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| - You should know what you're getting... Crabs
You can see the sign from the street, a large crab... reminiscent of the ones on Dotonbori Street in Osaka, Japan, and with a name like Crab Harbour, there is little confusion as to what you would get at this establishment. You enter into a large foyer greeted by a large screen, showing notices/banners or playing movies, in my case, Source Code. Colourful murals cover the private rooms, a panoramic view of Hwy7 in the dining area, funky lighting fixtures. We were promptly seated and notified that due to the soft opening, they only had the set meal items available. Out of lack of selection, we ordered the set meal consisting of 3 crabs done 3 ways with some extras. We were forewarned that the crabs may be overweight and that we would have to pay for the extra if they were. Sure enough, they were.
First course was a boiled-then-chilled crab with some sort of citrus dipping sauce. Points for having all the legs precut for easy consumption. The crab arrived with some Japanese pickles, seaweed and the crab guts neatly scooped into little cups. Crab was fresh and tasty, but after a few legs, I could tell I was already nearing my limit of crustacean consumption. Before we finished the crab, they were already bringing out other dishes: A large sashimi leg and shrimp and vegetable tempura.
Slowly the first crab course was disappearing, leg by leg. As the aforementioned dishes were devoured, the BBQ crab was brought out along with a crab chawanmushi. Another whole crab... Much of the same, but hot or warm, and no sauce. As I was forcing down crab legs, I kept my eyes on the screen. I couldn't help but feel a parallel between the movie and my dining experience... eating crab again and again and again.
The next course was crab shabu shabu. A welcome sight as the crab pieces were accompanied by vegetables, mushrooms, tofu, and some noodles, not just crab. As the golden broth comes to a boil, the waitress teaches us how to cook the remaining crab legs to our liking. After the legs are done, the remaining crab parts and the rest of the ingredients are thrown into the pot. The broth was fairly good, chicken stock by my guess... Greatly improved after all the other things are thrown in. The meal also comes with a final serving of udon noodles or rice. Opted for noodles, but didn't finish due to very full.
The meal finished with a scoop of ice cream (not crab flavoured unfortunately). Green tea, red bean or vanilla.
Service was fairly good, you can tell they try, but the wait staff is largely untrained. The two qualms I have are the pacing of the dishes and that the crabs were not accompanied with a variety of other items/flavours. If you've been to the King Crab restaurant in Osaka, then you may be disappointed but will probably still go because it's the closest thing we have to it. If you haven't then it's worth a try, especially if you're a fan of crab.
ATMOSPHERE: Better for larger parties
SERVICE: Attentive and unexperienced
SOUND LEVEL: Low-moderate
RECOMMENDED: Crab?
PRICES: ~$55/person on set meal for 2. Total came to about $160
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