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re: The Chimes- East and West, what happened?
Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:08 am to Martini
Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:08 am to Martini
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Crab claws are frozen by the boatload and are available all year long. Nobody is serving “fresh seasonal” crab claws. Every single one is frozen.
Definitely not true in south LA. Frozen crab claws are easy to detect: the meat sticks to the featherbone. If the claw meat slides off easily, it's not a frozen clawfinger. I won't eat the frozen ones & always ask at local seafood-centric restaurants if they're serving fresh or frozen....and I politely decline if they're frozen.
Places in coastal LA like Casamento's, Leeville Seafood Restaurant, Spahr's, and plenty of other places that care about their seafood sourcing/supply regularly serve non-frozen clawfingers. I bought some at my local crab processing shed a couple weeks ago for $16/lb.
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Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:16 am to Martini
Don't get me wrong - I agree the claws need to be on the specials board if it isn't always available. But he asked what happened, implying they used to always have them. As long as I've been going to Chimes, it has been a limited availability item.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:27 am to BugAC
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Well if they are anything like shrimp, they are flash frozen on the boat before they even make it to shore.
Blue crab is nothing like shrimp. It is fished in inshore brackish waters, by small, independent crabbers. Crab traps are baited & checked every couple of days during warm weather. Live crabs are sorted by size on the boat & undersized crabs returned immediately to the water. Crabber takes his live crabs to a wholesaler, who buys from many fishermen. Some wholesalers sell everything to a processor--and many, many live LA blue crabs are trucked to other states for sale. Lots go to the Maryland/Chesapeake area, as their fisheries can't keep up w/demand.
Anyway, the processing house receives live crabs, which are steamed (or boiled, depending on processor). Cooked crabs are hand-picked....yes, even in 2019. In LA, mostly Asian and Hispanic seasonal laborers (including lots of temporary foreign workers on guest worker visas) break down the crabs, picking the meat into various size chunks (jumbo lump, special white, claw meat, etc). Most consumers and chefs in LA prefer to buy non-pasteurized crabmeat that's fresh & not frozen. Non-pasteurized frozen is second choice, and a distant third is the heat-pasteurized kind usually sold in 1-lb metal cans w/a pry-off lid. (Pasteurized keeps longer, but the taste is flatter, less delicate, more harsh/crabby).
Crabs have to be alive before they're boiled/steamed. So live crabs are moving all around the Gulf Coast/Mid-Atlantic, all the time, depending on price, local weather & water conditions, and demand.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:27 am to BugAC
The Chimes menu says "seasonal"
With all of the freshwater in the gulf and estuaries the crab harvest is really struggling. The prices for live crabs is absurd right now and you still have the situation where they can sell for higher profit out of state.
With all of the freshwater in the gulf and estuaries the crab harvest is really struggling. The prices for live crabs is absurd right now and you still have the situation where they can sell for higher profit out of state.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:37 am to KamaCausey_LSU
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With all of the freshwater in the gulf and estuaries the crab harvest is really struggling.
Since January? Because i think i've been able to get crab claws twice, once last weekend, and one other time, since about January or longer.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:40 am to LouisianaLady
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But he asked what happened, implying they used to always have them.
It wasn't a foregone conclusion that they'd have them, but as i said in the post above, in the past 6 months or so, i always order the clab claws and i've only gotten them twice.
Anyway, this thread got incredibly diverted from the main point, being that Chimes is filthy and East needs a good scrubbing and new tables/chairs.
This post was edited on 6/18/19 at 11:41 am
Posted on 6/18/19 at 11:47 am to BugAC
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but as i said in the post above, in the past 6 months or so, i always order the clab claws and i've only gotten them twice.
The restaurant likely has a pricing point for the crab claws: when they're cheap enough, the dish is available. When the price is too high, they're not. Even places like Galatoire's will, from time to time, be "out" of crabmeat. It's not just about supply availability, it's about the wide swings in the price of picked crabmeat.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 12:16 pm to BugAC
quote:It even warns you on the menu that its seasonal. You sound like a whiny bitch.
And, they've managed to take the McDonald's ice cream concept with their sauteed crab fingers. They are always out. The crab finger machine must be broken
Posted on 6/18/19 at 12:16 pm to hungryone
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Chimes East
I’ve never been a fan of their location. Seems like a weird place on Coursey. Why did they pick such a random part of town?
Posted on 6/18/19 at 12:31 pm to Paul Allen
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Why did they pick such a random part of town?
where should they have located Paul? 
Posted on 6/18/19 at 12:43 pm to Ryan3232
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You sound like a whiny bitch.
You sure showed me there, tough guy. Guess i learned my lesson...
You asshats that get so mad at words make me chuckle.
This post was edited on 6/18/19 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:04 pm to BugAC
quote:sorry that I ruffled your feathers by calling you a bitch.
BugAC
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:05 pm to Ryan3232
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sorry that I ruffled your feathers by calling you a bitch.
Aw, now you're getting defensive. That's cute.
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:09 pm to BugAC
quote:are you retarded?
Aw, now you're getting defensive. That's cute
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:12 pm to BugAC
How about the seafood platter though?
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:13 pm to Ryan3232
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are you retarded?
He types furiously....
This post was edited on 6/18/19 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:24 pm to BugAC
quote:Maybe you have assburgers. Youre acting really strange man...
BugAC
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:52 pm to Ryan3232
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Maybe you have assburgers
And i'm the one that's retarded???
Posted on 6/18/19 at 1:59 pm to tigerinthebueche
mid City or off corporate
Posted on 6/18/19 at 2:05 pm to Paul Allen
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mid City or off corporate
well they seem to have done well enough for the last, what, 15 years on Coursey.
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