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Friday, May 04, 2007

Barking Crab Restaurant

One certainly needs to bark up the right tree when searching for the holy grail of delicious food.

And this restaurant does has the potential to be listed in King Arthur’s search map.

You know that it’s safe territory when a restaurant’s crowded even on a Monday.

Actually, Barking Crab is more like a pub cum restaurant. Lotsa nautical stuff which range from paintings, buoys, statue of mermaids, decorate the walls.

Bustling but not too noisy. The place was abuzz with life but we managed to get a private area by the window that faced the river.

½ & ½ Twisted Tea

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I wanted a non-alcoholic beverage and I got… alcoholic tea?!

And I thought something with “tea” attached to the name would be safe but I had obviously forgotten about Long Island Tea (a cocktail name), plus the fact that this restaurant operates in tandem with a pub…..

When I first took a sip of the drink, I thought my taste buds had finally succumbed to frost bite and lost their ability to fulfill their sacred duty.

Looked hard at the small heading, “‘Hard’ iced tea & ‘Hard’ lemon.”

My first reaction was “What the hell… ?” How ‘hard’ can iced tea and lemon be except frozen hard?

Then the second heading announced, “Malt beverage with select teas and natural flavours”…..

Malt beverage, hmm.... sounds like an obvious hint.

Then the ingredients provided the answer: 5% alcohol.

I didn’t want to travel back in the dark, in a daze while in a foreign land so I had to banish it to a corner of the table.

Anyway, the “tea” tasted quite nice with a malty beer taste.

A bit bitter but still acceptable.

Fresh Oyster with Spicy Sauce

When things are in season, it’s almost compulsory that one should get a taste of them to celebrate their existence.

……… that didn’t make much sense but what the heck.

For this seasonal dish, VERY fresh succulent oysters are fried in thick batter such that they looked like chicken nuggets.

The spicy sauce that accompanied it was sweet and very spicy, like a stronger version of Thai chilli sauce but with an herb undertone. Almost like Japanese curry, only thinner and sweeter.

It’s wonderful to bite into hot, freshly-cooked oysters and feel the heat pierce your tongue.

Follow it with a hot, spicy sauce and you have a fiery celebration of this season’s best.

Sweet and Spicy Beer-Battered Shrimp

Seriously, the first bite felt like I was eating goreng pisang (Malay fried banana snack)

Again, VERY fresh seafood that was plump and satisfying to the bite.

But I found it a little lacking on the sweet and spicy side. Maybe because I had traumatized my taste buds too much with the “twisted tea” and fiery seasonal celebration, haha.

Clam Chowder

Somewhere in this pict... hmm.. sorry, in my stomach

It’s a different version this time, thinner and more sour in taste.

Probably because it was cooked with celery and herbs.

I preferred 8/10 Restaurant and Legal Seafood’s hearty, creamy versions. But still, the sour tinge was quite appetite-inducing.

Big ¼ Pound Lobster

If I have to admit it, the entire food trip in Boston was rather decadent.

I actually ate lobsters twice within 2 days, more frequent than all the years added since I learnt how to spell this crustacean.

This lobster tasted sweeter than Legal Seafood's bland version.

Same as Legal Seafood, it came with a liquid made from melted butter and the broth that the lobster was steamed in.

I need to make a special mention that this sauce does take some getting used to because of its pungent sea smell.

Luckily, I had recovered sufficiently enough from my jet lag to start appreciating the taste of pure nature in it.

Carol blogged @ 3:44 AM

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abalone, ants, bird's nest, caterpillar, century egg, chicken, clam, crab, crocodile, duck, eel, emu, fermented tofu, frog, fugu (puffer fish), ginseng, goose, grass, horse, jellyfish, kangeroo, limpets, lobster, mussel, natto, octopus, ostrich, ox tongue, oyster, pig, prawn, salmon, salted duck egg, scorpion, sea cucumber, seaweed, shark, shrimp, snails, sparrow, squid, stingray, tuna, turtle, venison, whale

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almond, broadbean, caraway seed, cashew nut, chick peas, flax seed, green bean, lotus seed, macademia nuts, peanut, pecan, peppercorn, pine nuts, pistachio, poppy seed, pumpkin seed, red bean, sesame seed, soyabean, sunflower seeds, walnut, watermelon seed

chamomile, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, echinacea, elderberry flower, hibiscus, lavender, lily, lotus, rose

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