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| - Perhaps it's because it grew up with it, perhaps because Red Lobster was the only other option in the small city I grew up in; I've always had a negative view of western - style seafood. Bland and overcooked isn't how I want to describe a nice dinner with premium ingredients. Luckily, Captain's Boil is none of those things. (Though it comes with the caveat that it may be 'New Orleans' style, which is mostly creole flavours).
At The Captain's Boil, the premise is actually quite simple, pick your seafood and pick the sauce. 15 minutes later, they drop a plastic bag on your table with your food. You put on your bib and gloves, and chow down. Literally.
As low brow as that sounds, the restaurant is remarkably well thought out. Bibs and gloves are on the table when you arrive, and there's a large sink off to the side, so not every one is trying to cram into the washroom to clean off their sauce covered hands. You can have a beer if you want, but they don't hard sell the liquor. He did give us each a lime and small plastic container of salt that looked like a college bar tequila shot at the beginning of the meal, but it turns out that it was supposed to be for seasoning the seafood.
My only qualms with the food is that the undercooked garlic in the sauce gets quite bitter if you're over indulging (like I tend to do), and the Creole flavour is not for those who can't handle spice.
All in all, it's great place to eat, and for things like whole prawns and dungeness crab, the price is pretty reasonable. It's not a fancy dinner by any means, but a great place to hang out with a group of friends.
HHHH - four hedgehogs out of five
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