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Clam Dig & Cookout

Quick Details

Location: Birch Bay, WA (1 hour drive from Vancouver, 30 minutes from Bellingham)

Field Trip Ages 13+
CA$100
Kids Field Trip Ages 5-12
CA$39

Learn how to harvest & cook clams!

CLAMMING 101
Spend a delicious day at the beach with commercial fisherman Ficus Chan of Crab Bellingham (@crabbingham), foraging Chef Robin Kort and other local chefs and seafood specialists learning and eating local clams.

ITINERARY

Morning (2 start times)
CLAMMING 101 WITH FICUS CHAN
How to Dig for Clams Talk & Demo: Clam ID, Tools, Safety, then it’s time to dig some clams!

2-4pm COOKING WITH CLAMS
Learn how to cook clams with tastings – Cooking demonstrations with featuring local chefs. Learn how to make dishes with different techniques from sashimi to smoking seafood.

  • Blind Clam Tasting of all the different clams (butter, cockle, horse, manila) lightly poached, compare and contrast their texture and flavour
  • Talk about purging, prep, cleaning clams etc.
  • Oyster tasting + other sea delicacies

4pm LET’S GET COOKING
In the evening, it’s fire-pit time where guests can cook their catch, our chefs will man the firepits.

Guests must purchase their own shellfish licenses.