So… it all started 2 weeks ago when there was an article about the Dungeness Crab being in Season, which usually falls around thanksgiving Week. Apparently, its tradition around here, in SF, to have Crabs as part of their Thanksgiving Dinner.
Heh, I don’t know about that, I’ll be back home in SG ! Its getting cold here, season’s now into the Falls, or what we usually call Autumn. So, since Crabs are in Season, and Enzo was bored Stiff on a Saturday morning.
I decided to head down to Pillar Pier at Half Moon Bay to see if we can get some Cheap Crabs for ourselves!
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So an hour’s drive later , we go to the pier!
Tons of people around, some having caught their own crabs, some having a super pinic & BBQ. And ALL having fun!
So we made out way to the pier and the boats and had to queue up to for 15~20 mins for our turn to buy Crabs, freshly caught from the pacific ocean!
People were buying 10~20 crabs and we were hoping they didn’t run out of crabs! Cost about 7 bucks a pound, which I think is roughly 14 bucks per Kg. The guys on the boat basically round off the crab weight in your favor and they even gave us a discount! We basically spent 25 bucks for 2 HUGE crabs that was totally caught fresh from the fishing boat the morning before. Very good deal in my opinion!
So after all that excitement, WE got hungry and had Clam chowder , Calamari and Fries by the beach. It was really good, if not for the damn cold weather. Everything that was hot got cold in less then 5 mins… sian..
Well Anyway, We got back home and decided to see how the Dungeness crabs compared to local Sri Lankan CRabs!
So 2 methods. STEAMED and Crab Bee Hoon (Melben Style)
Honestly, I prefer SRi Lankan Crabs! I think Singaporean Chili Crabs using Sri Lankan mud crabs is still better. The Dungeness crab has A LOT of meat, and it is very buttery and slightly sweet. Very strange, never really eaten seafood that has a taste of butter.And, this is when I Steamed the crabs, not that I put butter hor.
I think I still prefer Sri lankan crab meat. The sweetness cannot fight.
So, after 2 meals of crabs, I think I’ll stay away from seafood for awhile hah, eat until scared!
