I went to spicy court on cambie and 41st.. we bought our own alaska king crab which's $9.99 / lb from chinatown last tuesday.. and give it to them to cook for us.. and they charge us $5 / lb of the crab.. we bought 3 crabs for 3 tables.. about 11 lbs per crab..
they made us: steamed crab legs with garlic and butter sauce; deep fried crab with salt and pepper, baked crab meat, scallops with curry rice in crab's shell; stired fried crab meat, bean sprout with yee mein;
we also ordered:
cold platter with jelly fish, mixed mushroom bean curd wrap, sliced ham, sliced pork feet, honey garlic ribs;
braised bean curd with 豆笛;
braised chicken with rose wine sause;
stired fried fresh rock cod , scallops with snow peas;
chicken, pork meat and 螺 soup;
red bean dessert.
We reserved 3 tables (36 people),
we need to pay $32 per person included tips, crab and tax.
I had one at "long king hin" last night (the one on the 2nd floor of the mall where pearl castle is)
they sell the crab not per pound, but they put a different price on each crab. It costs more if the crab is bigger. I think my family had a 11 or 12 lb crab which cost us $168.
Leg: garlic steamed
Body: pan fried with premium soy sauce
we then use the "water" from steaming the crab leg to mix with noodle.
It tastes very good. Especially, how they cook the body, I think it is the best king crab body I have ever eaten!