Best SEAFOOD BAR in San Francisco!!

[Music] great oh man here in the center [Music] so [Music] your own fresh baked shrimp from foreign great great but really quickly before they open uh a chance to quickly share a little bit of history about the swan oyster depot it dates back before the turn of the 20th century and it was started originally by four danish brothers i love how they take so much pride care and so much passion in what they do sourcing the best seafood and serving customers with such a positive happy attitude people they're still setting up and they're still organizing everything but man first uh cured salmon it's glistening and served with capers and onions men this is beautiful oh wow that just melts in your mouth like it literally turns to salmon oil on your tongue that san francisco sourdough on the bottom oh wow oh that's so good oh man that is [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] the main dishes that you have to get here is the crab louie a dish that was invented on the west coast here in san francisco highlighting the dungeness crabs fully de-shelled all over a bed of lettuce i got the dressing on the side the dressing is a very thick very creamy looking dressing with some capers in it i believe this is my gonna be my first time to ever try crab louie looks awesome nothing on here but shredded lettuce and all that crab dungeness crab [Music] just the sweet natural briny stringiness of that dungeness crowd with that bed of iceberg lettuce that just it's so refreshing and so crisp and so juicy the dressing it does taste similar to a thousand island not not too sweet really thick really creamy really rich and then their bread here is specifically incredible as well i'm gonna take uh so good so perfectly airy and bubbly and chewy with that pinch of sour fermentation some of the chowder i'll sprinkle in some pepper [Applause] [Music] oh man that's a great chowder okay so thank you very much we got here we got three different types of oysters okay two humble bay kumamotos these are local california oysters we've got two stellar bay gold miyagis from british columbia we've got two tamales bay miyagi's these are also our locals caught about an hour north of here in marin county okay great i'm gonna try some of that vinegar first [Music] vinegar is incredible with the crunch of the onions finely chopped up in there so perfectly balanced not overpowering extraordinary okay one more oyster i gotta try that hot sauce some lemon they're hot sauce and i think i might add a dab of horseradish to this cannot go wrong with horseradish i love horseradish [Music] well that's real deal horseradish all the flavor of that plus the hot sauce that is extraordinary oh man that horseradish is wonderful okay let's move into the shrimp cocktail oh so it's a combination of prawns i think they call the big one prawns and then these little pink shrimp here i'll try these little pink shrimp these little shrimp have some of the best flavor you just melt in your mouth so sweet wow that's delicious okay we'll try the prawns again sweet firm mess two totally different textures the prawns are more much more firm the little guys the little shrimp are just melt in your mouth [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] we got california halibut it's our local halibut then we got ahi tuna right here okay guys okay i'm gonna start with that i believe that one is the hamachi yellowtail right here in the center [Music] [Music] oh wow the natural freshness that crunch of the onions and the capers and then actually there's no salt or anything i think they have some condiments you can season with but then when is that fresh and that good you don't need anything to cover up the freshness of it this one here is the halibut totally different texture that one just melts in your mouth so pure so silky try some of the ahi next the tuna and just that little bit of saltiness coming from the capers the pureness of the ahi oh man i can't put it down we got to try a row of everything the salmon oh oh you feel the oils of the salmon and then last one is the the scallops sliced crackers just completely melts in your mouth you don't even need to chew the scallop okay crab back so this is just all the tamily and the it's all the glory great ripped off absolutely we've got the crab back the dungeness crab head filled with its own tamale and juices and oh man look at that it's thick it's rich it's buttery oh man that's insane oh it's sweet with that bitterness to follow it's creamy oh man it's almost like yolky tastings i love how it's served pudding style too and we got some fresh cracked black pepper grab another bite and i think i'll add a little scoop of hot sauce to this bite i love how it's served pudding style oh man that is extraordinary the complexity of the flavor the richness oh man [Music] incredible i love how everything is prepared in a way where you i mean it focuses on the quality the freshness and the natural taste of this [Music] you

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Length: 9min 50sec (590 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 08 2021