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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Big Dog on September 02, 2013, 07:22:36 PM
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Red, Velvet and I went to Kansas City for the weekend. I was in the mood for seafood (good idea), and decided to have dinner at Joe's Crab Shack in Olathe (bad idea). Not a lot of options for seafood in Kansas City.
First things first. I am working with a dog in a vest that says "Hearing Dog". Where do they seat us? Right under a ****ing speaker, blaring hip-hop music as loudly as possible. Velvet was out of sorts, and my ****ing hearing aid was crackling like I had my head in a microwave. I couldn't hear a damn thing.
Next, the food. Crab stuffed mushroom appetizer, cold in the middle. Can't trust lukewarm crabmeat, so we didn't eat it. Red ordered the "Maine grill", which was a rubber lobster cut into pieces by Chef Jeffrey Dahmer. Also room temperature. I had "Southern Fried Lobster", which was represented on the menu by large chunks of lobster, lightly breaded. What the hell, it sounded good at the time. What I got was overcooked little Lobster McNuggets- somewhere some very unhappy lobster geldings are crawling on the ocean floor. We each had a drink; I had a Bloody Mary with a crab leg stuck in it, which was the only thing they didn't **** up.
Third, the service. We saw very little of our waitress; the most we saw was when the entire ****ing wait staff danced around for six minutes to some hip-hop remix of the BeeGee's "Stayin' Alive". Stop dancing and bring out our dinner, bitch! No wonder it was room temperature.
At this point, I am dissatisfied enough that they couldn't have put a smile on my face with a free Rolex and a blowjob. But it got worse-
The final insult was the check. Almost eighty dollars, with "Recommended Gratuity" of fifteen bucks printed right on the damn receipt. I don't think so. It was too ****ing loud to talk, so I decided to pay the bill and go.
I made up for the lousy dinner by driving us up to the Plaza for dessert at the Cheesecake Factory. Dessert was as good as dinner was poor.
Summary: I'll not spend another damn dime at a Joe's Crap Shack. Next time we go to Kansas City, we're going to Hereford House. If I'm going to drop $80-100 for dinner, I'm going to enjoy it. Ptooey.
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That sounds pretty lousy. There's a JCS downtown, but I've never been interested enough to go in and order something.
I went to Olive Garden over the weekend since its the only Italian food my dad's wife will eat. Lousy, flavorless stuff.
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Olive Garden
Love their salads and their chicken marsala.
Prefer Carraba's.
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Love their salads and their chicken marsala.
Prefer Carraba's.
The salad was probably the best part.
A friend of my late aunt runs a local Italian place... I don't know why we didn't go there instead.
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If you want a good lobstah, you have to come to New England, at Lobstah fest, June?? Clamfest, Chowdah fest. Want true itlaian?? Noth Boston, the Ilalian district. Better yet, St Anthon'y's festival in August!!
If you go up to Freeport Maine(LLbean Flagship store(go to the firearms section ,and you will be heaven my friend!)!, there is a great seafood restaurant right outside of town, on an inlet, it has awesome seafood!!
You can tell I am a true New Englandah!!
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If you want a good lobstah, you have to come to New England, at Lobstah fest, June?? Clamfest, Chowdah fest. Want true itlaian?? Noth Boston, the Ilalian district. Better yet, St Anthon'y's festival in August!!
If you go up to Freeport Maine(LLbean Flagship store(go to the firearms section ,and you will be heaven my friend!)!, there is a great seafood restaurant right outside of town, on an inlet, it has awesome seafood!!
You can tell I am a true New Englandah!!
How many glasses of wine did you have after work?
:hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
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Remember the old rule: never order seafood from a place if you can't drive to the ocean within a few hours.
My Joes's Crab Shack experiences in Ventura Beach and San Diego were great.
Although, in Southern California, Joe's is looked at like Red Lobster with a slightly better decor (seafood Denny's). Good for group dinners and a decent default if you don't feel like finding someplace better.
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Joes Crab Shack is crap. I have been there maybe twice. Over priced crap.
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How many glasses of wine did you have after work?
:hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
lol, We don't pronounce our r's very well!! I was talking to a chap today, who was from the badlands of Texas... :drool: His accent was hot!!
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You should have complained about your food, and made them take it back and do it right.
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Joes Crab Shack is crap. I have been there maybe twice. Over priced crap.
Iassa, if you ever come up this way, make sure you come and stay with me, and we can go to Portsmouth and go bar hoppin , or old Port...
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I love seafood but, their ads always seemed to good to be true. Thanks for the warning BD.
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lol, We don't pronounce our r's very well!! I was talking to a chap today, who was from the badlands of Texas... :drool: His accent was hot!!
We ain't got no badlands down here....all good lands. :-) I have family in Maine, one of these days I will get back up there, and I will give you a holler when I do.
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Remember the old rule: never order seafood from a place if you can't drive to the ocean within a few hours.
I have a friend that runs a sushi restaurant in Missouri. He airs in almost everything. Of course, you pay for that with his prices, too.
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I absolutely despise Joe's Crab Shack. WAY too loud all the time. Took my folks to one in Spring and the dumb ass running the 'show' stood behind our table with a freaking megaphone trying to sell shirts. I asked him to move nicely and he announced, via megaphone, he wasn't stopping until he sold 5 shirts.
I almost punched him in the face. I figured it would be better to get the manager who ended up shutting him down.
KC
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I absolutely despise Joe's Crab Shack. WAY too loud all the time. Took my folks to one in Spring and the dumb ass running the 'show' stood behind our table with a freaking megaphone trying to sell shirts. I asked him to move nicely and he announced, via megaphone, he wasn't stopping until he sold 5 shirts.
I almost punched him in the face. I figured it would be better to get the manager who ended up shutting him down.
KC
Taser to the balls.
Is that what happens there? You'd be better off going to Hooters.
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lol, We don't pronounce our r's very well!! I was talking to a chap today, who was from the badlands of Texas... :drool: His accent was hot!!
New England Alphabet
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q Ah S T U V W X Y Z
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That sounds pretty lousy. There's a JCS downtown, but I've never been interested enough to go in and order something.
I went to Olive Garden over the weekend since its the only Italian food my dad's wife will eat. Lousy, flavorless stuff.
Women seem to love Olive Garden. I have had about as many good meals there as bad. I must admit the couple times I ate at one in Las Vegas it was pretty good. I went for lunch.
I think back in the Midwest I started to resent going as that is where "she" always wanted to go. Crazy ****ing bitch. :-) If you eat enough breadsticks and salad with dinner at least you do not leave hungry after you spend almost $50.
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At this point, I am dissatisfied enough that they couldn't have put a smile on my face with a free Rolex and a blowjob.
:lmao: :lmao:
Sorry you had a bad meal. I know my father had difficulties hearing when there was a lot of background noise, I can definitely empathize with that.
I've ate a Joe's a few times in Ventura, CA with a great water view. The food and service has always been great. My opinion could be a little biased as the waitress is a "friend." At that particular restaurant it looked like there was quite a lot of team work and everyone was pitching in to help each other get the food out.
The view of the sunsets are incredible there.
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If you ever get to Anchorage, AK this is the place to get crab! King crab legs as big as your forearm fill the table for $40!!
Gwennie's (http://gwenniesrestaurant.com/)
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Or in the Outer Banks you can get a cool tee shirt here. I don't like little crabs.
Diry Dicks (http://www.dirtydickscrabs.com/ordereze/Products/224/ProductDetails.aspx)
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Red, Velvet and I went to Kansas City for the weekend. I was in the mood for seafood (good idea), and decided to have dinner at Joe's Crab Shack in Olathe (bad idea). Not a lot of options for seafood in Kansas City.
First things first. I am working with a dog in a vest that says "Hearing Dog". Where do they seat us? Right under a ****ing speaker, blaring hip-hop music as loudly as possible. Velvet was out of sorts, and my ****ing hearing aid was crackling like I had my head in a microwave. I couldn't hear a damn thing.
Next, the food. Crab stuffed mushroom appetizer, cold in the middle. Can't trust lukewarm crabmeat, so we didn't eat it. Red ordered the "Maine grill", which was a rubber lobster cut into pieces by Chef Jeffrey Dahmer. Also room temperature. I had "Southern Fried Lobster", which was represented on the menu by large chunks of lobster, lightly breaded. What the hell, it sounded good at the time. What I got was overcooked little Lobster McNuggets- somewhere some very unhappy lobster geldings are crawling on the ocean floor. We each had a drink; I had a Bloody Mary with a crab leg stuck in it, which was the only thing they didn't **** up.
Third, the service. We saw very little of our waitress; the most we saw was when the entire ****ing wait staff danced around for six minutes to some hip-hop remix of the BeeGee's "Stayin' Alive". Stop dancing and bring out our dinner, bitch! No wonder it was room temperature.
At this point, I am dissatisfied enough that they couldn't have put a smile on my face with a free Rolex and a blowjob. But it got worse-
The final insult was the check. Almost eighty dollars, with "Recommended Gratuity" of fifteen bucks printed right on the damn receipt. I don't think so. It was too ****ing loud to talk, so I decided to pay the bill and go.
I made up for the lousy dinner by driving us up to the Plaza for dessert at the Cheesecake Factory. Dessert was as good as dinner was poor.
Summary: I'll not spend another damn dime at a Joe's Crap Shack. Next time we go to Kansas City, we're going to Hereford House. If I'm going to drop $80-100 for dinner, I'm going to enjoy it. Ptooey.
Had this exact same experience. Captain D's would have looked down their noses at Joes. It sucks.
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Haven't been to a Joe's in nearly 10 years, and then only because my mother was visiting from Colorado and wanted crab legs.
Me, I'd have said, "Hey, these are cold, could you put them back in the microwave for another 30 seconds?"
There's a very good reason there are NO Red Lobsters, Joe's, etc. anywhere near me. I made the mistake of doing the Olive Garden in Portsmouth ONCE. Never again.
Chain places are for people who either can't get decent food or don't know what it is in the first place.
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My favorite seafood place -- comes right off the boats (Cape May, NJ):
(http://blog.nj.com/entertainment_impact_dining/2008/03/large_LOBSTERHOUSE.jpg)
(http://www.capemayviews.com/Dining/Images/The%20Lobster%20House.jpg)
(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/b8/1c/78/the-lobster-house.jpg)
(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/e5/08/a1/the-lobster-house.jpg)
Eat on the dock or inside (we always eat on the dock). They also have an amazing fish market inside.
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Haven't been to a Joe's in nearly 10 years, and then only because my mother was visiting from Colorado and wanted crab legs.
Me, I'd have said, "Hey, these are cold, could you put them back in the microwave for another 30 seconds?"
There's a very good reason there are NO Red Lobsters, Joe's, etc. anywhere near me. I made the mistake of doing the Olive Garden in Portsmouth ONCE. Never again.
Chain places are for people who either can't get decent food or don't know what it is in the first place.
Sparky, Have you been to any of the seafood places around here?
some recommendations:
The Beach Plum
Ice House-New Castle
Wentworth -by-the-Sea just opened a new restaurant within the hotel, which has had great reviews
Bg's Boat House-New Castle
Rays Seafood rt 1a and the new one on rt 1 on the North Hampton/ Rye line(this one is literally across the street,from me, used to be the Abercrombie and Finch)
Petey's on 1a
All these are within 20 minutes max of where I live.
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My favorite seafood place -- comes right off the boats (Cape May, NJ):
(http://blog.nj.com/entertainment_impact_dining/2008/03/large_LOBSTERHOUSE.jpg)
(http://www.capemayviews.com/Dining/Images/The%20Lobster%20House.jpg)
(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/b8/1c/78/the-lobster-house.jpg)
(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/e5/08/a1/the-lobster-house.jpg)
Eat on the dock or inside (we always eat on the dock). They also have an amazing fish market inside.
Ok, now I have to come down for a visit!!
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This one is easy.
Homey don't do seafood, so I don't frequent Joe's Crap Shack, Bob's Lobstah Shack, Eddie's Oyster Shack, or Forest Gump's Shrimp Canoe.
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Sparky, Have you been to any of the seafood places around here?
some recommendations:
The Beach Plum
Ice House-New Castle
Wentworth -by-the-Sea just opened a new restaurant within the hotel, which has had great reviews
Bg's Boat House-New Castle
Rays Seafood rt 1a and the new one on rt 1 on the North Hampton/ Rye line(this one is literally across the street,from me, used to be the Abercrombie and Finch)
Petey's on 1a
All these are within 20 minutes max of where I live.
Sea I can WALK to Rays ,eat, drink, fall down, get home in 5 minutes even if that 4 Th drink makes me crawl home.
Long as I keep the outside lights on I can find my way home no matter how strong the drinks are.
I do hope this restaurant can stay in business, The one next to it closed after years of being a neighborhood hang out, it was called Spuds. All us old timers went there at least 3 times a week, meet the neighbors and the staff knew everyone by name. We went to A &f on special occasions but the prices of the menu were outside our twice a week out dining.
Spuds was so different, they had specials twice a week for less then $5.00 including rolls and butter.
On the times they had fried clams on special they came from Mass. with them so clean one could see right through the belly's, Not one bit of grit and for those that did not eat the belly's because of that we all gobbled them up.
When the no smoking policy came in, those that spent time in a closed off room with bar and dining service went to a place they could eat drink and smoke.
Only place for that was home, get takeout service that means no tips for the waitress or bartender.
Then there is the loss of community action, no more meeting up with other people----Just sit at home by themselves alone.
I am still pissed after 10 years of how a growing business and place for those that cannot drive was run out by the Liberals.
I have watched this place go through 3 perhaps 4 different owners, under different names, but it is sad.
Now Rays, if they can put a smoking area outside with some kind of heater to allow the smokers to eat drink and be marry in the cold winter months, I just may with 300 others in my village visit it a couple times a week------, to eat or have a few brews, smoke cigars or cigarettes, watch the big games on big TV's never know, one makes more money on the bar take then the kitchen.
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Vesta, Have you been to Rays? is as good as the one on the seacoast? One of the differences is the view. On 1a, you got the ocean and views of the salt marsh
This one here , you get views of Rt 1. How exciting!! :whatever:. I want to go there for lunch, on Thursday with mum...
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Ahh, Cape May! Site of the USCGRECCEN, where I went to boot camp. January, February, March 1964, Cape May in the winter, roads paved with sea shells. Memories, memories.... :panic:
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Went to the Joe's Crab Shack in Maple Grove, MN while I lived up there. I was less than impressed. The food was mediocre, at best & the service was even worse. I guess there's a reason they failed there because when I went to have lunch with Schadie, they were closed for good. We wound up going to Red Lobster just down the road. It was awkward having an unmarked police car following me. (Schadie's vehicle at the time) :rotf: :rotf:
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When I want seafood, I avoid Red Lobster and go straight to Long John Silver's. Those are the only places around here.
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We sometimes to to Northwoods. They have real good walleye and lake perch.
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If you ever get to Anchorage, AK this is the place to get crab! King crab legs as big as your forearm fill the table for $40!!
Gwennie's (http://gwenniesrestaurant.com/)
I would love AK for their king crab and halibut. I practically live on the ocean, and our fish here is so expensive and not a even a good selection. Probably shipped in from somewhere else too. :mad:
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I have a friend that runs a sushi restaurant in Missouri. He airs in almost everything. Of course, you pay for that with his prices, too.
I had some really excellent sushi in Omaha, and both of the places I went to had happy hours, so you could get it for a pretty reasonable price :yahoo:
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I never had a desire to eat raw fish or oysters.
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I never had a desire to eat raw fish or oysters.
or sushi. :puke:
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Sounds like a terrible experience, BD. I don't intend to ever go in if I encounter the crap shack (none around me). I detest overly loud eating places.
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Sounds like a terrible experience, BD. I don't intend to ever go in if I encounter the crap shack (none around me). I detest overly loud eating places.
Me too. Especially obnoxious is that "Happy Birthday" crap that isn't "Happy Birthday." Stop with the clapping, already, ya putzes. :whatever:
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or sushi. :puke:
Sushi contains raw fish.
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Sushi contains raw fish.
Depends what kind you get. Some of the cooked sushi I've had is good (the fried shrimp with eel sauce is a good one).
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Depends what kind you get. Some of the cooked sushi I've had is good (the fried shrimp with eel sauce is a good one).
I'll accept your definition. It does NOT change my opinion, however.
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Sushi contains raw fish.
Not necessarily. Sashimi is raw fish. Sushi simply means wrapped in seaweed and rice.
KC
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Sounds like a terrible experience, BD. I don't intend to ever go in if I encounter the crap shack (none around me). I detest overly loud eating places.
Do NOT go there if you don't like loud eating places. I mean there are places that have a 'festive' atmosphere then there is Joe's. OMG that place is loud.
I have a discernment problem in noisy places ... In Joe's you simply can't hear. Not to mention the menu choices suck and they're not overly flexible.
KC
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I detest overly loud eating places.
That's one of the reasons I don't enjoy eating out anymore. It seems like every restaurant we have is noisy, even if they are the fancy expensive ones.
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Ok, now I have to come down for a visit!!
No kidding that looks awesome! The view and the food!
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Depends what kind you get. Some of the cooked sushi I've had is good (the fried shrimp with eel sauce is a good one).
Any food with two e's and an l will never cross my lips.
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Not necessarily. Sashimi is raw fish. Sushi simply means wrapped in seaweed and rice.
KC
Make that two e's and a d as well. Any "weed" is just disgusting.
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:rofl: That's just the name. It's soy sauce, sugar, and mirin (Japanese cooking wine).
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I like my food to be recognizable as something would usually eat.
I was, however, once socially forced into having mountain oysters by some farmer relatives of a former brother-in-law. Fresh from the hog, too. A truly forgettable occurrence.
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I have a friend that runs a sushi restaurant in Missouri. He airs in almost everything. Of course, you pay for that with his prices, too.
Few do.
It is almost always frozen (if you are lucky).
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I'm just not interested in that kind of food. Neither is my wife.
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I'm just not interested in that kind of food. Neither is my wife.
Me three. I've eaten it before, but to me it was blah..no flavor.
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My wife has always wanted to try Joe's Crab Shack.
Most of the seafood places around here are too greasy, too tasteless, or too expensive.
Years ago there used to be a place that had good seafood plus had something called a Swamp Platter with catfish, frog legs, soft-shell crab, and gator tail. Everything on their menu was good. I don't know what happened to the place. Maybe 0 helped them out of business.
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When I want seafood, I avoid Red Lobster and go straight to Long John Silver's. Those are the only places around here.
:-)
I think some things at LJS are better then Red Lobster.
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I had some really excellent sushi in Omaha, and both of the places I went to had happy hours, so you could get it for a pretty reasonable price :yahoo:
Yum.
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No kidding that looks awesome! The view and the food!
we should go and crash at Sue's!! :-)
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My favorite seafood place -- comes right off the boats (Cape May, NJ):
(http://blog.nj.com/entertainment_impact_dining/2008/03/large_LOBSTERHOUSE.jpg)
(http://www.capemayviews.com/Dining/Images/The%20Lobster%20House.jpg)
(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/b8/1c/78/the-lobster-house.jpg)
(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/e5/08/a1/the-lobster-house.jpg)
Eat on the dock or inside (we always eat on the dock). They also have an amazing fish market inside.
Oh, Lordy, that looks good.
Are cigars allowed on the dock?
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Ahh, Cape May! Site of the USCGRECCEN, where I went to boot camp. January, February, March 1964, Cape May in the winter, roads paved with sea shells. Memories, memories.... :panic:
I know you weren't enamored of the town back then but you and your wife should visit once you have your house sold, CG. You'd be very pleasantly surprised :)
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:rofl: That's just the name. It's soy sauce, sugar, and mirin (Japanese cooking wine).
Mmmmmm, love eel sauce, especially on eel sushi!!
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Unagi with eel sauce... good stuff. :yum:
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Unagi with eel sauce... good stuff. :yum:
(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4891397617747697&pid=15.1)
KC
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Unagi with eel sauce... good stuff. :yum:
I don't even know what that shit is, but it sounds nasty.
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:rofl:
Tastes like chicken.
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:rofl:
Tastes like chicken ass.
FIFY
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Y'all suck. O-)
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Y'all suck. O-)
Slurpees, yes; lobster legs, NFW.
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EEl, ewwww...There are just some critters that need to stay in the water and not on my dinner plate
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Oh, Lordy, that looks good.
Are cigars allowed on the dock?
Ya know? I'm not sure!
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Unagi with eel sauce... good stuff. :yum:
I ALWAYS get unagi or a special roll with unagi in it!
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I don't even know what that shit is, but it sounds nasty.
That reminds me of when my SIL took a bunch of us to out to eat at her favorite paella restaurant. She ordered for all of us, some concoction made with shell fish, rice and squid ink.
I could only eat a few bites after I realized what was in it, and it turned everyone's teeth, tongue, and mouth black.
Nasty, nasty stuff
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Here's a couple of menus from the Lobster House. The way it works is you can go to the Take Out place (that's where the fish market is too) and order from there and they give you a number, then you go to the Raw Bar window and order from there and you get another number. When your numbers are called, you pick up your food and take it out to the deck. The tables are all repurposed telephone wire spools so nothing fancy. Also, while you're waiting for your food, you go to the bar, order a pitcher (or whatever) and get cups of OTC crackers and fresh grated horseradish and eat that while you're waiting for your order.
Notice the menus don't have prices but they are pretty reasonable:
Raw Bar menu (http://thelobsterhouse.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/raw-bar-menu1.pdf)
Take Out menu (http://thelobsterhouse.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/menu-takeout1.pdf)
The Take Out also has items that aren't on the menu like individual lobster quiches and lobster spring rolls and some REALLY amazing desserts.
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That reminds me of when my SIL took a bunch of us to out to eat at her favorite paella restaurant. She ordered for all of us, some concoction made with shell fish, rice and squid ink.
I could only eat a few bites after I realized what was in it, and it turned everyone's teeth, tongue, and mouth black.
Nasty, nasty stuff
Must've been squid ink (yuck)
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Here's a couple of menus from the Lobster House. The way it works is you can go to the Take Out place (that's where the fish market is too) and order from there and they give you a number, then you go to the Raw Bar window and order from there and you get another number. When your numbers are called, you pick up your food and take it out to the deck. The tables are all repurposed telephone wire spools so nothing fancy. Also, while you're waiting for your food, you go to the bar, order a pitcher (or whatever) and get cups of OTC crackers and fresh grated horseradish and eat that while you're waiting for your order.
Notice the menus don't have prices but they are pretty reasonable:
Raw Bar menu (http://thelobsterhouse.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/raw-bar-menu1.pdf)
Take Out menu (http://thelobsterhouse.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/menu-takeout1.pdf)
I think I have died and gone to heaven!! Wonder if they deliver??
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Must've been squid ink (yuck)
Ya know, I can see some enterprising conservative marketing a new 'lefty yuppie' drink . . . :evillaugh:
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Ya know, I can see some enterprising conservative marketing a new 'lefty yuppie' drink . . . :evillaugh:
Just head over to Japan. They make ice cream out of the stuff. A drink wouldn't be too much of a stretch.
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Now see, ya'll are making me have a huge craving for sushi, which I've had almost never since the only decent sushi place in Portsmouth closed years ago.
And NO, vesta, I will NOT eat that shit they make at Shaw's. You make it in front of me, or I don't eat it. Period.
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Any food with two e's and an l will never cross my lips.
What about "beef"? Hmmmm????
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I don't care for sushi so much, but CAN eat some sashimi!! :-) I like raw beef, too...... ;)
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What about "beef"? Hmmmm????
Ain't no "l" (lower-case L for the optically challenged) in "beef".
Bitchslapped for failure to spell correctly.
:tongue:
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OK, all these chain restaurants are not for the discerning seafood lovers.
Give me a big ol' tray of boiled crabs, shrimp, or crawfish, along with the attendant potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, sausage, lemons, and whole heads of garlic.
Or a bowl of crab or shrimp stew, or a plate of crawfish etouffe, a bowl of seafood gumbo, or even raw oysters. :drool:
Hey, Tots, dontcha miss the gulf coast? :-)
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If you want a good lobstah, you have to come to New England, at Lobstah fest, June?? Clamfest, Chowdah fest. Want true itlaian?? Noth Boston, the Ilalian district. Better yet, St Anthon'y's festival in August!!
If you go up to Freeport Maine(LLbean Flagship store(go to the firearms section ,and you will be heaven my friend!)!, there is a great seafood restaurant right outside of town, on an inlet, it has awesome seafood!!
You can tell I am a true New Englandah!!
We have an outfit called the "Flyin' Fish". Only open one day a week. He brings it in fresh outa Seattle. Damn expensive, but worth every penny! I cook my own seafish. Don't trust anyone else. Got sick as a dog on crab from a Skippers once, ever since then, I buy steak when I go out to dinner. Pretty hard to **** up a good steak, and ya can always send it back!
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OK, all these chain restaurants are not for the discerning seafood lovers.
Give me a big ol' tray of boiled crabs, shrimp, or crawfish, along with the attendant potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, sausage, lemons, and whole heads of garlic.
Or a bowl of crab or shrimp stew, or a plate of crawfish etouffe, a bowl of seafood gumbo, or even raw oysters. :drool:
Hey, Tots, dontcha miss the gulf coast? :-)
Amazing - it took 6 pages of this thread until someone came in talking about real seafood! :thumbs:
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OK, all these chain restaurants are not for the discerning seafood lovers.
Give me a big ol' tray of boiled crabs, shrimp, or crawfish, along with the attendant potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, sausage, lemons, and whole heads of garlic.
Or a bowl of crab or shrimp stew, or a plate of crawfish etouffe, a bowl of seafood gumbo, or even raw oysters. :drool:
Hey, Tots, dontcha miss the gulf coast? :-)
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Now you are talking about my kind of eating. If I want great fried seafood in Baton Rouge, I go to Parrains. Rather cook gumbo or crawfish etouffe at home. Eating crawdads (we call them baby lobsters) and sucking the heads ain't bad either plus raw oysters. Yum.
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Amazing - it took 6 pages of this thread until someone came in talking about real seafood! :thumbs:
I just logged on. The New Orleans Jazz festival has some of the best seafood you will ever eat. My favorite is fried soft shell poboy The catfish poboy is not to shabby either. .
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I just logged on. The New Orleans Jazz festival has some of the best seafood you will ever eat. My favorite is fried soft shell poboy The catfish poboy is not to shabby either. .
The first time I went a long time ago I tried a shark steak poboy - it was fantastic!
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The first time I went a long time ago I tried a shark steak poboy - it was fantastic!
I LOVE shark steak!! :)
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OK, all these chain restaurants are not for the discerning seafood lovers.
Give me a big ol' tray of boiled crabs, shrimp, or crawfish, along with the attendant potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, sausage, lemons, and whole heads of garlic.
Or a bowl of crab or shrimp stew, or a plate of crawfish etouffe, a bowl of seafood gumbo, or even raw oysters. :drool:
Hey, Tots, dontcha miss the gulf coast? :-)
Yes, yes I do. I miss McElroys on the BiloxiHarbor....best dang crabfingers ever!
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Yes, yes I do. I miss McElroys on the BiloxiHarbor....best dang crabfingers ever!
Doesn't the gulf have those really big shrimp?
The best one's I've ever eaten were called prawns on Catalina Island. They were the size of small lobster tails. :drool:
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..AND with page 6, Eupher has left the building. The Louisianans have take over. The sort who suck on heads of crawdads :lmao: and love those softshell crabs. I'm sorry, but those look just like a giant spider that you stomped on with your boot, and breaded and tossed in the saute pan. No.
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..AND with page 6, Eupher has left the building. The Louisianans have take over. The sort who suck on heads of crawdads :lmao: and love those softshell crabs. I'm sorry, but those look just like a giant spider that you stomped on with your boot, and breaded and tossed in the saute pan. No.
wha....?
Anybody sucking on the head of a crawdad must not have seen my back yard.
Fulla holes where the little bastards live when the ground is soggy.
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/Eupher6/crawdad-hole-2_zps7fedbb65.jpg)
Right now the ground is dry as set concrete. I hope the little bastards die of dehydration. :evillaugh:
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I'm sorry, but those look just like a giant spider that you stomped on with your boot, and breaded and tossed in the saute pan. No.
It's not like it's still moving! :whatever:
:lmao:
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It's not like it's still moving! :whatever:
:lmao:
Precisely!
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..AND with page 6, Eupher has left the building. The Louisianans have take over. The sort who suck on heads of crawdads :lmao: and love those softshell crabs. I'm sorry, but those look just like a giant spider that you stomped on with your boot, and breaded and tossed in the saute pan. No.
If you have never tried it, don't knock it. LA has some of the best seafood and cooks. We have not even mentioned alligator and frog legs. Yum.
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No, I am going to knock it. A big spider, with those folded up legs and everything. Shudder. And I'm not eating frog's legs, with those little perfect calves and thighs. Cannabilism, is what would come to mind.
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no frog legs for me evah!!!!! alligator either....nuh uh, nope, no way!!! Over my dead body!!!
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Tastes like chicken.
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Gator meat is really good when the cook knows what they are doing....wrap the nuggets in bacon and throw them on the grill, OMG...you will think you died and went to heaven.
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Gator meat is really good when the cook knows what they are doing....wrap the nuggets in bacon and throw them on the grill, OMG...you will think you died and went to heaven.
Yes!
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Yes!
is it like steak, chicken, can you give us a similar meat, with the same texture??
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no frog legs for me evah!!!!! alligator either....nuh uh, nope, no way!!! Over my dead body!!!
(http://www.nyu.edu/classes/keefer/joke/frog1.jpeg)
Mmmmmm...frog's legs...
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is it like steak, chicken, can you give us a similar meat, with the same texture??
People say it tastes like chicken, suppose it does if it is cooked dry. I think it tastes more fishy, like cod maybe.
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The closest I could come would be a cross between pork and shrimp....it isn't like chicken at all....
It is white meat and from water so it is unique.
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No, I am going to knock it. A big spider, with those folded up legs and everything. Shudder. And I'm not eating frog's legs, with those little perfect calves and thighs. Cannabilism, is what would come to mind.
If you like Chinese food, which I don't, you will eat anything. You will never see dogs or cats around that establishment. Entrée of the day is German Shepard.
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People say it tastes like chicken, suppose it does if it is cooked dry. I think it tastes more fishy, like cod maybe.
I think it has a bit of a fishy taste to it, too.
+1 for frog legs. I love frog legs! :drool:
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I think it has a bit of a fishy taste to it, too.
+1 for frog legs. I love frog legs! :drool:
It really kind of depends on how it's marinated. If its marinated in milk and lemon juice it pretty much loses the fishy taste. I like it a lot better without the fishy taste but I'm not a fish eater.
KC
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If you have never tried it, don't knock it. LA has some of the best seafood and cooks. We have not even mentioned alligator and frog legs. Yum.
I've had alligator (in FL) and kangaroo (in NC) -- both YUM!!!
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I've had alligator (in FL) and kangaroo (in NC) -- both YUM!!!
Wonder if anyone has ever eaten a SW. Buzzard when starving to death or eaten a Sea Gull. Then we have this river birds known by locals as shit pokes or flasher birds.
Crazy birds, river birds that are all black, good size a couple feet tall when standing and give the tourist's a good laugh. One from somewhere else will see them standing on rocks or pier pilings with their wings outspread and for all the world they look like old men flashing people wearing a rain coat. They do this to dry off their wings and bodies as they are diving birds and get soggy from being in the water too long.
I have been told that some things up here have never been eaten by our starving ancestors, but I have a hard time believing that as anyone that will eat a lobster unless raised on it with butter, lemon and salt, none of the things available at that time we have today had to be desperate at that time.
I do believe that were anyone of us when starving would eat our pets, and in sever cases our family's and friends. ------Boon Island off our coast had a ship wreck, no one ,anyone, knew the ship was missing and the crew survived by Kama eating the cook.
Just because we have been squeamish about strange food , all strange to us does not mean that some day we may not be forced to say grace over a rattle snake dinner.
Found a short link to a news story from the Philippines that are at war with the Muslim "freedom fighters" :censored: That reported the Government had rounded up at least 400 dogs bound for the food markets of the non Muslims.
Times change in my time Black dog was favored there and Korea's were into white dog.
Europe is over run with the desire for horse meat, all this is for protein starved society's. Somehow the Hindu's survive on a low protein diet, with a very low life expediency of longevity. Truth be told I believe the long lived people cheat or find a reason to eat fish. My Hindu boss at work did, his excuse was this was part of his job to do quality control. I believe the pounds of fish taken home by him was to enlist his family to help with his work.
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Wonder if anyone has ever eaten a SW. Buzzard when starving to death or eaten a Sea Gull. Then we have this river birds known by locals as shit pokes or flasher birds.
I have been told that some things up here have never been eaten by our starving ancestors, but I have a hard time believing that as anyone that will eat a lobster unless raised on it with butter, lemon and salt, none of the things available at that time we have today had to be desperate at that time.
I'm sure every species has been eaten at some point. Better not eat a buzzard here (Calif) they are protected.
I used to watch a cooking show "A Taste Of History" where they prepared colonial recipes on an open hearth. Lobsters were considered a poor man's food.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7li8zgByrLA
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Gator meat is really good when the cook knows what they are doing....wrap the nuggets in bacon and throw them on the grill, OMG...you will think you died and went to heaven.
I might try that, if I was drunk. :lmao:
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Gator meat is really good when the cook knows what they are doing....wrap the nuggets in bacon and throw them on the grill, OMG...you will think you died and went to heaven.
I had gator bites (deep fried nuggets) at some place along Alligator Alley in FL -- good stuff!!
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I got some frogs legs that tasted like rabbit's feet at Jose's Cab shack.
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I might try that, if I was drunk. :lmao:
How about some raw oysters on the half shell. Escargot with a garlic and butter sauce is great also.
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How about some raw oysters on the half shell. Escargot with a garlic and butter sauce is great also.
Yes and Yes.
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How about some raw oysters on the half shell. Escargot with a garlic and butter sauce is great also.
My automobile has a big yellow "S" painted on the top. Courtesy of Eddie Murphy...
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It could be worse and one could be eating Balut......
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It could be worse and one could be eating Balut......
Uh, no.
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How about some raw oysters on the half shell. Escargot with a garlic and butter sauce is great also.
I've had these also . . . and garlic breath afterwards that could knock down a building! :-)
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How about some raw oysters on the half shell. Escargot with a garlic and butter sauce is great also.
Had both of those. The raw oyster texture was a little weird. Escargot was yummy though.