Alternatively, top hot leek and potato soup with deep-fried oysters for a dramatic finish.

The deep-fried oysters also provoke discord.

Or the sesame-crusted deep-fried oysters.

This casual restaurant offers takeout: a basket of deep-fried oysters is $5.95.

A deep-fried soft-shell crab and deep-fried oysters were the culprits.

A deep-fried oyster roughed up the edges a bit, prevented its becoming too genteel.

For fans of fried food, specials of deep-fried oysters and a crisp soft-shell crab are top of the line.

A batch of crisped skate-wing ($14) slabs circled by deep-fried oysters and lemon butter made me wonder why this delicious dish isn't more common.

Good, too, were the crisply coated deep-fried oysters.

The deep-fried oysters were big and generous but fried in stale oil that tasted as though it had previously been used for meat.