somewhereintime

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 valuable fluids will be lost
3. You can boil or bake king crab at home, however,  steaming a whole king crab in residental  kitchen would be very challenging:  the coil stove top is only 8000 BTU, compare to 160,000 BTU at Chinese commercial stove. That is the reason why Cantonese must order stir-fry vegetables at Chinese restaurants even it is so unreasonably  expensive. Even the most skilled Chinese chefs are reluctant to stir-fry at home.  But then, very few of them would actually cook at home, I know thousands of them.

somewhereintime

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 free killing and frying crabs and lobsters,
but people prefer to do it themselves.
It is Cantonese tradition and myth, one should always keep the live stocks alive
until their time comes(or dinner time). you would not buy a live garoupa cleaned,
then keep it in the fridge for a few days before you cook it, right?
For Caucasian it is another story,  they eat TV dinner and cheap hamburger, what seafood?
all frozen,  Fish N' chips, Salmon,  Lobster Tail,  Shrimp rings, Snow crab legs,  I used to work for a Caucasian Seafood restaurant, they featured All-You-Can-Eat King Crab Dinner completed with salad bar, Seafood Chowder and Coffee,, for $9.99.   500 LBs  King Crab Legs sold a week.

[ 本帖最後由 somewhereintime 於 2009-3-3 14:31 編輯 ]

somewhereintime

But  they have loyal customers who do not mind paying a little more

somewhereintime

I would rather they charge me little more than cheating on the weight,
it is simply unethical and piss me off

somewhereintime

原帖由 bionab 於 2009-3-9 18:11 發表
惠食佳 on Leslie Road...reasonable price and tasty

The issue is about cheating on weight, any Chinese restaurant can cook king crab easily, but
not cheating is very rare.

somewhereintime

原帖由 B仔 於 2009-3-10 13:39 發表


陶陶居唔掂。
隻蟹應該唔係好健康，因為某個位D肉癡住個殼。但係唔係唔熟喎。
蒜容變蒜粉。
D送係屋企煮都好過佢。

Sounds like you have had a re-incarnated king crab, hope you did not
get intoxicated
So I was wrong, they can really screw up your king crab big time.

[ 本帖最後由 somewhereintime 於 2009-3-10 13:44 編輯 ]