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| - I came here with friends MM and LS for dinner since they wanted some good seafood. We figured this place would be like Boiling Crab in SoCal, and it is pretty similar. It is located in a plaza so there is plenty of parking. We were seated fairly quickly at a booth near the back. The restaurant is pretty large, and they can seat a decent amount of large parties it seems.
We ordered the following:
(SEAFOOD MARKET) SHRIMP, SNOW CRAB, SAUSAGE
-- This is their most popular item, where you choose a seafood item and they bring it out marinating in sauce inside a plastic bag. First you choose your seafood. My friends wanted shrimp ($15/lb) and snow crab ($18/lb). Then you choose a sauce. They went with Trifecta, which is kajun, lemon pepper, and garlic. Delicious! You choose a spiciness level--they went with 1-Mild (Wimpy). And if you want you can add additional items to your bag, and they chose to add Sausage (4 pipeces for $2). I did not partake in this because I did not want to get messy (although I guess that's the whole point of this place--they do give you plastic bibs to wear) but my friends enjoyed their seafood.
(ANGRY BASKET) GATOR NUGGETS ($15) with Cajun fries and coleslaw
-- Looking at the menu now, this was supposed to come with coleslaw! Except it didn't... And I even ordered coleslaw separately! Which ALSO didn't come out. They didn't charge us for the coleslaw, since we never got it, but I'm sad to see that this item was supposed to come with it as well and it didn't. It did come with the fries though, which is good. These are real alligator nuggets and I tried one. Tastes like chicken! ;)
(BURGERS/SANDWICHES) SHRIMP PO'BOY ($10) with Cajun fries
-- What a disappointing Shrimp Po'Boy. It was just shrimp nuggets with some tomato, lettuce, and pickles inside a very dough-y piece of bread sliced in two. The shrimp po'boy I get in Monterey Park is SO. MUCH. BETTER. I thought since this was a seafood place their shrimp po'boy would be good but I was disappointed. The cajun fries are good though. How can you go wrong with seasoned fries though?
(THE FIXIN'S) PCH FRIES ($4)
-- We ended up getting another order of cajun fries since we like them so much. They just happen to be named PCH fries because they were running a promotion supporting the local children's hospital.
(DRINKS) WHISKEY PEACH ($10)
-- This was quite a delicious cocktail with Kentucky bourbon, elderflower, fresh peach, and a candied peach ring. The peach candy was too stale for me to eat but I did really like the drink.
So I really liked my drink and of course I enjoyed the fries, but I was so disappointed with the shrimp po'boy and the lack of coleslaw. But my friends seemed to really enjoy their meal, so I think overall this place merits three stars.
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