Seafood Boil
I’ve been wanting to have a seafood boil for a long, long time and I finally got my chance to have one last Sunday. We went to a certain seafood restaurant last month and were extremely disappointed by the food and the service so I’ve decided that if I’m ever craving for seafood, I’ll just make it myself. Too bad Chong’s allergic to shellfish so he wasn’t able to have any–but he did have roasted pork and duck so he wasn’t complaining.
Chong and I went shopping and got fresh lobsters, dungeness crabs, shrimp,clams and chorizo at Dragon Star (an Asian grocery store). We also bought some sweet corn from the Farmer’s Market. I found my mom’s huge pot and threw some fresh-from-the-garden carrots and sweet onions. I also cut up a few lemons and threw them in, along with 1 bottle of Heineken, since that’s all we had on hand. And there was lots and lots of salt. Brought that to a boil and added my potatoes and sweet corn. Then added the lobsters and crabs (and yes, Chong killed them before adding them into the pot), clams, shrimps, and sausage. 35 minutes later, everything was cooked. We ate outside, on a newspaper lined table, and everything was delicious!
And this is what we had for dessert: lychees and rambutans. Rambutans are my favorite fruit. Their flesh is thicker than the lychee and has a sweet and tart flavor. The annoying thing about eating rambutans is the seed–which looks similar to an almond. Lychees have this strange aftertaste for me so I’m not that big of a fan.
i appreciate you sharing your recipes with us. keep them coming. i always come to your page for updates. again thank you for sharing.
Thanks. I’ve been busier this year compared to last so it’s harder to update but I’ll do my best.
Yums!
It sure was!