Bought two Hokkaido Tarabakani たらばかに King Crab from Isetan today.  I believe the Hokkaido species are red king crabs.

Not going to do much preparation for them…  just prepare some ghee with garlic,  some lemon, and hopefully some freshly-grated horseradish cocktail sauce (I don’t care if cocktail sauce sounds cheezy or not).   If I can find a nice ripe mango I’ll slice one up to accompany it.

Other dishes?  Dunno. I bought some bonito flakes, some dried kelp, dried hotate (scallops), some kana surime (fish/crab paste), and white miso, so I will probably brew up some sort of soup, too.

One Response to “Hokkaido Tarabakani (Red King Crab)”
  1. [...] King Crab night was perfect. First, Tien-Lee arrived at 5pm. She secretly came back earlier than Ling expected, so it was a happy shock for Ling. Lee brought me more than a kilogram of Woolloomoollo blend from Toby’s Estate coffee. She didn’t bring me fresh horseradish root, but I let it slide. It was fun having her here for a really happy dinner. [...]

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