Nanciful’s Blog

My favorite t-shirt that I own has Cookie Monster on it along with the words Me Love Carbs. I do love carbs but I try my darndest to stay away because carbs just makes me BIG. At 5’0, BIG is not a good look on me.

Anyways, there should be a t-shirt with my face on it, sinking my teeth into the delicious crustacean along with the words Me Love Crabs. I was organizing files on my laptop the other day and there are pictures of me devouring chili crab in Singapore, pictures of me finishing up the dungeoness crab in the whole schbang sauce at Boling Crab, pictures of me posing happily with my bucket of crab legs at Rockin’ Baja. However, my all time favorite crab dish is the typhoon shelter style garlic crab at Seafood Village in Monterey Park.

One of Seafood Village’s house specialties is the garlic crab. Crab is fried with chopped garlic and some green and red chili. Although there some chili in the dish, it’s not spicy at all. The surface of the crab has a buttery taste and is slightly crispy coating. The meat under that is tender and juicy. I can just go here and eat this dish only, straight up.

TA-DAH!

TA-DAH x 2!!

Another house specialty at this restaurant is their house chicken.  It may look like your run of the mill Chinese steamed chicken but the meat is so tender and glistens with whatever makes it glisten. It’s just yummy. The chicken is served with a scallion and ginger sauce for dipping.  This is also a must order at Seafood Village.

Another one of my favorite dishes here is the clam hot pot with glass noodles. This is a spicy dish so people who are challenged in that area should probably start out with a couple of sips first.As you can see from the picture, they do not skimp on the clams. The celery gives the dish a refreshing crunch and neutralizes the spiciness.

I apologize for the quality of these pictures since these were taken with my iPhone during the time my camera was missing. There are lots of other items on their menu that are pretty good but these are my top three dishes. Great, it’s almost midnight and now I’m hankering me some garlic crab.