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restauranting

Claw Daddy’s

There seems to be a crawfish invasion in NYC recently. Lot’s of new places that have opened in the past year or so serving up live boiled crawfish. It’s also funny that they all mostly seem Asian-run. At least a lot of their customers are Asian. Asians sure love shellfish.

So I’ve been hankering for some crawfish and looked up a couple in the Lower East Side. The Boil is really popular, but all signs point that I should go to the less well-received Claw Daddy’s. The latter is much bigger, no wait because it’s usually pretty empty, bunch of TVs to watch football and Happy Hour deals on beer. So I went and it was awesome. I’ve been twice. Awesome!

The crawfish are great here. Good flavor when sucking the guts and brains in the head. The crawfish come in a plastic bag with the sauce. I’ve tried it with ClawDaddy’s sauce, which I think is all the sauces (Cajun, lemon pepper, garlic butter, butter cheese). Also tried it with just the Cajun sauce. Both ways are good ways to go.

The Shrimp is good too. If you want more food, shrimp might be the way to go, because there’s not much meat in crawfish. Although, I prefer crawfish over shrimp. It’s just much more fun and flavorful.

Also tried the $1 Happy Hour Wings. Pretty good wings, but I’m pretty sure $1 per wing is not really a deal. There’s 20cent wings at Croxley’s and that’s mostly all the time.

All in all, a great place to get your crawfish on. I just wished they opened earlier on weekends. Oh yeah, there were a lot of Asians eating here when I went.

Claw Daddy’s – 185 Orchard St (b/t Houston St & Stanton St) New York, NY 10002

…I was looking at my old crawfish posts and it seems like the first time I’ve ate it was at a house party in Greenpoint. And the guy who’s Mardi Gras themed party it was, was John Milhiser …who has been doing pretty well. He was a cast member on SNL last year.

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seafood travel

Hot N Juicy Crawfish (Orlando)

It’s funny. When I did a search of nearby restaurants on Yelp at my parents’ home in Orlando, all the restaurants were in Universal Studios or Disney World. I did see a restaurant in the strip mall close by called Hot N Juicy Crawfish. Dang. I’m there.

Apparently it’s a chain restaurant with restaurants spread all over the country –Las Vegas, California, D.C. and here in Orlando. Man vs Food TV show did a thing there —http://youtu.be/VbeCuujOvX0

We ordered The Drool bucket (1lb of Crawfish, 1lb of Shrimp, dozen slices of Andouille Sausages, 2 corn, 2 potatoes, 1/2lb of Snow Crab Legs and Calamari appetizer $37.99). They ran out of Snow Crab, so they gave us King Crab Legs. We also got the Etouffee ($6.99) and Fried Catfish Basket with Sweet Potato Fries ($11.99)

The waiter says the crawfish is flown in daily. Dang. That’s a lot of work. They were really juicy and flavorful …and kind of spicy. We got the lowest level of spice (Baby Spice) and that was still kind of spicy. It was the right amount of spiciness. But maybe the “Hot n Juicy Special” seasoning we ordered it with added to that heat. Really flavorful head sucking. I even sucked the heads of the shrimps.

The best deal is the all-day Happy Hour Monday through Thursdays $1 bottled beers! That’s any bottle beer, whether it’s Heineken or Blue Moon. Three per person, but still such a good deal.

Man, I wish there was a Hot N Juicy Crawfish in Brooklyn. But only if they can give me fresh crawfish at $10/lb and $1 beers. Dreamboarding it.

Hot N Juicy Crawfish - 7572 W Sand Lake Rd. Orlando, FL 32836

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lunch restauranting travel

Franky and Johnny’s Boiled Crawfish!

Met up with our dear friend Jay at Franky & Johnny’s to revisit the boiled crawfish we had a couple years back. Last time, we had 1lb each and I was stuffed. That was my first stab at the little mudbugs and learned how to suck their heads. Down them all and I’m even allergic to shellfish (or at least I think I am).

This time we had 2lbs each for only $8.99. I couldn’t believe it. I was thinking that was the price per pound. Turns out my friends say that is actually on the high side for New Orleans. Dang, this would go for $30 in New York.

We also had Fried Gator Nuggets and Fried Soft Shell Crab, which was frickin awesome. That was the best soft shell crab I’ve ever had. With this and all the tasty crawfish critters, I’m sure in love with Franky and Johnny’s. I hope that doesn’t make me gay.

Franky & Johnny’s – 321 Arabella Street. New Orleans, LA 70115