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| - If you're looking for the traditional, New Orleans-style seafood boil, this place ain't it.
The seafood itself seems hit-or-miss: the mussels are large and plump, the shrimp are also large and meaty, but the crawfish are a little bland and of the frozen variety. Though to be fair, I recognize we live in Toronto and we don't exactly have access to an abundance of fresh crawfish in the city - the only ones that seem fit for human consumption must be fished out from a store freezer! But I digress...
Not sure if it was just a mismatch expectations of the meal, but I think the best thing about Captain's Boil is pretty much the Captain's Boil sauce mix flavouring. Nothing like the Zatarain's stuff of the South, the garlic paste mixed with a bit of lemon and Cajun seasoning is more thick and sweet than the traditional brothy boil.
One of the fun parts kept from the tradition is eating straight off the table with a plastic bib tied around your neck; leaving piles of shells and discards in the aftermath. With no plates, cutlery, and just a one-size pair of plastic gloves and a roll of paper towels on the table, it's satisfyingly messy.
Tips:
- For a table of two, be prepared to order 2-3 lbs for the table
- The corn is pretty good but one order is only half a cob
- Don't bother getting the Cajun Cajun sauce, it doesn't hold much flavour
- Don't wear silk or white clothing - red sauce splatters are inevitable!
- Not a tip, but the sailor-tie bibs are adorbs...
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