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| - With a name like Porcetta & Co. one is going to think this is all about the meat. How can you go wrong with pig on a bun and all that crackling to boot? Well it wasn't the pork that brought me and my hunny to P&Co last Saturday afternoon. It was the soft shell crab sammies. That's right, read it again. Soft shell crab sammies being dished up at the pork counter.
I follow P&Co in Tweetland and they often tweet their daily specials or when they run out of what they've been serving. I had been meaning for the longest time to hit up this hub nub of a meat spot and when they tweeted last Saturday morning a pic of their Saturday special they had me. I held up my iPad at my hunny, flashing him a pic of the P&Co food porn and he got this goofy, evil grin. Kinda like when the Grinch ripped off Whoville. An hour later we were on the road, heading in to the city to finally get our maws filled at P&Co.
I've eaten my share of crustacean sammies up and down the eastern seaboard and I have some high expectations. Let me tell you, P&Co didn't disappoint. They use soft, long buns, similar to a hot dog bun, only with a bit more body and texture. It came stuffed with fresh, hot, crispy deep fried soft shell crab, topped with some sort of finely shredded lettuce condiments, a drizzle of dressing and crowned with crumbled bacon bits. Pricy? At $9.95 it wasn't a cheap sammie but worth every single penny because the crab was absolutely fantastic. It pulled apart beautifully. It wasn't rubbery or chewy as overcooked or unfresh shelled seafood can be. This was just plain old food poetry in motion.
Not sure how long the Saturday Soft Shell Crab sammies will be around on Dundas Street. I suspect as long as the proprietor can get these tasty crustaceans they'll be a Saturday staple. My suggestion would be to haul ass down there next weekend and see for yourself.
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