O Mei Restaurant - Alaskan Crab Dnner

For the first time, I will be doing a double blog on a restaurant where I had been there before.  It was my father’s birthday so we went back to O Mei to have the crab seafood dinner.  Last time we were here we got the 9 lb lobster, this time we got the 10 lb Alaskan Crab.  Again it was made in 4 different ways.  It was steamed with green onions only, green onions with garlic, fried with batter similar to tempura and the rest of it was made into fried rice.

10 lb Alaskan Crab

Crab Legs with Green Onions

 

The first two ways were very similar.  They used the crab legs to make the steamed dishes.  The most outer legs were made with the green onions only.  The more proximal legs were used with garlic and green onions.  Both dishes also had vermicelli mixed with the dishes.  I have to admit the meat was very smooth and fresh.  It was delicious and the vermicelli captured all of the crab’s juice.  This was very tasty and it was not heavy at all.  Unlike the lobster, it was lighter and one “could eat more” of the crab when compared to the lobster. 

The “tempura” style of the crab meat was not as good as the lobster style.  The batter was slightly thicker which may it made it slightly more “soggier”.  The lobster dish was much more spicier and crunchier compared to the crab dish.  Still, it was quite good.  In some sense by not making it as spicy, one can taste the crab meat better. 

Crab Legs with Garlic and Green Onions

Fried Crab Meat

The crab rice was not as tasty as the lobster rice dish.  It was more bland and there were more egg and egg white in it. Since the lobster contains more membrane in it, the lobster rice would certainly have a stronger flavor and taste to it.  The crab I was told has less membrane therefore it is not as seafood tasting like.  Still the dish was very pure, sweet and delicious tasting. 

Crab Rice

Overall, it was a wonderful evening.  There was complimentary desert given to us as well including fresh mango covered in coconut, black sesame gluten balls mixed in honey and a couple of sweet desert soups.  If you have cholesterol problems or blood pressure issues, the crab would be the better way to go when compared to the lobster because it is somewhat less fattening and somewhat easier on the cholesterol.  Price wise however it is more expensive compared to the lobster.  It cost about $480.00 for the whole night.  Not for the faint of heart but for one night it was all very worth it.  Happy birthday to my dad!! Hope you enjoyed the meal.  For the night, I give it a 5 out of 5!