[windchaser]

is it the season now cause i saw them at superstore for less than 10 bux per pound?

Also which restaurant is better for eatting king crabs ?

[q0192837465]

yay, king crab. I can only affod them when I eat with family

[Meowjin]

I like eating them at my friends resteraunt. Continental on 5 road and cambie. Big hall, usually has shows, and private rooms too.

[miss_crayon]

tis the season for king crab
been going to top gun and red star for it
if youre a gold member at TG it's about $13 a pound

[!SG]

i vote redstar too!

king crab served 3 ways.

deepfried with garlic, in coconut milk sauce, and fried rice!

[Vansterdam]

^ thats crazy is it a 3 course meal of some sort? how much is it

[willystyle]

How would you order this if ur only dining with 2 people?

They usually serve this in parties of 8-10 at chinese restaurants.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

How would you order this if ur only dining with 2 people?

They usually serve this in parties of 8-10 at chinese restaurants.

eat 10 ppls portion lol


nah it tat bad

last time i went with 4 other friends


it was just enough in terms of the crab

[R8]

RED STAR FTW! , I also have it at Coquitlam Kirin.... goooooood stuff

[windchaser]

how about fisherman terrance at alberdeen ? is it any good ? currently those resturants are offering $13.8/lbs right now. And red star is offering them at $18/lbs. Is red star worth the extra money ?

[!SG]

you order the king crab as a whole.

its some package deal. basically the king crab price / lb + special price for cooked 3 ways.

its good stuff, we usually go to redstar to celebrate chinese new years..

^ thats crazy is it a 3 course meal of some sort? how much is it

[murd0c]

you can also get it at Clancys for $10 a lb as well

[rouentahl]

Do you guys find that the crabs are getting smaller this year?

They used to be 12 lbs or more a couple years ago, but this year it looks like 9-10 lbs is quite the norm!

Makes me think about the sustainability ... I do want to keep enjoying King Crabs for a few more decades...

[rymack]

Was watching the F word the other night and Ramsey was diving for them in Norway ...i think. maybe finland? Anyway they have a epidemic of kingcrab iover there and they are seen as a nuisance. Hopefully they will somehow capitalize on that and start catching them out of that area. more crab=cheaper crab

[willystyle]

Alaskan King Crab fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. I highly doubt they'll come down in price, if any, they would only go up.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Alaskan King Crab fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. I highly doubt they'll come down in price, if any, they would only go up.

werd


lots ppl die each year

[Durrann1984]

just curious how is it dangerous..?

[.Renn.Sport]

just curious how is it dangerous..?
watch discovery channel

[.Renn.Sport]

Do you guys find that the crabs are getting smaller this year?

They used to be 12 lbs or more a couple years ago, but this year it looks like 9-10 lbs is quite the norm!

Makes me think about the sustainability ... I do want to keep enjoying King Crabs for a few more decades...

no, all the ones I've been getting are 13-14lbs this year :D

just had another round of king crab at jade garden...
14lbs for 5 ppl
steam the legs with garlic/green onions
then the middle part stir fried with top layer soy sauce, first time had it done this way and surprisingly tasted much better then spicy deep fried, the meat was very flavored with the soy sauce
then the usual baked rice.

tip for eating king crab at restaurant, always go to the ones that prices are most expensive per lbs. those $12 and under per lbs places will never give out the right amount. they usually charge you 13lbs for a 8lbs crab

[Grandmaster TSE]

they are getting cheaper

in restaurant is good, but i like to cook it myself, and its very simple
buy the crab, cleaver it up
mix diced garlic with a bit of oil and salt and spread that on the crab meat and just steam it
its a nice flavor with the garlic and you get the natural sweet taste of the crab

[Expresso]

Was watching the F word the other night and Ramsey was diving for them in Norway ...i think. maybe finland? Anyway they have a epidemic of kingcrab iover there and they are seen as a nuisance. Hopefully they will somehow capitalize on that and start catching them out of that area. more crab=cheaper crab
I heard the same thing haha. They pretty much scavenge whatever is on the sea floor and consume everything in its path. The reason why the price doesn't move is because there's a limit on how many can be caught per year and since its one of their primary sources of income they won't increase the limit, apparently.

[twitchyzero]

i'd usually have it few times a year when it's near the $10/lb range

i've never tried it deep-fried or w/ coconut sauce cause i usually eat it atw home. Which way do you guys like it best?

IMO king crab >> regular crab > lobster

just not a big lobster fan =p

[willystyle]

Lobster > King Crab > BC Crab

I've only had King Crab once.. I didn't think too much of it, but I'd like to have it again soon..

[CRS]

Red star in richmond or on granville?

[bbbj]

Red star in richmond or on granville?

I'm guessing its the Granville one.. my experiences with Richmond Red Star has been disappointing.

[Farfetched]

Lobster>>>King Crab>regular crab

[Grandmaster TSE]

Lobster > King Crab > BC Crab

I've only had King Crab once.. I didn't think too much of it, but I'd like to have it again soon..

i'm the same as you
lobster is the best

[hal0g0dv2]

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8623/kingcrab.jpg

[hal0g0dv2]

just curious how is it dangerous..?

ya people die all the time, like if you go over board your fucked they don't try to get you there is no point your ass is gone till December

[Grandmaster TSE]

ya people die all the time, like if you go over board your fucked they don't try to get you there is no point your ass is gone till December

well its more like why bother when you'll probably die falling into that freezing cold ocean water
not to mention drowning and many other possible deaths

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Lobster > King Crab > BC Crab

I've only had King Crab once.. I didn't think too much of it, but I'd like to have it again soon..


werd glad i aint the only one feelnig this way

[AVS_Racing]

King Crab > Lobster > Crab

[!SG]

as for taste, lobster beats out crab and king crab

but dungeonous crab is a close 2nd.

king crab is good cuz its seasonal for fresh king crab!

[Armind]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpQwZnjtnpc

[miss_crayon]

Red star in richmond or on granville?

I'm guessing its the Granville one.. my experiences with Richmond Red Star has been disappointing.

richmond wasn't bad on the 2 times i've been

[Amuse]

This is how they catch king crab in the cold Beiring Sea in Alaska

http://mcgarryphoto.com/dutch_html/images/crabbing4.jpg

[Gumby]

^
Yup, looks pretty f'n dangerous...

[R8]

^it looks like their boat is sinking...........

RedStar granville is where its at! Richmond one is....meh...

[Ikkaku]

^ Agreed. Vancouver location FTW.

I had it first time this year on sunday night at Victoria restaraunt at hyatt... pretty tasty.

[Z3guy]

Coast Restaurant in Yaletown.......they serve King Crab with half the shell removed.....makes it really easy to dip into their mayo/garlic sauce....yummmmy!

[Supafly]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/-x-man/DSC_0588.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/-x-man/DSC_0591.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/-x-man/DSC_0594.jpg


a quick shot for you guys....our lunch...10bucks a pound.....GG

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

how many pounds are those?

i bought one from T&T and it was around 6 + pounds

[xxxrsxxx]

wow, you cut the crabs yourself? How did you cook them?

[Supafly]

wow, you cut the crabs yourself? How did you cook them?

yeah, those huge chinese meat cleavers will do the trick to chop the legs down...the secret is to buy heavy duty industrial shears to half the legs like the restaurants.:thumbsup:

[Expresso]

thats a ballin' lunch!

[miss_crayon]

fyi: king crab prices will start increasing after this weekend since the season is going to be over soon. apparently. so round your peeps up and munch down before it's gone for another yearrrrr!!

[LsquareD]

My dad brings king crab home from work sometimes. Sooo goot.

[Orion]

Statistically, Alaskan crab fishing remains one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. [4] In 2006, the Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked commercial fishing as the job occupation with the highest fatality rate with 141.7 per 100,000, almost 75 percent higher than the rate of for pilots, flight engineers and loggers, the next most hazardous occupations. [8] However, Alaskan crab fishing specifically is even more dangerous with over 300 fatalities per 100,000.[9][10] Over 80% of these deaths are caused by drowning or hypothermia.[11] The fishermen are also susceptible to crippling injuries caused by working with heavy machinery and gear.

dangerous

[6793026]

supafly
did ur parents eat the king crab before u took the pic,
i aint' a mathmatician, but that's not even close to 1 king crab on the table.....

[HonestTea]

Oh shitt!!

Anyone know a good place to buy your King Crabs from? Quality and best price :)

Not talking about restaurants..talking about ones you buy and cook it yourself at home ^^

[Supafly]

supafly
did ur parents eat the king crab before u took the pic,
i aint' a mathmatician, but that's not even close to 1 king crab on the table.....

lol, dude that was only half a crab i think....the others parts were put into rice dishes and some were still in the steamer...:)

[7seven]

you order the king crab as a whole.

its some package deal. basically the king crab price / lb + special price for cooked 3 ways.


Yup, they have this deal at Bing Sheng on Renfrew too. Some of the cast from out of town from the film I'm working on have been craving Chinese style king crab, so Monday we hit Sun Shi Wah and last night we hit Bing Sheng.

Surprisingly, despite their lack of hard alcohol, everyone actually enjoyed Bing Sheng more. For the 7 of us we ordered 3 king crabs, two 10 pounders and a 13 pounder, 1st course was steamed with garlic and served with butter, 2nd course was fried in spice/peppers/jalapeno and 3rd course was rice in a coconut curry sauce served in the shells of the king crabs.

[Supafly]

Yup, they have this deal at Bing Sheng on Renfrew too. Some of the cast from out of town from the film I'm working on have been craving Chinese style king crab, so Monday we hit Sun Shi Wah and last night we hit Bing Sheng.

Surprisingly, despite their lack of hard alcohol, everyone actually enjoyed Bing Sheng more. For the 7 of us we ordered 3 king crabs, two 10 pounders and a 13 pounder, 1st course was steamed with garlic and served with butter, 2nd course was fried in spice/peppers/jalapeno and 3rd course was rice in a coconut curry sauce served in the shells of the king crabs.

I think those 3 courses are the staple of king crab...not much else you can do with king crab other than the deepfrying and cream sauce.:)

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Yup, they have this deal at Bing Sheng on Renfrew too. Some of the cast from out of town from the film I'm working on have been craving Chinese style king crab, so Monday we hit Sun Shi Wah and last night we hit Bing Sheng.

Surprisingly, despite their lack of hard alcohol, everyone actually enjoyed Bing Sheng more. For the 7 of us we ordered 3 king crabs, two 10 pounders and a 13 pounder, 1st course was steamed with garlic and served with butter, 2nd course was fried in spice/peppers/jalapeno and 3rd course was rice in a coconut curry sauce served in the shells of the king crabs.

:eek::eek::eek:

holly shit u guys can eat!!!! no seirously!!! WOW!!!!!!!

thats a total of whopping 33 pounds of crab for 7 ppl? holly shit!!!!!!!!!!

[hal0g0dv2]

Yup, they have this deal at Bing Sheng on Renfrew too. Some of the cast from out of town from the film I'm working on have been craving Chinese style king crab, so Monday we hit Sun Shi Wah and last night we hit Bing Sheng.

Surprisingly, despite their lack of hard alcohol, everyone actually enjoyed Bing Sheng more. For the 7 of us we ordered 3 king crabs, two 10 pounders and a 13 pounder, 1st course was steamed with garlic and served with butter, 2nd course was fried in spice/peppers/jalapeno and 3rd course was rice in a coconut curry sauce served in the shells of the king crabs.

fuck that sound so fucking good

[wouwou]

:eek::eek::eek:

holly shit u guys can eat!!!! no seirously!!! WOW!!!!!!!

thats a total of whopping 33 pounds of crab for 7 ppl? holly shit!!!!!!!!!!

my wife and I can finish a 8 pounder EASY.

the shell weights a ton by itself, so all in all 33 pounds of crab probably gives at most 20 pounds of meat, /7 that's only 3 per head

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

ya i understand but u are not only eating the crab meat itself when u are at the restaurant. they mix in shit load of fried rice and noodle with it which stuffs the shit out of u

[Grandmaster TSE]

Oh shitt!!

Anyone know a good place to buy your King Crabs from? Quality and best price :)

Not talking about restaurants..talking about ones you buy and cook it yourself at home ^^

i go T&T
my mom knows a guy that works there so he'll try to get us the best one
but we only buy if its on sale

[Grandmaster TSE]

its all about garlic and butter for king crab

[Gumby]

Surprisingly, despite their lack of hard alcohol, everyone actually enjoyed Bing Sheng more. For the 7 of us we ordered 3 king crabs, two 10 pounders and a 13 pounder, 1st course was steamed with garlic and served with butter, 2nd course was fried in spice/peppers/jalapeno and 3rd course was rice in a coconut curry sauce served in the shells of the king crabs.

OMG I hope you didn't order anything else cuz I would be stuffed and sick of king crab for a year after that feast! :)

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

its all about garlic and butter for king crab

werd

and ginger, green onion, pepper, and tw style cooking alcohol to get rid of the sea smell

[Grandmaster TSE]

werd

and ginger, green onion, pepper, and tw style cooking alcohol to get rid of the sea smell

i keep it super simple since i don't want to cover the taste of the crab itself

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

i like to keep mine half simple, and the other half in crap swimming with the crab :haha::haha:

[.Renn.Sport]

King Crab Congee :D
http://next.atnext.com/images/next-photos/Eat_Travel/712/640pixfolder/ETA712-story_e/IMG_6409.jpg

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

pic dont work

[caramel604]

had a king crab at happy king with my bf family
it was good and meaty!..
we bought the biggest one too!

[Gumby]

King Crab Congee :D
http://next.atnext.com/images/next-photos/Eat_Travel/712/640pixfolder/ETA712-story_e/IMG_6409.jpg
Did you recently have that? If yes, that fits right in with your lobster hot pot. :p :rolleyes:

[6793026]

FYI, i have pics to prove it, but try not to eat the head / brains of hte king crab, i took pics of a worm that crawled out from it...

[.Renn.Sport]

here is lobster hot pot :D
http://next.atnext.com/images/next-photos/Eat_Travel/712/640pixfolder/ETA712-story_e/IMG_6387.jpg

[hirevtuner]

that looks fukken good...i'm so hungry right now

[~designer_rice~]

I had King Crab a couple of weeks ago at Pelican Restaurant on Hastings. It's $12.80/lb there. We had it three ways: garlic and onion, deep fried salt and pepper and curried rice. So yummy! I normally don't eat crab but king crab meat is so good. I noticed Kirin's King Crab goes for $13.80/lb. Surely, that's a rip-off. Yes, T&T sells it for about $10/lb.

[LsquareD]

here is lobster hot pot :D
http://next.atnext.com/images/next-photos/Eat_Travel/712/640pixfolder/ETA712-story_e/IMG_6387.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o263/Matchstick01/drooling_homer.gif

[Vansterdam]

^ +999999999

[~designer_rice~]

To LSquared,

Where did you eat the King Crab Congee and the Lobster Hot Pot?

[asahai69]

Yup, they have this deal at Bing Sheng on Renfrew too. Some of the cast from out of town from the film I'm working on have been craving Chinese style king crab, so Monday we hit Sun Shi Wah and last night we hit Bing Sheng.

Surprisingly, despite their lack of hard alcohol, everyone actually enjoyed Bing Sheng more. For the 7 of us we ordered 3 king crabs, two 10 pounders and a 13 pounder, 1st course was steamed with garlic and served with butter, 2nd course was fried in spice/peppers/jalapeno and 3rd course was rice in a coconut curry sauce served in the shells of the king crabs.


had the same 3 dishes u had and holy fuck it was gangsta! gona go back before the seasons over.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

I had King Crab a couple of weeks ago at Pelican Restaurant on Hastings. It's $12.80/lb there. We had it three ways: garlic and onion, deep fried salt and pepper and curried rice. So yummy! I normally don't eat crab but king crab meat is so good. I noticed Kirin's King Crab goes for $13.80/lb. Surely, that's a rip-off. Yes, T&T sells it for about $10/lb.

but the problem that i suspect a chinese restaurant would pull is


they take out the grab and show it to u, claiming its 13 pounds..how would you know they didnt bs u and its actually 10 pounds? ok even if it is 12 pounds, by the time they go back to the kitche they might give u a 9 pounder and cook that shit and serve it to u.

So in the end, that 13 pounder my just be a display, that keeps on getting taken out to show to each customer. the display crab i call it..

[q0192837465]

but the problem that i suspect a chinese restaurant would pull is


they take out the grab and show it to u, claiming its 13 pounds..how would you know they didnt bs u and its actually 10 pounds? ok even if it is 12 pounds, by the time they go back to the kitche they might give u a 9 pounder and cook that shit and serve it to u.

So in the end, that 13 pounder my just be a display, that keeps on getting taken out to show to each customer. the display crab i call it..

Lol, i got ripped off a couple times like that. We were like, there's NO WAY a 13 pounder be this small.

[kwokerz]

sun sui wah if your chinese.

[rsx]

y cant you farm king crabs?

[Grandmaster TSE]

but the problem that i suspect a chinese restaurant would pull is


they take out the grab and show it to u, claiming its 13 pounds..how would you know they didnt bs u and its actually 10 pounds? ok even if it is 12 pounds, by the time they go back to the kitche they might give u a 9 pounder and cook that shit and serve it to u.

So in the end, that 13 pounder my just be a display, that keeps on getting taken out to show to each customer. the display crab i call it..

happens quite a bit
what worse is when restaurants swap out the live crab for a dead one

[6793026]

it happens a lot however, i can be sure that kirin hasn't done that to me before
kirin 8 lb king crab (13.99) was bigger than this other place that was 11 lbs (8.99)
u really get what u pay for.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Lol, i got ripped off a couple times like that. We were like, there's NO WAY a 13 pounder be this small.

i knew it, i knew i aint the only one feeling jewed on receiving a smaller crab

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

the funny thing is you cant really do it to crab and lobster

because crab usually ranges 2-3 pounds

lobster usually rages from 4-6 pounds

alaska king crab is hard to measure

[HonestTea]

Just ate it today and it was pretty good BUT the restaurant made it pretty salty with SHIT LOADS of garlic bits on top...so it kind of overpowered the sweetness of the King Crab :(

$10.80/pound haha

Planning to buy King Crab next week and get my mom to make it at home, probably better then eating it out at the restaurant :D

[Durrann1984]

Just ate it today and it was pretty good BUT the restaurant made it pretty salty with SHIT LOADS of garlic bits on top...so it kind of overpowered the sweetness of the King Crab :(

$10.80/pound haha

Planning to buy King Crab next week and get my mom to make it at home, probably better then eating it out at the restaurant :D

thats how a lot of restaurants do it
putting lots of garlic bits on top

garlic wasnt that bad

[Durrann1984]

isnt the restaurant on renfrew and 1st the one above T&T
has king crabs for 8.99 correct me if wrong

[TheSalesman]

^ yeah the happy king restaraunt lol.
i ate there last night and it was ok...8.99 made with garlic and deep fried, +18.88 for the rice in the crab head.

[Durrann1984]

^^ haha yeh i had the samething too

it was pretty decent for the price lol

[.Renn.Sport]

8.99 places rip cheap ppl like you off

[TheSalesman]

yeah it probably doesn't weigh 12lbs which is what they charged me. but at 14/lbs, i would only get 7.7lbs at the 14/lbs place. I have no complaints. I had king crab a couple weeks before and they charged 14/lbs and I think we got less.

[djm]

what is a good place that doesn't rip u off + cooks well along kingsway/victoria/fraser/main?

[AsBannedAsItGets]

If crabs weren't so expensive much like most seafood, I could actually see myself eating it everyday. I love crabs its just that I don't wanna gets crabs. See the play on words there :/

[CRS]

what is a good place that doesn't rip u off + cooks well along kingsway/victoria/fraser/main?

There is a restaurant on Kingsway just past slocan if you're going east. So driving east on Kingsway, you'll pass Churchs on the right, then you'll pass Slocan St and then halfway into the block, it is the restaurant.

There is the word dragon in it but I can't remember the english name.

[djm]

^ former tsui yuen ? aqua blue on the outside

[skiiipi]

i had king crab for my birthday couple weeks ago
about 12 ppl
had 2 ~11lb crabs at kingford seafood resturant
they brought out 2 crabs (weighed both in front of me)
the portion seemed about right, and didnt seem like they jewed me
3 big plates of garlic steamed
2 plates of the deep fried kunckles
and 2 bowls of fried rice.

$9.88 per lb
i got a bunch of other stuff as well (ie. 2 peking ducks, a bunch of veigies, seafood platter etc) bill came to about $750 including tax and tip which wasnt bad at all for 12 people

and a for chinese new year, we went to "northern dynasty" for king crab, had 1 14lb crab, for 7 people, they made with steam with garlic, and steamed with this chinese rice wine, and fried rice

i think Northern dynasty serves the king crab slightly better. but i wasnt sure on the cost at the time, right now they advertise it for 10.99 per lb

Kingford is at the corner of no.3 and westminister hwy
Northern DYnasty is across from ESTEA in rmd

[Death2Theft]

Personally i can't tell the taste diff between king crab and normal crab. I'd rather just have more of the normal crab.

[Gumby]

Personally i can't tell the taste diff between king crab and normal crab. I'd rather just have more of the normal crab.
I think the way they cook king crab vs normal crab plays a big difference. I have yet to see normal dungeness crab split open and steamed with garlic, or king crab done in butter cream sauce. :D

[6793026]

Personally i can't tell the taste diff between king crab and normal crab. I'd rather just have more of the normal crab.

wow... really, u can blind fold me and i can tell the difference by touching them.

the texture is soso sosososs differnt in every way