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small h Oct 7, 2006 02:45 AM

Where can I find pure, unadulterated crab?

No Old Bay, no garlic, no stir fry with ginger & scallion. Is there a place that serves an Alaskan King, a snow, a Canadian in its steamed, lemon & butter only, pristine natural state?

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    small h Oct 8, 2006 10:43 PM

    City Crab certainly does, and it isn't my favorite place either. Thanks, though. I think I may be making up a restaurant in my head that doesn't actually exist in Manhattan. Maybe I'll wait for Urban Lobster to get up to speed.

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      Alan Henderson Oct 8, 2006 09:08 PM

      Not my favorite place, but city crab certainly has what you are looking for.

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        small h Oct 8, 2006 02:37 PM

        Thanks, Lisette. Whole Foods also steams lobsters (or they did until recently), but all the crab I've seen at seafood counters has been pre-cooked. I could pick up some live crabs in Chinatown & steam them myself, but I was hoping to find a restaurant that would just serve them to me.

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          lisette Oct 8, 2006 12:25 AM

          Don't know what restaurant, but you can certainly buy them at Citarella. Agata and Valentina (79 & 1st) will steam their lobsters for you, perhaps they could do the same for crab?

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