Moreton Bay Bugs in the Bay Area?

[thejulia]

An article in the NYT today talked about a chef, Andrew Evans, near Baltimore who has several distincly Australian items on his menu. This plus a recent issue of Donna Hay, an Australian food mag, had me wondering if we've got any access to some of these ingredients in the Bay Area. I was specifically wondering about Moreton Bay bugs which sound delicious despite their name. Restaurants, purveyors, Google's not showing anything as far as I can tell.

[thejulia]

30 Kgs of crustacean is pretty darn intense.

[FlyBoy]

Sorry. I just checked with Australian Products Co. and the person there (non-aussie accent) said they don't carry them. I called a company in Brisbane who said they would be happy to ship them to me ... minimum of 30 Kg plus shipping. Boy, what a BBQ I could have.

[bluecat]

Moreton Bay bugs are like mini lobsters or huge prawns. I had them on the Gold Coast south of Brisbane- halved and grilled. Very Good!

[rootlesscosmo]

Several years ago, when the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market was up at Green Street, there was a vendor who had live crawdads--active little critters, they'd climb right out of the bin and take off across the parking lot. I think they also sold boiled ones but my memory is dim. (Not just about crawdads, alas.) Anybody remember who that was or know what became of them?

[hhc]

you might want to call these people at Australian Product Co, Santa Clara.

Australian Products Co.
294 Brokaw Road
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Mon-Sat: 9am -5pm (Closed Sunday)
Directions:
Near the Santa Clara Costco
Near control tower for San Jose Intl

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