Who doesn’t love seafood? It’s easy to cook; from fish to scallops to lobsters, and don’t forget my favorite, oysters. Eat it raw or eat it fresh with a twist of lemon or bake it with cheese. Of course we are totally blessed here since it’s a fishing town, we get lobsters at great prices. One of my favorite dishes that we make out of the lobsters that we buy from the wharves is just by boiling it in the pot, strip out the flesh and make soup or even tomyam/lobster/beehoon soup with it. The extra lobster can be kept in a Tupperware and be used later for lobster bisque or fried bee hoon with lobster. It is so simple you don’t even need a recipe.

I don’t know if this would win anything in the Great American Seafood Cook off, but come Aug 2nd and 3rd at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center they will be holding their annual cook off where some great chefs will gather together to pit their culinary skills in an attempt to win one of the most prestigious titles: “King of American Seafood” . Tickets for the event are just $10 and the doors open at 11am. Awesome! I really wish I could attend, knowing how much I love food. Plus we all know the American seafood is one of the finest in the world. It is said that if the American seafood is on the market, you can be sure that it is being managed in a sustainable manner.

Do you have a secret seafood recipe you would like to share? Or some seafood you have eaten before that is so good you wanna go back for again and again? Or try to replicate the recipe at home? Come share your recipes with me!