Nucoffe

Ah Soba, I should have generalized more when I said Asian I guess what I should have said is Chinese (Thoisanese) to be exact! I personally do not eat a lot of soft shell crab but when I do buy seafood I go to a seafood wholesaler on the out skirts of Chinatown. This place is on Madison and Catherine st there is a BIG sign of a Red Lobster you cant miss it! I was there today to pick up some Snow crab legs at 7.25 a Lb and I had a yummy meal! As for restaurants for soft shelled crab I go to Hop Kee, personally I find Noodle towns Soft Shelled crab a bit too salty. If you ever go to Hop Kee they have this seafood dish with crabs in a egg sauce with some pork in it that is great! They have some good chinese food down there 1 of my friends is a cook there and I always did love his cooking!

I strongly agree with the illegally caught! Let me rephrase my comment above, most Asian people do not eat much cod or salmon which I believe are farmed most often? We eat Rock Fish, Flounder and a couple other fishes that I do not know the direct translations of but its something like Black grouper and some type of Sea bass. Forgive my ignorance though I should not have claimed anything with certainty since I am not the fisherman myself!

I do go to thrasher fries! My girlfriend loves the vinegar into the fries and strangely it works!!! I especially love going to On the Bay all you can eat crabs for $25!!!! However if you go there at peak times you will be waiting for at least 1-2 hours before you get a seat!

I live in NYC and I am asian, my buddy used to be one of those truck drivers that deliver the fish from the ports. I can tell you with certainty that the fish is caught in the wild and brought here. When they are being delivered they are in plastic barrels and it can come from all over and the lobsters are usually from Boston and are pretty fresh as well! If you go to Canal st. to buy the still swimming fish that would be your best bet since they have high turnover there so nothing really sits too long.

Greetings, I am a food lover and heck what can I say I love to eat eat and eat! I love all sorts of food but my absolute favorites are Prime Rib, Crabs and BBQ Brisket! Whenever I get the chance I like to venture to a restaurant called Hill Stone in NYC since I can get all 3 there however the place is a bit pricey and would love to hear of any alternatives! I travel down to Ocean City, MD at least twice a year just to eat those succulent blue crabs during the summer! But well this is me in a nutshell =-)