Contraband Crab

Limbs ripped off and shelled. Ok so I ate an obscenely ginormous pile of crab tonight and it was absolutely awesome. When they're this fresh the crab meat is sweet sweet sweet with an undertone of Atlantic sea-saltiness. And I love the soft stringy texture of the meat when you scrape them out of the shells... like crableg cheesestrings. Really, there's nothing better than hands-on eating and sucking out some juicy crabmeat. Soooo goooood.

Then into a giant pot of boiling salted water. This guy looks like he's choking, but I somehow felt no remorse as I watched them steep into the pot. No remorse. Just deliciousness.

Tossed into the trunk of the car Goodfellas style.

Ok so the crabs were abducted here at the Southside Smallboat Basin. Well actually they were given to us by some of the local fishermen who were supercool hardworking dudes. 25 lbs they gave us. Unbelievable.

Après fish n' chips - Sundaes at Bergs!

Marshmallow and vanilla ice cream, chocolate and vanilla whipped cream, peanuts and hot fudge. Yes, I did say chocolate AND vanilla whipped cream. Omg! Every time I look at this picture I wanna eat it again.

Chocolate medley ice cream, peanuts and blueberry topping. Yumyumyumyumyum!

Bergs ice cream is a popular place for good reason. The ice cream is gooey delicious and the service is great. They seem to have a deep understanding of ice cream sundaes at Bergs... like putting the hot fudge sauce at the bottom of the cup then oozing it over top of the scoops. So smart. Manuels Stn Main, Conception Bay South. 709-834-4764

By the Beach - Fish n' chips

Crispy, light, tempura-like batter coating fresh Atlantic cod with a pile-o-fries. Yum!

One side green peas. One side gravy. One side.. breadcrumb & savory mix (I can't remember what it's called but it does have a name).

These onion rings were ordered after seeing a woman at the next table devouring hers. We then devoured ours.

Oh.. and here's the view. Ye-ah.

By the Beach Restaurant. Pretty darned good fish n' chips in a pretty cool setting. In a town called St. Philip's (about a 20min drive from St. John's).
1608 Thorburn Road, St. Philip's. 709-895-8800

Buttery Bbq'd Tenderloin

Ohh tender tenderloin.. how I love you so. Bought at Costco and aged for about a week before spicing it up and throwing it on the grill. It was like slicing into butter... meaty, juicy, tender butter. Shown here with a blomp of horseradish, a side of succutash and some asparagus. More I want More.

Osso Bucco w/ Halliday's lamb

One of my all-time favorite dishes. This osso bucco made me high. The meat on the lamb shank was fall-off-the-bone-tender and the saucy sauce (put through the blender) was so lamby-tomatoey-lemony delicious I could pour it in a glass and drink it. Ok maybe that would be kinda weird (but not really).

Served with a tangle of beet greens found at the local Sobeys. This is a great vegetable companion to just about any meal. Crunchy & colorful with just a hint of bitter.


Halliday's Meat Market. It's the place to go for lamb shanks.
103 Gower Street
(709) 753-8332

Cod tongues & Scrunchions

I had to show these cooking in the pan. When you poke/press on them with a spatula they're kinda springy and gelatinous - it's awesome. Eating any kind of tongue is more about the texture, but cod tongues are also quite scrumptious.

Super scrumptious with a giant dose of pan-fried scrunchions poured over top! Scrunchions are bits of pork back fat. So basically this is a big plate of fried tongue covered with fried pork fat... and we ate this as an appetizer.

Fishcakes fishcakes...

Fishcakes are good. I like fishcakes. These ones were just the right balance of crispy on the outside and potatoey soft inside with lotsa tastiness from the saltfish.

Served with a side salad of greens, raspberries and aged cheddar. Nice combo.