I love the Fish market in Liberty, Thanks to you I'm trying V's today!
Your Seafood Dinner
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There's a place as you enter Cape May...The Lobster House restaurant. It's legendary and it's rightfully labeled a tourist trap but the seafood is excellent and much of it's fresh off the commercial fishing boats that are integral to one of the major industries in the region. It's relatively expensive, but it's good. The restaurants, raw bars, seafood and take out markets are just the retail outlet for their large seafood processing and shipping business. They get a lot of fresh seafood directly...lobsters, fish of many varieties, scallops. What they don't get is Atlantic sourced shrimp... because there really aren't any.
In the Mid-Atlantic and most of the country, you're not getting local, wild caught shrimp. 80% is frozen from farms in India, Indonesia, Thailand....some from South America.
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My favorite is their cold seafood platter. It's a half stuffed 1.25-1.5lb lobster stuffed with shrimp salad. 5 very large shrimp, 5-6, mussels,
4-5 crab claws...not blue claws. It's about $38.
Here's what current prices look like.
In the Mid-Atlantic and most of the country, you're not getting local, wild caught shrimp. 80% is frozen from farms in India, Indonesia, Thailand....some from South America.
Directly to the OPs post.
My favorite is their cold seafood platter. It's a half stuffed 1.25-1.5lb lobster stuffed with shrimp salad. 5 very large shrimp, 5-6, mussels,
4-5 crab claws...not blue claws. It's about $38.
Here's what current prices look like.
We used to go to Murrells Inlet and sit on the Marsh Walk drinking until the big sportfishers would back into the dock at Wicked Tuna. After another few drinks we'd go and order the catch of the day. Lot's of times it was grouper/chips or a combo plate of grouper and shrimp. Those specials were in the $18.95-22.95 range. Current day it's double that!!
I seldom eat seafood out but I got a very nice sesame seared tuna steak down in cape hatteras over the summer... full bill for 5 people with drinks, appetizers and meals was $180 or there about. The tuna steak was $24.99 and I was full after. (Note, I can pack food away easily) the side of rice served with it was probably the only time I had properly cooked rice at a resturant that wasn't a small Asian type place specializing in that type of thing...
My sister lives in Maryland so we go out there when I'm in the area too. Been a while since we did that though. Last seafood we ate together was the aforementioned hatteras trip.
My sister lives in Maryland so we go out there when I'm in the area too. Been a while since we did that though. Last seafood we ate together was the aforementioned hatteras trip.
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Actually inexpensive
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I used to go here very often in the 80s and 90s, it's still around apparently. They had a Friday night all you could eat seafood deal.
It was awesome. Back then it was $15 a person. I can't imagine what it would be today... I'd take my folks there a few times a month .
https://www.kittyknight.com/
It was awesome. Back then it was $15 a person. I can't imagine what it would be today... I'd take my folks there a few times a month .
https://www.kittyknight.com/
Back in the day there were many ‘ fish camps ‘ as they were called in the South owned by families for generations. Basically a large room with a kitchen with many tables and straight back chairs. Friday nights people would start lining up at about 4:00 pm and would be that way until closing time. Being only 3 hours from the Atlantic Ocean the fish was always fresh. When in Myrtle Beach S.C. we drive North just across the N.C./ S.C. line to Calabash, N.C. whose claim to fame is having about 6 local seafood restaurants . Our favorite is Becks seafood restaurant a block from the docks where my wife and I typically split a 3 item combination plate of Flounder, Shrimp, and Scallops with coleslaw and hush puppies, about $35 before the tip with 2 drinks. I once asked a waiter how fresh their seafood was and the waiter asked me what time is it?
My most disappointing seafood meal was at one of those Korean seafood places right near the Redondo Breakwater...they had those big Dungeness crabs. They looked great...served on brown paper on a plastic tray...all these people sitting at outdoor tables eating them.
Flavorless. Don't know if those places are even there anymore.
Flavorless. Don't know if those places are even there anymore.
Fake crab!
Full disclosure... I did buy 2 of those pre cooked, flash frozen 1lb. lobsters at Aldi. Made them as part of a dinner last week. They kind of sucked. Probably had enough meat for a medium lobster roll between both...6 oz total.
Seafood at a Chinese place kind of feels like getting sushi at a gas station... just because you can... doesn't mean that you should.
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Oh don't get me started. My exit plan is made. At least the food is pretty good... that's about the only nice thing I can say.Sort of like living in NJ....
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Went to the Legion in town for a fish fry last night with some family. It's $18/plate, which includes a non alcoholic beverage of your choice. Beer battered or broiled haddock, choice of potato (German, American or fries), Cole slaw, macaroni salad and bread. It's a lot of food and always very good.
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It's like Olive Garden, 90% of the food is pre-made, comes shipped in a giant bag from some factory, and then microwaved. It hits the spot if you order the right dish and are in a hurry.
My dad liked the place so we took him there kinda place for us. But yes spot on.
East of Houston we are lucky to have the Monument Inn, by the San Jacinto Monument. Great seafood, ships going by on the Ship Channel. 20-50 bucks for an entree, 10-16 appetizers. And the best cinnamon rolls around to every table. Gulf Shrimp, Flounder, Crab cakes, etc. We meet with our Cousins 3-4 times a year, and it is always good.
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