I got crabs! Come and get 'em! Crabfest at Red Lobster

Some new meals for Crabfest at your local Red Lobster.  My thoughts can be found below on the meals.  A solid, if unspectacular promo by Red Lobster.

Crab Lover’s Trio

Crab-and-seafood-stuffed shrimp in a lobster butter sauce with ½ pound each of steamed king and snow crab legs. 25.99

Snow Crab and Shrimp

1 full pound of steamed snow crab legs paired with your choice of garlic shrimp scampi or hand-breaded shrimp. 21.50

Garlic Crab-and-Shrimp Pasta

Sweet crabmeat, tender shrimp and fresh tomatoes topped with a garlic Parmesan cream sauce on a bed of linguini. 18.50

Crab-Crusted Tilapia

Fresh tilapia topped with a creamy blend of sweet crabmeat, Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs, then baked crispy and golden. Served with fresh broccoli. 14.99


My Thoughts:

Crab Lover's Trio:  This is a nice addition that I think will move some plates for a while.  The stuffed shrimp are pretty good when not over cooked and turned to rubber.  King Crab is the best crab in my opinion, and I wish they would do more with it.  I understand cost an issue, but I don't care.  King is King!  Snow crab is a pain in the ass to open and to clean up after.  Yes, I am a crab opening Jedi, but for the average local yokel, Snow is a lot of work.

Snow Crab and Shrimp:  Just get the Ultimate Feast.  You get lobster and two type of shrimp for not a whole lot more $$$.

Garlic Crab-and-Shrimp Pasta:  This isn't bad, but could be so much better.  Do the noodles in a butter, white wine and herb sauce with a few fire roasted veggies and you'd have hit a home run.  But then again, we wouldn't want to try anything too new or creative on the taste front...

 Crab-Crusted Tilapia:  Nice prep, needs a French cream sauce.  Pair this with the Creamy Langostino Mashed Potatoes to help make up for that (they are YUM!).  Oh, did I leave the word Lobster out of that description?  Yes, yes I did.  I guess because regardless of how many times Red Dumpster tells you Langostino are lobster, they are not.  And I won't lie to my customers.  They taste as good or better than lobster mind you, but they are not lobster.  That would be like calling a cat a dog because they taste the same...err...not that I would know.  Click here to learn more about Langostino - it got Long John Silver's in trouble for calling it lobster in March of 2006, yet we keep soldiering on calling it "lobster".  Me personally, I respect my customers enough to not lie directly to their faces, even if my company does not.