Michel F.
Yelp
This is the best crab place I've been in a long time. Today my wife had crab cravings, and so we looked for a place. Somehow the overpriced TLC keeps popping up, but in my opinion, this place is for white liberals with too much money living in South Austin (you know, the ones who think they are so progressive, but at the same time displace brown and black communities with their outrageous gentrification and appropriation of these neighborhoods, but I digress...)
Then Krab Kings pops up, first their food truck, then the brick and mortar place in Pflugerville. A little far, but why not.
Well, far it is. This place is in the boonies, really East, really far. Thanks to corona traffic, we still made it in good times.
I get inside and notice it's an order at the counter kind of place. Oh god, what kind of place did we pick!!
Clearly, it's black owned, so my first thought is "is it going to be too spicy for me". I'm a French guy, and our idea of spicy is black pepper and our sauces are mild, creamy or wine based. No Creole or Cajun spice for me! A little garlic maybe, thyme and parsley, merci beaucoup !
Even the wife (not French, likes spicy) is a little worried. So, she orders the honey garlic snow crab platter. Around $40 if I remember correctly. A few minutes later, a gigantic aluminum container arrives at our table, with 3 huge clusters of snow crab, a very generous portion of big shrimps, sausage, lots of potatoes, corn and I probably forget what else....
First bite, I'm convinced. The crab is perfectly cooked, moist, the legs break nicely and the meat comes out easily. The butter sauce is to die for. I eat and eat and eat... 3 clusters later, it's so good I order 2 more, for another $20 or so. So yes, not cheap, but crab ain't going to be cheap anywhere. Still beats the overpriced white people places (and yes, I'm mostly white, in case that needs to be clarified).
By the way, it's not just the crab that's good. Everything is delicious. My wife is very picky about gulf shrimp and these passed her taste buds inspection!
The owner came to check on us a couple times. service is super nice even during a busy evening.
Is this an Instagram-ready, super cute place? No...
Do you get great yummy food? You betcha! Some customers are clearly pros, they come with their own gloves to eat this bounty!
We will be back to try the lobster too.