Eat at Joe's

Well, they other day we came across a coupon for one of Joe's Crab Shack's new steampots. This is the one they have commercials on. 6 different steampots representing different areas of the US. The coupon however only worked for the classic steampot. You can't beat FREE!

Joe's Crab Shack has always been a favorite of ours, like this type we usually go to the City of Industry, CA location. We are both crab lovers, in the past our favorite item was the bucket of dungeoness crab done BBQ style. But on this day, we decided to split a steampot and grab an appetizer.

Our appetizer was the great balls of fire.

Can't go wrong with crab, jalepeno, and shrimp balls deep fried to a golden brown

These were excellent. The shrimp/crab ration was adequate, and for Americans would not be too spicy. They were a tinge spicy for the Indonesian tongue. The french fries were cooked well, skin on, not too greasy.

The classic steampot was next and last for us on this day:

Classic Steampot - Alaskan Snow Crab, Dungeness Crab, smoked sausage, potatoes and corn

Nice presentation, a large maybe 12" diameter steaming pot, with the food placed on a large green fishing net. A side of butter which was not needed at all. The red potatoes were your standard steamed red potatoes. The corn was a bit disappointing, it stuck to your teeth when eaten off the cob and squirted all sorts of juices when cut through. The crab though, was excellent. It was not quite as good as our usual BBQ style crab, but the saltiness was still there and the ocean taste was not too strong. The crab meat was plentiful and cooked to perfection.

We had to choice but to:

The Good: Crab good but not quite as good as the BBQ style
The Bad: Corn
Overall: Pretty good experience 4 out of 5 stars in my book. A tip here: if you print out those steampot coupons, make sure you use dark ink, the marks they are looking for security include the veri logo on the far right, and the little dotted line below the expiration date. Make sure those appear!
Also, usually if you go at night, this location has a person making balloon animals and the waiting staff do dances. There is a special um ..... "non edible treat" for the persons celebrating special occasions.