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New York was once considered the oyster capital of the world. It was a poor man's food and has now mutated into a luxury meal. The bi-sexual shellfish, some varieties of which change sex during their life cycle, is at the centre of this documentary production, as is the city, which has largely forgotten the history and biology of the oyster. Environmentalists bring back the oysters in the middle of the polluted harbours, in elaborately designed underwater gardens, because the complex bivalves are an important part of underwater biodiversity, and they also take on the exact taste of their surroundings. Informative cinema meditations on the sea, gender, community and the environment, as well as gender fluidity, show the oyster as a queer icon that is intertwined with nature and culture in a special way.