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East Coast for New England alone IMO… then there's the rest of the coast. West Coast comes next, and it's close, but the Gulf - I wasn't impressed. I liked the shrimp but that was about it. None of the fish I had were that great. When I was in Clearwater, FL though I did try alligator which was definitely interesting (I know it's not seafood but it's also not something you can find everywhere in the US!).
How did it taste? I'm interested in trying out gator someday whenever I travel back to Florida.
Hard not to love lobster or swordfish. But overall, the west is best. I mean king, sockeye and silver salmon, halibut, dungeness, Alaskan king crab, petrale sole, rockfish, mussels, razor clams, sturgeon, so many oysters, squid, octopus, and amazing local shrimp.
Love the east coast seafood dishes overall all others. New England is my favorite with Chowder, Lobster Rolls, fried whole belly clams, stuffed quahogs. Maryland blue crabs and crab cakes, heck go down to south with Shrimp and Grits.
You all voted whatever for ocean is closest to you, right?
Being that I live in Atlanta the Gulf and Atlantic are both about 4 hours away. No bias here just voiced my objective opinion. Based on my personal opinion from my experience I rank them (East>West>Gulf) With that being said I could understand if other posters have a different preference or opinion.
Being that I live in Atlanta the Gulf and Atlantic are both about 4 hours away. No bias here just voiced my objective opinion. Based on my personal opinion from my experience I rank them (East>West>Gulf) With that being said I could understand if other posters have a different preference or opinion.
Where do you live and what is your preference?
Let's just say I live by the Pacific.
I relieve my friends of about 60 lbs of their bluefin and yellowfin Baja catch a year, so you can guess my preference.
The West Coast has better oysters (lower salinity = better flavor).
I prefer the Dungeness Crab, Pacific Salmon, Sushi, Oysters and Louie Salads of the West Coast to any East Coast seafood specialty. Also, Seattle and San Francisco are the two best seafood cities in the Country. The fish markets are better, the seafood is fresher, and there are better seafood restaurants overall. To me this isn't even close.
Best variety of oysters and you can eat them year round on the West Coast(specifically Pacific Northwest).
Not even going to pick one coast as the overall winner for seafood(they all have their highlights), but while Gulf oysters are big and usually cheap and New England oysters have that extra briny, salty taste I think the Northwest takes the oyster battle.
Bluefin and yellowfin
Red Drum
Red Snapper (the REAL Red Snapper) broiled or grilled
Maine Lobster stuffed with fresh Garlic/butter/olive oil/parsley off the grill
Oyster fritters
Fresh Bay Oyster shooters
Stuffed Chesapeake Bay Crab balls
Fried crab (hardshell)
Fried softshell crab (Chesapeake bay)
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