Crab House

Crab House delivers on its name with plentiful Korean marinated crab - Review - Los Angeles - The Infatuation

"It’s fairly easy to find raw marinated crab in Koreatown, but Crab House is like unlocking a bonus level in a seafood-themed video game. The walls are covered in more photos of crabs and sea urchins than a marine biology class, and nearly everyone seated at the dining room’s wooden tables is wearing plastic gloves and elbows deep in crab legs with spicy sauce smeared on their lips. This is the best place in Koreatown to try both soy-marinated and spicy gejang, with reasonable prices that justify ordering both flavors. The menu also features two kinds of crab— domestic and imported—and we prefer the Korean ones, which have softer shells and crack more easily, so you can squeeze out every last morsel of meat without turning the table into a crime scene. Crab House is also known for uni bibimbap, and it's worth ordering, though we’ve gotten full here off plates of crab alone—especially if you mix the meat with the warm bowl of rice on the side. The ladies running the place might surprise you with a complimentary whole braised fish just because. Food Rundown Crab If you’re at Crab House and didn’t order raw marinated soy crab, did you even go? These come in two varieties: American-caught or Korean-caught crabs. We prefer the latter because the shells are soft enough to crack without a toolkit, and the meat soaks up the marinade like a sponge. Don’t be shy about digging in—it’s messy, but they give you gloves for a reason. photo credit: Cathy Park Uni Rice Bowl This dish comes in more sizes than the shirts at Uniqlo, and each comes with a generous portion of uni. Follow the servers’ instructions: don’t mix it up. Instead, scoop up a bit of uni with each spoonful of rice so you can taste it without burying it. photo credit: Cathy Park" - Cathy Park