Ultraman

原帖由 kayllis 於 2009-3-3 00:19 發表
i think yi yuan (the one in the staples mall) should be quite good...
although the price is a bit expensive.. but they got an award for cooking the king crab ga..=w=

Nothing personal. But I wonder, isn't cooking a king crab could be very easy to do? The main thing is to cook a live crab instead of a already-dead one. Then the simplest way is to put some fresh garlic mixed with little salt and oil on it and steam it, that's it. The award winning cooking skill apply to king crab could be a waste.

Ultraman

原帖由 rainbow-davie 於 2009-3-3 10:24 發表

hard to cook at home la.
1)  crab too large, and too hard to cut. u don't want to hurt yourself.
2)  it needs big wok
3)  requires big fire.

otherwise, just waste of money to cook at home.

Not really la. TnT has it on sale for the past weekend, it's only $9.99/lb, including cutting service, but the max size was like 7+/- lbs, but it's good for less people enjoying it at home themselves.
Regarding for the eating process, no need to cook the whole crab (all pieces) all at once. Just simply cook (eg: steam) the first dish in your regular wok, while you're eating the first dish put the second dish to cook...and so on (in this way, every dish would be fresh and hot, even better).

Ultraman

原帖由 somewhereintime 於 2009-3-3 12:53 發表
It might not as easy as what you think:
1.  King Crab under 10# are not that good
2.  Crab and lobster must be kill and cook immediately, definitely not  killed by the fish  monger because all the val ...

Not that your comment is not valid. But then, there should be no live lobsters and crabs sold in any of the markets/supermarkets for home users?

Ultraman

原帖由 somewhereintime 於 2009-3-3 13:26 發表
Mr. Ultraman, my friend
I do not have desire to argue, just to share my POV here.
You would always buy live lobsters and crabs and kill them yourself, I suppose.
When T & T first open, they offered fr ...

Don't worry, I like open discussion over meaningless argument.

As I said, I can easily buy live king crab with cutting service in TnT, which I personally think the cutting job is the most difficult part for me to cook at home. Actually, my previous comment is not from my daydream imagination, but I've been buying and cooking it as mentioned for many years already. Of course, I'm not going to host a party and invite guests to come over, this is only to serve my own enjoyment and need. I don't have awarding winning cooking skills but hey, I am very satisfied for what I've been doing, and I feel I didn't waste any penny spent on the king crab. To me, the cooking work (usually steam and/or oven bake and/or shabu shabu) is just simple to do in my self satisfaction way.

Of course, many people prefer to eat king crab in their favorite restaurant(s) for less work and better taste of food. The only possible concern could be the cheat on weight. However, it is impossible for a small family to finish up a 12 to 15+ lbs king crab with side dishes in one meal and thus there would be leftover for another day anyways, which according to some people's pov the leftover crab won't be fresh and it's a kind of waste. To me, I have a relatively small family, and I enjoy warm and cozy home environment (for eg. I can match with whatever wine as well as watching TV/DVD or listen to music at the same time) rather than crowded with many other people in a restaurant for consuming king crab (doesn't mean I won't go to restaurant at all).
Regardless many people prefer to eat king crab in restaurant, king crab in TnT gone fast that their stock can't usually last for the whole weekend. Why? While many people think it's too much panic to cook themselves (which is valid to them), many people buy and cook at home (also valid to them).

Our discussion's aim is, if lyk wants to know which restaurant serves good king crab, we give suggestion and our sharing. If lyk wants to know how can it works at home, we also give suggestion and our sharing. No conflicts.

Ultraman

原帖由 rainbow-davie 於 2009-3-3 16:04 發表

yes.. you are right.. however, it seems that you are the first one talking about cooking at home, not about which restaurant to go ...

While the most of us prefer to eat in restaurant (cuz they think it's too much work to do at home), but besides me, another lyk (refer to #18) also had experience that cook at home before. No matter people think or had experience that cooking at home is to much panic, I just share my own experience that cooking at home is not that bad.
We can share, which restaurant is/are good and which is/are bad; also cooking at home is hard or easy to do. Isn't is more informative?

Ultraman

原帖由 fibbi 於 2009-3-3 18:39 發表
One time I bought a king crab from T&T, and they cut it for me.
Then I cook it right after I got home.....still...
Need to steam many times (because my "bo" is small and the plate is small).
I think a ...

Yes, it could be too much work and annoying.
However, I think it this way, even I could cook the whole crab (all pieces) all in once (that means my stove and wok and pan... are big enough to handle), I will still cook a few dishes separately. Why? Since I can't finish all the pieces (all dishes) fast enough, after two or three pieces the rest will probably get cool before I touch them anyways. I prefer to cook the portion that I am able to finish before they get cool, and then another dish and so on. Yeah, maybe just me.