April 07, 2008

Food Porn: Salt and Pepper Mud Crab at Sydney Fish Market

Salt and Pepper Mud CrabMy bounty at Sydney Fish Market--salt and pepper Australian Mud Crab. I originally picked a live green-lip abalone but it was DOA (dead on arrival), but you can't go wrong with giant mud crab, deep-fried with salt and pepper batter.

If you like Chinese/Cantonese-style seafood, head over to Christie's Seafoods. You can't miss it as they are the first one to your left as soon as you enter the market; Christie's Seafoods is also the busiest one with throngs of hungry tourists (mostly Chinese naturally) lining up for their fresh catch.

Just pick your seafood--live mud crabs, yabbies, abalone, lobsters, pippies, vongole (clams), mussels, fish, etc.--then tell the waitress exactly how you wanted your selection(s) prepared, and voila, you're in seafood heaven. And oh, at a much decent price, too...

Salt and Pepper Mud CrabSydney Fish Market is a seafood connoisseur's dream come true. :)

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Blogger Dave, 'LunaPierCook' said ... (2:40 PM) : 

Dang Bee, that's beautiful! I'll bet this was as tasty, flaky and as tender as it looks! Did you have to share it with anyone, or did you get to eat it all yourself? ;-)

 

Blogger Mallika said ... (2:52 PM) : 

That is some serious food porn.

 

Blogger petite fleur said ... (3:49 PM) : 

I'm from Singapore & pictures of crabs always get to me. I hope you got to eat all that by yourself.

 

Blogger magpie said ... (3:52 PM) : 

Your pics make me wish i lived in Sydney...

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (3:55 PM) : 

I shouldn't have looked at this before dinner. Now those stupid little dumplings are gonna look pathetic!
As an aside and a bit of shameless promotion, Canada does offer great seafood at very reasonable prices. Most Chinatown restaurants will have double lobster on the menu for C$30. A whole fresh dungeness(2-3lbs) is abt C$10-15. Just to give u an idea of what groceries cost, check out this website
www.tnt-supermarket.com
TnT is a major asian grocery chain, I believe also related to Ranch 99(did I get the right #?) in the US. I've gotten a 8lb lobster there for C$8/lb. That was a happy day!

 

Blogger Dave said ... (5:06 PM) : 

First time poster, longtime reader and fan of your work...no, art! :)

Everything looks so tasty!

 

Blogger Manggy said ... (6:02 PM) : 

That's awesome. I must have crab NOW. I wish I could've seen what became of the abalone though :P

 

Anonymous Malaysia Food Forum said ... (7:53 PM) : 

Waw! This is a really great food blog! Hope you can share some of your secrets recipe with our Malaysia Food Forum members @ www.ezymeal.com/bbs

 

Blogger "Joe" who is constantly craving said ... (8:45 PM) : 

food porn at its very dirtiest level..

 

Anonymous Denise & Lenny said ... (9:02 PM) : 

Ahhh, you are killing us! First the Oysters and now the lobsters!! When is our flight leaving??!!!

 

Anonymous Denise & Lenny said ... (9:04 PM) : 

First the oysters and now the crabs - you are killing us over here! When is our flight leaving???

Great stuff ... keep it coming!

 

Blogger Rasa Malaysia said ... (2:40 AM) : 

All - thanks for your kind comments. :)

Dave - No way I was sharing it with anyone!

Anonymous - yes, seafood in the US are very cheap, especially in CA. Ranch 99 and other Asian stores sells Dungeness Crab for as low as $3.99/lb. Lobsters are $8.99/lb when on sale. Clams are $3.99/lb.

Manggy - I wanted that abalone so much...dang it.

 

Anonymous Helen said ... (4:48 AM) : 

Top class food porn! I am craving crab like you wouldn't believe....

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (8:15 AM) : 

You made me wish I never stopped living in Sydney (5 mins walk from the FM, no less!).
Give a kiss to the seagulls for me
B.

 

Blogger Piggy said ... (8:31 AM) : 

I love sydney fish market, it's heaven for seafood lovers!

 

Anonymous robin said ... (11:19 AM) : 

Food porn indeed! Love it.

 

Anonymous matt wright said ... (11:43 AM) : 

looks amazing mate, nice job. I love crab, I just don't cook it that often. Great lighting in your photos too - natural light?

 

Blogger Salt & Turmeric said ... (12:26 PM) : 

have u been to KK? i would say tht they have the best seafood selection. some of them, iv not seen in semenanjung. dirt cheap too. well, if u convert to usd tht is. lol.

 

Blogger Rasa Malaysia said ... (1:49 PM) : 

Matt - yes, natural lighting, I hardly take pictures indoor, unless it's restaurant and when I travel mostly.

 

Blogger daphne said ... (4:56 PM) : 

all these seafood!! I hv to admit though-that looks hot!

 

Blogger Kevin said ... (7:37 PM) : 

Great photos!

 

Anonymous noobcook said ... (12:02 AM) : 

wonderful photos, now I'm drooling :d

 

Blogger Eat Me Outta Here said ... (6:00 PM) : 

I love Cantonese style Salt & Pepper Fried anything. It's a great way to have pork chops, chicken wings, shrimp, and my favorite, squid. The salt & pepper fried mud crabs look so yummy. I love getting messy eating crab and getting all the meat out with my fingers!

 

Blogger Zen Chef said ... (11:54 AM) : 

I'm so jealous! You're in Sydney eating these beauties?!
Would you marry me? I could co-habit with your husband!
I think I'm easy going! :-)

 

Blogger Nilmandra said ... (2:18 PM) : 

This is torture, man... You're making crave fresh crab so badly! :(

 

Blogger Keropok Man said ... (10:41 PM) : 

i love the sashimi where you can buy at the sydney fish market!

we pack wasabi from home have a picnic of sashimi etc on the benches just outside the fish market. yum yum...

 

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