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TRDood 03-25-2011 01:35 PM

When you eat spot prawns raw, can you eat the head and brains raw too?

I do it at sushi restaurants but kind of scared to buy a pound of prawns at my local seafood store and eat it like that myself. It's like... Drinking the tank water if you eat them raw.
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bigrig 03-25-2011 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TRDood (Post 7360978)
When you eat spot prawns raw, can you eat the head and brains raw too?

I do it at sushi restaurants but kind of scared to buy a pound of prawns at my local seafood store and eat it like that myself. It's like... Drinking the tank water if you eat them raw.
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that i dont know. i would prob advise against it lol

if you are buying sashimi grade frozen prawns, and you thaw them out, you can eat every part of the prawn when it is thawed. if you are buying from a seafood store like T&T or one of those smaller seafood retailers, i would def not try to eat the prawns raw. but if you were to buy from me, or any of the other federally licensed seafood processors, then you should be safe.

we all have our water tested regularly, and have UV systems installed that kill any bacteria present in our tanks.

RevRav 03-25-2011 10:27 PM

@bigrig what's your experience with Excelsior Restaurant on No 3 Road?

charlesd 03-27-2011 10:33 AM

Finally went to get king crab. Went to congee noodle house, haha. Crab was good, but they ripped us off about 3lbs I'm estimating. Basically was I think 13.88/lb, they said 11lb but I'm sure crab was no more than 8lbs. Added $20 for 3 courses. Damn hst made everything over $200, but crab was very good. Will probably go once more but will try a different restaurant.

bigrig 03-28-2011 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by RevRav (Post 7361695)
@bigrig what's your experience with Excelsior Restaurant on No 3 Road?

revrav, sorry, never been there. one of the few restaurants i have yet to visit.

sonick 03-28-2011 10:04 AM

Bigrig: do you sell to consumers? If so, I would like to hit you up during spot prawn season.

Speed2K 03-28-2011 11:28 AM

Last Friday we made reservations to try out Lucky Tao, it would be our first time eating there. That place is a zoo, bad first impression; terrible, terrible service. Even though we made reservations, it meant nothing. In the end, we left w/o eating there and I'm not sure I will ever go back; while waiting outside I decided to call Sun Sui Wah (which is across the street and where we usually go) to see if they could fit us in, they could so we went there instead. The Alaskan King Crab we had was great as usually and the service was awesome. Talking to the owner, he said they received one 15lb crab last shipment and he showed me a picture taken with his cell phone.

FWIW, they are selling their King Crab for $16.99lb at Lucky Tao it was $11.99; Sun Sui Wah said the price should be going up soon!

Ch28 03-28-2011 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by sonick (Post 7364470)
Bigrig: do you sell to consumers? If so, I would like to hit you up during spot prawn season.

+1

spot prawns ftwww

Supafly 03-28-2011 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sonick (Post 7364470)
Bigrig: do you sell to consumers? If so, I would like to hit you up during spot prawn season.

I can refer you to someone that supplies most of japan and parts of vancity if you're intrested.

My father does a lot of blast freezing and cold storage for most local large seafood processors.

RevRav 03-28-2011 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Speed2K (Post 7364563)
Talking to the owner, he said they received one 15lb crab last shipment and he showed me a picture taken with his cell phone.

bigrig.... if its not too much trouble with you. It would be nice if you take a picture of a 6lbs AKC, a 10lbs one, and a 15lbs one. So RS members could tell the difference between the different size. It might not be dead exact...but at least we would have a general idea :)

kchan 03-28-2011 01:39 PM

^
and also RS special on getting prawns from you? how about oysters? would love to get some fresh oysters to eat raw ;)

bigrig 03-28-2011 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sonick (Post 7364470)
Bigrig: do you sell to consumers? If so, I would like to hit you up during spot prawn season.

sonick, yes i sell to ppl. pm me when ur interested. canadian prawn season starts around may 7th, but i will have some US prawns starting tues next week.

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Originally Posted by Speed2K (Post 7364563)
Last Friday we made reservations to try out Lucky Tao, it would be our first time eating there. That place is a zoo, bad first impression; terrible, terrible service. Even though we made reservations, it meant nothing. In the end, we left w/o eating there and I'm not sure I will ever go back; while waiting outside I decided to call Sun Sui Wah (which is across the street and where we usually go) to see if they could fit us in, they could so we went there instead. The Alaskan King Crab we had was great as usually and the service was awesome. Talking to the owner, he said they received one 15lb crab last shipment and he showed me a picture taken with his cell phone.

FWIW, they are selling their King Crab for $16.99lb at Lucky Tao it was $11.99; Sun Sui Wah said the price should be going up soon!

yes, they had one 15 lbs crab and one 13 pound crab. i sold it to them. the vancouver location got a 14 lbs crab from us. and he was correct. the price has started to go up already. and will continue until the end of the season


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Originally Posted by Supafly (Post 7364626)
I can refer you to someone that supplies most of japan and parts of vancity if you're intrested.

My father does a lot of blast freezing and cold storage for most local large seafood processors.

what company does ur dad work for? theres not just one company that supplies japan or asia, and it wouldnt be true if he said he supplied MOST of japan. no way that one company can handle that.

and a lot of seafood processors blast freeze themselves. if you said ur dad worked for corpak or versacold, then yes, they store alot of the prawns destined for japan, but he DEFINITELY does not blast freeze and store MOST local large seafood processors.

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Originally Posted by RevRav (Post 7364634)
bigrig.... if its not too much trouble with you. It would be nice if you take a picture of a 6lbs AKC, a 10lbs one, and a 15lbs one. So RS members could tell the difference between the different size. It might not be dead exact...but at least we would have a general idea :)

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Originally Posted by kchan (Post 7364721)
^
and also RS special on getting prawns from you? how about oysters? would love to get some fresh oysters to eat raw ;)


i will try to take a pic tomorrow afternoon or wed morning when my next shipment comes in, (hopefully we have some of those big ones). my last 3 deliveries, all crab were in the 9-10 lbs range.

i can do an RS special for prawns. but wont know what kind of deal i can give until i know what price is.

the oysters that i can get are only small, med, large sizes. if you're looking for the specially small size oysters, your best bet is lobster man in granville island.

HonestTea 03-28-2011 06:33 PM

I'm in for spot prawns too!

k3lv 03-28-2011 06:56 PM

oh damn I'd love to get some info on some spot prawns, can't wait. You got a private email/contact I can get in touch with aside from PM?

bigrig 03-28-2011 07:12 PM

yup. any of you can email me at cdnps@shaw.ca

thanks

jon

terryjai 03-30-2011 01:14 PM

just wondering

how long is the king crab season last for? i mean like when does it end?? coz i want to go but dont have the time yet

Gee.Tee.Ar 03-30-2011 01:54 PM

Hey did anyone else try eating their spot prawns raw it tastes so dam good but not sure if it's safe tho. I eat the body raw most of the time and just fry the heads. Just wondering if anyone else does the same?

DHP 1 03-30-2011 02:20 PM

food poison should NOT be taken lightly nor ignored



i know because im scared of it now after 2 incidents, my god thought i was gonna die.

k3lv 03-30-2011 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Gee.Tee.Ar (Post 7367830)
Hey did anyone else try eating their spot prawns raw it tastes so dam good but not sure if it's safe tho. I eat the body raw most of the time and just fry the heads. Just wondering if anyone else does the same?

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Originally Posted by bigrig (Post 7360988)
that i dont know. i would prob advise against it lol

if you are buying sashimi grade frozen prawns, and you thaw them out, you can eat every part of the prawn when it is thawed. if you are buying from a seafood store like T&T or one of those smaller seafood retailers, i would def not try to eat the prawns raw. but if you were to buy from me, or any of the other federally licensed seafood processors, then you should be safe.

we all have our water tested regularly, and have UV systems installed that kill any bacteria present in our tanks.


Posted up above...

bigrig 03-30-2011 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by terryjai (Post 7367791)
just wondering

how long is the king crab season last for? i mean like when does it end?? coz i want to go but dont have the time yet

brown king crab season ends when the quota of 600,000 lbs gets caught. usually ends at the end of april or so.

when this king crab fishery ends, i bring in king crab from russia. my company is the ONLY one in canada that has live king crab (brown, red and blue) all year round.

Culverin 03-30-2011 09:32 PM

I never really knew their was different types of king crab.
Would you be able to point me to a good break down of each in terms of culinary differences?

bigrig 03-30-2011 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Culverin (Post 7368526)
I never really knew their was different types of king crab.
Would you be able to point me to a good break down of each in terms of culinary differences?

there are no culinary differences between the 3 types of king crab.

the brown king aka. golden king crab have less meat content than red king crab. (thats why they are a lot cheaper)

red king have harder shells, more meat content and imo, sweeter.

the blue king is caught in deeper waters than both brown and red king. meat content is similar to red king, however their shells are softer.

red and blue king are usually fished and distributed around oct to january.

k3lv 03-30-2011 10:15 PM

I know this info might be out there in the internet if I were to search it but hearing from someone in the business is that much more cool. Thanks for sharing the info! nice to know more about the foods we eat

bigrig 03-31-2011 12:43 PM

i have a delivery coming in tonight. all crab will be 9 lbs and up. price is $14.50 a lbs. will sell out fast, so if anyone is interested, email me at cdnps@shaw.ca or pm here asap

xxxrsxxx 03-31-2011 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by bigrig (Post 7369385)
i have a delivery coming in tonight. all crab will be 9 lbs and up. price is $14.50 a lbs. will sell out fast, so if anyone is interested, email me at cdnps@shaw.ca or pm here asap

do you provide "cutting up" service? I don't think I have the tools to chop and cut up the crab.


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