Crayfish (Nin's Bin)

 

 

For a crayfish treat go to Nin's Bin just a 20 minute drive north of Kaikoura

 

Crayfish is a real delicacy.  They are freshwater crustaceans in the same family as lobsters.

 

Crayfish - yum!

For a treat try crayfish at Nin's Bin food truck in Kaikoura – they're closed now til October but when they are open they specialize in freshly caught seafood – including crayfish.

 

It won't be particularly cheap but it's a treat, right?

Need Some Inspiration? Try Crayfish & Lobster & Fermented Foods!

Lobster Mac N Cheese 

Food on Friday: February had a good lobster dish and a handful of fermented foods. Here are the ones that caught my eye.

Jessica from Sweet Love & Ginger brought over a great Lobster Mac N Cheese  How luxurious is that!

Cucumber Dill Salad by The Midnight Baker

Preserved Lemons by Palachinka

Chocolate Pot with a hint of Coffee by MJ's Kitchen – no, it's not lobster or fermented but I make the rules and I wanted to feature it.

If you would like to check out more crayfish & lobster dishes just head on over to this Pinboard.  It includes crab as well and has earlier posts linked in too.

Food on Friday: February 18

It's the second Friday of the month so here is Food on Friday. 

As you can see, there are 4 new themes – Valentine's Day, Crayfish & Lobster, Fermented Foods and Italian Food.   I hope you'll find some great stuff in those categories.

I'll be pinning your creations to the relevant Pinboards –

Valentine's Day, Crayfish & Lobster, Fermented Foods and Italian Food.

While you can still link up at any time during the month, can I ask that you put one or two dishes for each category in straight away.  This should result in a good number of dishes for us all to explore. 

To add your dishes, just put the name of the dish together with your blog name/name into the first Mr Linky box you will find below.  Then paste the url for your post about it into the second box.

Have fun!

Food on Friday: Crayfish, Lobster & Crab

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This Food on Friday's theme is crustacean – crayfish, lobster and crab.

To add your dishes featuring any or all of crayfish, lobster and crab, just put the name of the dish together with your blog name/name into the first Mr Linky box you will find below.  Then paste the url for your post about it into the second box.

I'll be pinning the links to this Pinboard – this is a quick way for you to scan the dishes and choose which ones you want to check out in more detail.

You will have spotted that there are 2 Mr Linky boxes at the bottom of this post – use the first Food on Friday one for dishes featuring crayfish, lobster and crab. 

There is also a second link up where you can add one dish of your choice that you would like to share – no theme – I've called this Anything Goes.  I'll pin your dishes to a relevant Pinboard too.  The jury's still out on whether you think the second opportunity to link up is a good idea.  Feedback most welcome!

Have some good 'crabby' fun!

A Tale of Two Tails - crayfish that is...



I have long been a lover of crayfish.  But I don't get it often - too squeamish to kill and cook it myself and too miserly normally to pay the exorbitant prices for it in restaurants.  If only I knew a diver or two who would generously give away any surplus!

When in Whitianga recently I had crayfish twice.  First at a Thai restaurant which shall remain unnamed.  While the crayfish I had there was very badly done, the rest of the standard Thai fare was fine.  The crayfish was a special for $42 and it was a real shame it was wrecked by bad cooking.  It was chewy and had to be prised forcibly from its shell.

So when we went to Squids I almost didn't order their crayfish special - but was very glad I risked it.  It was beautifully cooked - simple grill with a soupcon of butter - the vegetables with it were forgettable but the crayfish made up for all that.  It was reasonably priced and they provided the right implements for claw cracking etc.

The entree I had of kingfish ceviche was also very good.  We'll be back.