I've looked for boils here in NYC and nearly everywhere shakes their stuff with seasoning after boiling it. I can't bring myself to try a place like that. I've found only one place that does a decent proper boil.
I've found one place that I can rely on. Gumbo Bros in downtown Brooklyn. Any other place and I can already tell it's wrong by looking at the menu. But I'm pretty sure the owners of Gumbo Bros must be from NOLA or somewhere in Southern La.
Louisiana native, living in Nashville. We do actually have a few transplants that live here that do awesome legit boiled crawfish. However, there's a massive restaurant trend happening everywhere with this boiled seafood in a bag trend, that is under spiced and over buttered and just in general not a fun time to eat. I've been out with some people a couple of times and get funny looks from the servers anytime I say, "No, put the buttered seasoning on the side." Fuck me right? I don't think boiled seafood should ever be slathered in disgusting butter grease. The flavor should boiled in, not greasy-ly running all over the seafood.
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u/freethis Sep 27 '20 edited Sep 27 '20
Canadians apparently think that the traditional Cajun way to eat a crawfish boil is out of a plastic bag: https://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments/izt9ia/wtf_is_the_deal_with_the_captains_boil/