped side down under a damp cloth. Keep leftovers covered and eat them the next day. Do not freeze it.

Cut to order

Tell us how you want it in the order notes. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free, by hand at the counter. If you ask for a fish to be trimmed, headed or skinned, the finished weight comes down accordingly.

Delivery and collection

Order by 1pm for next-day delivery across London and the UK. Same-day collection in Barnes, usually about two hours.

Our promise

If it is not right, we make it right. Tell us and we will sort it. Local customers can bring it back to the counter and we will replace it.

The Table

£165.00

Order by 1pm

Next-day delivery across London and the UK. Free over £60.

Collect in Barnes

Same-day collection from the counter, ready in about two hours.

Cut to order

Cut to order at the counter. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free.

Food Hygiene Rating

Rated 5 out of 5 by the local authority.