Comments on: Spicy Lemongrass Crab

By: marc

marc — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:23:12 +0000

Thanks Alice, I use a Microplane zester for the lemongrass. It gets it nice and fine.

By: alice

alice — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:34:35 +0000

This looks awesome. Just curious.. how did you grate the lemongrass? I find just cutting it difficult. I also bought a tube of lemongrass.. maybe I’ll use it for this.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:29:37 +0000

I made this a few nights ago, and it was SO good. A keeper for sure. I like the way you blend story with the food. We would rarely (meaning me as the main shopper) buy crab, but have noticed it’s not so bad when compared to other main dish items. The same day I bought 1/2 lb. crab for this, I got 2 lamb shanks, which came to $8 something and the crab was only $7 and change. Maybe Hawaii is different in that. The only changes I made in the recipe was to leave out the shao xing, which I have no idea what it is, and substituted? lemon juice.

By: susan

susan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:44:11 +0000

hi marc,
your spicy crab dish sounds so delicious! love that you used gochujang. it’s such a savory flavor. i’ve introduced it to my non-korean friends and they love it.

By: syrie

syrie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:48:34 +0000

Amazing Marc. I want to go back to NY now. It’s such a fabulous city. On our last day we had an early dinner at Marlow & Sons and then walked backed through the Jewish quarter in Williamsburg. It was absolutely facsinating.

By: marc

marc — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:27:22 +0000

Sorry I can’t remember what the place is called, but if you go down E Broadway until it crosses under the manhattan bridge, you’ll see an entrance to a mall under the bridge on the east side (side towards Brooklyn). Go right through the mall and come out the other side and you should see the market in front of you.

By: maggie (p&c)

maggie (p&c) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:23:03 +0000

Yum! What an awesome, delicious deal. Any memories of signage/names that we could use to follow in your footsteps?

By: Manggy

Manggy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:21:35 +0000

Oh, you are KIDDING. Really??!? That would’ve been something to look forward to had I stayed in New York! Darn! It’ll be a while before I get a taste of those lovely crustaceans you prepare!

By: Carolyn Jung

Carolyn Jung — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:28:58 +0000

How funny! My husband and I just played “tourist” in our own area, too. For us, it meant going to the revamped De Young Museum and Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. We even ran into one of my husband’s co-workers in line to get into the rainforest exhibit. I guess we’re all playing tourists close to home these days.

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:06:42 +0000

I’d pay way more than $1 for that Also, love the idea of cooking the rice with the green parts of the lemongrass, will definitely have to try that.

By: chef E

chef E — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:49:25 +0000

Yeah how funny that I live only 45 minutes away, and the first two years was so enamored at going into ‘The City’ and now the thought of the overcrowded train and streets has not interested me, and so many good restaurants! Hubby had a whole crab like this in China town once…the lemon grass sounds like a livelier flavor than I remembered his dish…

By: Farina

Farina — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:54:17 +0000

Droolicious!

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:22:50 +0000

Oooh! I love chili crab! Your looks so inviting!

By: Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:22:17 +0000

Wow! Your dish looks so yummie !! It looks superb!!! Thanks for the good info!!

By: we are never full

we are never full — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:50:27 +0000

ok, $1 a person? this look amazing. i am so visiting this “underground world”. thanks for the tip. i’ve lived in nyc for 10 years now and still learn new things all the time about this awesome city. it is fun to just poke around and see what you find. that’s how we spend some of our favorite weekend days.