Exclusive | Absinthe, oysters and giant hot tubs: Fulton Fish Market peddling romantic Valentines Day experience

This is the place to get fresh on Valentine’s Day.The Fulton Fish Market is opening its doors to the public on the romantic holiday for a rare, offbeat date night experience – complete with seafood towers, absinthe tastings and gargantuan hot tubs on its selling room floor.The bustling, 400,000-square-foot Bronx facility will be converted into a steamy getaway for love birds, where diners can listen to Latin jazz music as they enjoy tableside-shucked oysters and a “guided absinthe ritual,” fish market reps said.“The thought is that we might attract the obscure couples of New York City,” market CEO Nicole Ackerina told The Post of the fishy V-Day fiesta, which is part of a series of themed events the market is holding on various holidays as part of an effort to rebrand as a tourist destination.“We wanted to do something really funky and playful … to highlight the diversity in our programming.”Culinary historian Justin Fornal will also be serving up an oral history of aphrodisiacs alongside a main course of Hidden Fjord salmon and seafood paella during the festivities.The event, dubbed “Absinthe & Oysters: A Forbidden Valentine’s,” will serve as the market’s inaugural “Fish Market Monologues” history lecture at the site — all of which will be hosted by Fornal and are slated to usher in a new era of visitors to the wholesale market.“New Yorkers have access to so much, that it’s easy to get jaded and try to find an experience you haven’t had,” Fornal said, noting plans to connect the menu to its relevant maritime traditions, global trade routes and cultural rituals.“I guarantee whoever walks in the door is going to come out tasting something or experiencing something they haven’t before.”The quirky maritime affair is part of a renewed effort transform the market – which moved after 183 years from lower Manhattan’s bustling South Street Seaport to the Bronx two decades ago – into a 21st century cultural hub and trav...