If you love seafood, you're going to love this place. Located in Koreatown, Los Angeles, Alhambra, and Garden Grove(Orange County), the Boiling Crab is a popular seafood restaurant, but it's very unique in its own way. In a normal restaurant, you would be served food on plates with utensils, but when eating at the Boiling Crab, there are none of these. You are seated at a table with wax paper laid on top with a roll of paper towels nearby. Then a server puts a bib around your neck, and as silly as it sounds, it will really help. And once you get your food, you can begin to eat... with your hands!
They have a wide variety of delicious seafood to choose from. You can choose from blue crab, oysters (fried or seasoned), dungeness crab, king crab legs, lobster, crawfish(fried or seasoned), clams, or shrimp(fried or seasoned). There are other types of food as well, such as corn-on-the-cob, Cajun fries, sweet potato fries, sausages, and steamed rice. There are also certain seasonings (and spiciness) that you can add to give your food more amazing taste. Getting all the seasonings with your order (rajun Cajun, lemon pepper, and garlic butter) is called the "whole sha-bang," which is something I would recommend on getting with any order. Depending on what you order, your food is brought to you in a large plastic bag, soaking in all the seasonings and juices that give it the amazing flavors that Boiling Crab is known for. Everything is pretty pricey, but I think it's worth it.
Inside the restaurant itself, there are cans and bottles of different kinds of beers lined up on shelves along the walls. Many jerseys representing many different sports teams hang below these shelves. There are a few 40-inch televisions for customers to enjoy various shows as they chow down on their food.
If you plan on eating at the Boiling Crab, you can expect a LONG wait as it is a very popular restaurant. There are benches outside of the doors to sit on as you wait to be seated. There are wooden areas around the waiting area that the Boiling Crab staff encourages their customers to write on. Average wait times are around 30 minutes to an hour, but it will all be worth the wait.
places that are a bit unusual are sometimes the best places to eat. I love seafood so i will look into it.
ReplyDeleteI KNEW SOMEONE WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS! HAHA
ReplyDeleteHowever, this place gets tiring after you eat it too often, or eat too much of it! LOL and YES LONG WAIT! Anyway, great review! :)
This sounds like the “Crab Pot” in Seattle, I can’t wait to try this place. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat place does sound interesting I havent really had much seaffood in my life but that sounds like a great place to start.
ReplyDeleteI got hungry while reading the variety of food you mentioned. Sounds like a great place to eat.
ReplyDeletenot a verry big fan of seafood, but it sounds like a verry interesting place to eat at
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