Whole King Crab
$650 play money
An entire king crab, legs and all, for the table that wants to make an entrance. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $650 in play money, which puts it in the Luxury tier ($250 to $1,999). It is one of the big treats on the menu.
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Key facts
- Cuisine
- International
- Menu section
- Seafood & Sushi
- Price tier
- Luxury ($250 to $1,999)
- Play-money price
- $650
- Main ingredients
- whole king crab, lemon, butter
- How it is served
- A whole red king crab with long spiny legs arranged on a large round platter over crushed ice
History, tradition and origin
People have eaten crab for as long as they have lived beside the sea, and every coast has its own way: steamed with spice, picked into cakes, or cracked at the table with a mallet. King crab from the cold northern Pacific became a luxury in the twentieth century once boats could freeze the catch at sea.
Food economy and industry
King crab is caught in heavy steel pots in the Bering Sea and nearby waters during short, tightly controlled seasons, which is part of why it costs so much. Catch quotas rise and fall with stock surveys. Elsewhere, smaller crabs support day-boat fisheries and picking houses where the meat is removed by hand.
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