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De Oude Haven Mussel Restaurant
PHILIPPINE MUSSEL RESTAURANT
Welcome
The De Oude Haven mussel restaurant is located in the small village of Philippine in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.
Philippine has a long history in which mussel fishing plays an important role.
The mussel culture today remains important in this internationally famous spot.
The old traditions live on, especially in De Oude Haven, which has belonged to the same family for the past 48 years.
Mussels are honoured here like nowhere else in the world. People come from far and wide to eat mussels that are transported here each day from Yerseke.
Frans & Marijke and the Team bid you a very warm welcome.
Mussel Restaurant
A meal in De Oude Haven is a particularly convivial occasion. Come and enjoy the informal and cheerful atmosphere in our comfortable restaurant while you savour these delicious shellfish.
The mussels here are prepared by the lady of the house according to a traditional recipe that goes back generations and is a very well-kept secret. The mussels are truly delicious and a real delicacy.
The menu includes a wide choice of fish specialities such as sole, herring and shrimps.
For non-fish eaters, we also have a range of delicious meat dishes of equal gastronomic excellence.
And you will find appetising menus for children.
Garden And Terrace
The spacious terrace is a unique spot to eat outdoors in sunny weather.
While the beautiful pond with Japanese carp and the wonderfully flowering gardens create an enticing atmosphere to enhance your dining pleasure. The atmosphere is always exceptionally appealing and the service outstanding. You will find that dining in this restaurant is a true feast.
De Oude Haven, with its informal atmosphere is also the ideal place to relax and enjoy family celebrations or other festive occasions.
Mussels
Before mussels sit steaming in your plate at table, a lot of work has been carried out. The natural raw material is the seed mussel.
The main annual ‘planting’ takes place in April and May. The mussel larvae drift around freely at first, and then when they become seed mussels they cling to anything they can find and they drift together with the movement of the currents. They amass and form whole mats that cover the sea floor. The harvesting of the seed mussels takes place in the Waddenzee and the waters of the Zeeuw. They are fished with nets and deposited in thin layers at special locations. The seed mussels are left to grow here into ‘half-grown mussels” measuring 4 to 5 cm.
After a certain time they are fished again and deposited at plankton-rich beds. After about two years the mussels, which are now 6 to 7 cm long and ready for eating, are fished again. When fishing the fully-grown mussels at the mussel beds, they often get a lot of sand and silt in the shells. To enable them to eliminate the sand the mussels are taken to a protected place in the Eastern Scheldt, these are so-called "freshwater beds". They are left here for a while so that they can eliminate any sand. The mussels are deposited at high tide and carefully laid out by hand at low tide.
Because they get sand in them when they are being fished for the last time they are sprayed clean and packed in jute sacks and then transported in refrigerated lorries.
Contact
Mosselrestaurant De Oude Haven
Waterpoortstraat 3
4553 BG Philippine
Tel. +31 (0)115 49 16 91
info@deoudehaven.com
Reservations by phone
E-mail reservations – five days in advance.
Kitchen open from 11:30 to 21:00
Closed Monday and Tuesday evenings.
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