After whom is the oyster dish, invented in New Orleans in 1899, named because of the intense richness of the sauce?
Oysters Rockefeller a brunch item in the South. Oysters Rockefeller was created in 1889 at the New Orleans restaurant Antoine's by Jules Alciatore, son of founder Antoine Alciatore. Jules developed the dish due to a shortage of escargot, substituting the locally available oysters. The recipe remains unchanged, with an estimated three and a half million orders having been served. The dish was named Oysters Rockefeller after John D. Rockefeller, the then wealthiest American, for its extreme richness. It consists of oysters on the half-shell topped with a green sauce and bread crumbs, then baked or broiled. Though the original sauce recipe is
Crab in oyster sauce Crab in oyster sauce Crab in oyster sauce or oyster sauce crab is a Chinese seafood dish of crab served in savoury oyster sauce. It is a popular dish in Asia, that can be found from China, Singapore, Indonesia to the Philippines. Crab in oyster sauce can trace its origin to Southern China's Cantonese cuisine, more precisely after the development of oyster sauce in late 19th-century. Then the dish was spread across Asia. In Indonesia it is known as "kepiting saus tiram", one of the two most popular ways that crab is served there and a popular seafood in Chinese