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Osalée sea salt from Batroun

Osalée (also written Osalee) is an organic, air-dried sea salt hand-crafted and extracted each summer by Assal from the Phoenician Wall salt ponds in Batroun. Buy it at Oyster's Seafood Bar at Batroun's fishermen's port or by WhatsApp +961 81 811 233. A 0.5 kg pouch is $3 and a 1 kg pouch is $5.

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An Osalée sea salt pouch standing in a basket of salt, the rocks and the sea of Batroun behind
Origin
Phoenician Wall salt ponds, Batroun
Process
Air-dried, hand-harvested each summer
Additives
None. Organic
Batches
Seasonal: one small batch each summer

Salt and Batroun go back a long way. The rock pools along this coast have been drying seawater into white crust for as long as people have lived here; you can still see it on the flat rocks below the old walls after a hot week.

We started making our own because the fish deserved it. Flaky, clean, slightly sweet, with none of the bitterness of industrial salt. First for the kitchen, then for the tables, then for guests who kept asking to take some home.

Every batch is seasonal and small. When the summer's salt is gone, it's gone until the next one.

Our father, Assal, crouched at a rock pool of the Phoenician Wall salt ponds in Batroun, scooping sea salt into a sieve
Assal at the Phoenician Wall salt ponds, each summer.
Three kraft Osalée pouches on the rock beside a rusted anchor chain at Batroun's fishermen's port
Packed at the port, Batroun Mina.
A row of Osalée pouches on a wooden shelf against the stone wall of Oyster's Seafood Bar, Batroun
On the shelf by the door at Oyster's.

Sizes and prices

A pouch for the table, a bigger one for the kitchen.

  • 0.5 kg pouchFlaky crystals for finishing: oysters, grilled fish, tomatoes.$3
  • 1 kg pouchFor the kitchen: seasoning, curing, the pasta water.$5
  • Larger quantitiesFor larger quantities, please contact us on WhatsApp or visit the restaurant. WhatsApp us

Two ways to get a pouch

Where to buy Osalée in Batroun

  1. At the restaurant

    Ask at your table or at the bar. We keep pouches by the door.

  2. On WhatsApp

    Message us with the size and quantity. We'll confirm price, pickup at the port, or delivery in Lebanon.

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Good to know

About the salt.

What is Osalée sea salt and where can I buy it?

Osalée is an organic, air-dried sea salt hand-crafted and extracted each summer by our father from the Phoenician Wall salt ponds in Batroun. Buy it at the restaurant or by WhatsApp +961 81 811 233.

Where does Batroun sea salt come from?

Osalée, our Batroun sea salt, comes from the salt ponds along the Phoenician Wall in Batroun, where our father hand-crafts and extracts it each summer.

What sizes are there?

A 0.5 kg pouch ($3) and a 1 kg pouch ($5). For larger quantities, WhatsApp us on +961 81 811 233 or visit the restaurant.

How do I use Osalée?

The flaky crystals are for finishing: oysters, grilled fish, tomatoes. In the kitchen, use it for seasoning, curing and the pasta water.

Can I get it delivered?

Yes. WhatsApp us on +961 81 811 233 with the size and quantity, for pickup at the port or delivery in Lebanon.

Is it available all year?

Batches are seasonal and small. When the summer's salt is gone, it's gone until the next one.

Is it Osalée or Osalee?

Both. Osalée is our spelling; you will also see it written Osalee, without the accent. It's the same salt.