131 Fishermans Wharf
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pacific-fish-center-and-restaurant-redondo-beach

After a weeknight dinner at local favorite, Quality Seafood, I decided to walk around the pier to see what else we could nibble on. And nibble on we did! Towards the end of the pier is another seafood restaurant called Pacific Fish, which I’ve vistied a couple years back for the famous boiling crab.

I only wanted something bite size to complement the lobster dinner I had half an hour prior so raw shrimp aka sweet shrimp was in order! Not for the squirmish, sweet shrimp is considered a Japanese sushi delicacy with the price tag to earn that reputation.

I’m used to having my fresh raw sushi served already dead, but this was a new experience for me. Eating raw shrimp isn’t for many people. In fact, I know some folks who love these things, but if it’s still moving, they’ll back down.

At $34.99 lb, these suckers may be well worth it if you’re a fan of sushi. They are served raw. Very raw. I mean the kind of raw that still wiggles as you’re pulling their bodies apart from the still ungulating heads. Yes, this is sushi at it’s finest! I couldn’t stop feeling pretty darn evil for what I was doing. The thought of an episode of Shwotime’s Dexer crossed through my head once. Kind of hard not to think like that as you’re ripping the bodies off of the heads and noticing these little feelers moving beneath the semi translucent shells.

Yes, I should be prosecuted for cruel and unusual punishment, but to be honest, this was some of the freshest sweet shrimp I’ve ever had.

To top things off, once you’re done eating the body, the severs will deep fry your shrimp heads for some more daring adventures. You won’t have to worry about the shrimps coming back for revenge. Once deep friend, these heads become extremely crunchy and tasty. Then again, what’s not good deepfried?

130 Internatl Boardwalk, Redondo, Ca
(310) 374-2382

www.qualityseafood.net

http://www.yelp.com/biz/quality-seafood-redondo-beach

Located in King’s Harbor marketplace in Redondo Beach. Quality Seafood has been serving freshly caught seafood to the South Bay area for over 40 years. After hearing about this place and the prospect of some live sea urchin aka Uni, I made a quick weeknight dinner trip down.

Quality Seafood looks pretty much like what you would expect from a seafood market off the docks. It offers rows and rows of fresh seafood ranging from crabs, oysters, lobsters and other wild assortments that I’ve never even heard of. Unfortunately, our main attraction of live uni is something you’ll have to come try around noon since those aren’t caught in large quantities and are sold out by noon.

Lobster was the order of the night. You can chose from your select choices from frozen to hand picked live and frisky type. They were running a $15 summer special for a 1 2/3 lb Maine Lobster, corn and BUTTER! Kind of hard to beat so we went for it!

I’m not sure if it was due to the late night cholesterol feasting, but our lobster orders were steam heated in plastic bags. Kind of thought that was odd and unfortunately, it affected the quality of the lobster.

They also have an oyster bar with a large assortment of oysters from coast to cost. The banner says it all so try at least one oyster!

Clevedon Coast, Hamma Hamma and Miyagi oysters. Start from right to left as the Miyagis were very sweet and Clevedon tasted very oceany. Overall, they were pretty good. If you’re the type that’s doesn’t care about being ghetto fabulous, feel free to bring your own Tabasco sauce. Shrink wrapped Tapatio just doesn’t do it for me when it comes to oysters.

The lobster made for a pretty picture, but was a little disappointing. You know you’re not eating fresh shellfish when the shells bend and contort when you try to crack them. The meal was a little bland and not filling enough for a full dinner. Needless to say, if you’re driving all the way to Redondo Beach for some fresh seafood, leave the “summer” special behind and order some fresh seafood!

We walked around the pier to see what other bites were offered in the area so click here if you want to see some live sweet shrimp.

Special thanks to Christine and Christy for coming out!