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Not to Miss Dish:
Fresh Wild Alaskan King Crab at McCormick & Kuleto’s
By Susan Dyer Reynolds


Wild king crab season in Alaska lasts just a few months, from late fall through the holidays. Only a small number of lucky restaurants and markets get them fresh because females can’t be harvested and quotas are strictly enforced. The average king crab ranges from 6 to 10 pounds and is prized for its delicate, succulent, sweet white flesh, which is worlds away from the saline solution-drowned, spongy, previously frozen segments wrapped in cellophane at Costco.

McCormick & Kuleto’s is one of my favorite places for fresh seafood, and you can’t beat the views. Overlooking the water at sunset through the picture windows with a platter of their delectable oysters, a dry martini and a droll friend is on my list of top 10 food things to do in San Francisco, but a platter of tender fresh king crab served the way it should be – simply, with drawn butter and lemon wedges is in the top three.

To add a little intrigue, McCormick & Kuleto’s get their rare bounty from the Early Dawn, the boat featured on Discovery Channel’s popular series Deadliest Catch.
McCormick & Kuleto’s: Ghirardelli Square, 900 North Point Street, 415-929-1730, www.mccormickandschmicks.com

– S. D. Reynolds

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