Mad Boiling Crab

1 Reviews on “Mad Boiling Crab”

• Rick Leed

  We’d heard that there was a new Cajun restaurant in downtown Madison and wanted to give it a try. Just a block off of State Street, it’s not exactly what we expected. The menu was posted on the door and we could see people eating through the window. It’s really a seafood boil. Choose from a variety of seafood options such as crawfish, shrimp with head on, shrimp with head off; mussels, various types of crab, lobster, and clam. Choose the flavoring: cajun, garlic, lemon pepper, all three. Choose any add-ons such as corn, sausage, and potato. They also have a few appetizers such as fries w/cajun seasoning, chicken wings, and fried chicken, fish, and shrimp. This sounded great to us, so we went inside to give it a try.The space is bright, airy, clean, and modern. The tables are covered in paper and they bring you disposable bibs as well as disposable plastic gloves to wear. There are paper towels at each table, cutlery is at the bar if you want it, and they bring you moist towelettes with your check.Our waitresses, multiple servers covered our table rather than just one, were all very friendly and happy to answer any questions we might have.We opted to get one pound of crawfish and one pound of shrimp (head off) in the cajun spice w/sausage and corn on the cob. We also ordered the Cajun fries to start. A lot of the prices in the menu are listed as market price, but the prices seemed pretty reasonable overall.The fries were crispy and crunchy. I did not find it particularly Cajun flavored, but I did enjoy the seasoning. When our boil arrived it came double-bagged inside of a bucket. It was very hot, and with no utensils I was glad of the plastic gloves for the little protection they offered. It felt like I was burning my fingers trying to pick up pieces of potato. It was also very messy so I was glad of the paper, gloves, and bib. The shrimp were tasty and we learned quickly to remove the shell and dredge them along the bottom of the bag to pick up all the flavor down there. The crawfish weren’t worth the effort to eat them. I’d eaten them before in South Carolina and really enjoyed them, but these seemed to require much more effort than I remembered and a very small payoff. There seemed to be very little juice in their heads which was disappointing. We did have potato in our boil although we had not ordered it. There was just a smattering of sausage and three pieces of corn.Overall I really enjoyed the novelty of the seafood boil. It was a unique experience in the Madison area. The price wasn’t bad and we did leave full. However, it is a lot of work for what you get and it is very messy. I’ll probably go back but not very often.

  September 18, 2017, 7:35 pm

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