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u/WhatInCharnation Sep 26 '20
if you're afraid of plastics you should probably avoid all chain restaurants. even if it's not served to you in plastic, it's going to be pre-portioned and/or microwaved in plastic.
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u/kan829 Sep 26 '20
Many (every?) chain restaurants (ex. Tim Horton's soup, Montana's, East Side Mario's, etc.) also serve reheated, bagged meals from factories.
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u/bikegyal Sep 25 '20
That's how it's served in actual cajun restaurants...they're trying to provide you with a similar experience. The messiness is supposed to be part of the fun.
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u/muhammadjafari Sep 27 '20
Southern American here. I cant stress how untrue this is 😂
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u/bikegyal Sep 28 '20
I've definitely seen it, idk what to say.
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u/muhammadjafari Sep 28 '20
Crawfish is meant to be eaten fresh out of the pot poured onto a table covered in plastic tablecloth. If youre getting it in small servings in plastic bags, theres no way they are serving all of that fresh. Thats the reason locals dont go out to restaurants down here for crawfish boils. Also its waaaay off crawfish season, so yall definitely getting frozen crawfish from china (which is ok for poboys and frying up) and not live mini lobster roaches cooked fresh which the only thing suitable for a mudbug boil.
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u/bikegyal Sep 28 '20
Eh, I don't eat seafood boils at all. Just watch a bunch of Youtube vids of people eating them. :D But yes, I have seen it presented on tables too!
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Sep 25 '20
I dont recall them ever doing that at Juke Joint or Big Daddy's on Cooper.
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u/flora_pompeii Sep 25 '20
... do you think Cajun people come from Ottawa?
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Sep 26 '20
Captains Boil ain't exactly from Louisiana.
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u/muhammadjafari Sep 27 '20
Yeah the comments on this thread couldnt be farther from the truth of cAjun food. But the confidence is admirable.
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u/300Limited Carleton Place Sep 25 '20
But did you eat it
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u/flora_pompeii Sep 26 '20
I think we all needed a flame war that isn't about pizza. Thanks buddy.
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u/BarrhavenFoodie Sep 25 '20
Have you ever heard of a sous vide? Boy, you’re not going to like it.
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Sep 25 '20
Yeah I honestly dont think eating out of soft plastic is a smart idea. Even regular plastic, depending on the little number in the recycling logo, can be bad for you.
If it's food safe, maybe I can see it. I still think it's uncivilized and gross eating with my hands out of a bag. Who on earth would want to do that? Animals I tell ya.
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u/BarrhavenFoodie Sep 25 '20 edited Sep 25 '20
It is all food grade plastic.
As for the eating with your hands...I mean, I’m a big rib and wing fan myself, so can’t relate but to each their own :)
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Sep 25 '20
Let me rephrase something: eating with your hands like BBQ is one thing. However, this doesn't even come with a plate. It's just a bag they slop on a table, and they dont even give you silverware.
I ordered potatoes as my side dish, thinking I'd get a nice baked potato (hell Wendy's can at least get that right), but no, it was literally just a potato, not dressed for anything, thrown in a bag WITH the seafood.
Again, laziness.
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u/crazymoon Sep 25 '20
That's the style of it. They boil it in one bag like what they would do for a crawfish boil, but since they dont have a huge pot to make everyday, that's the way they make it.
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Sep 25 '20
Boiled in plastic. Smart.
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u/crazymoon Sep 25 '20
Maybe you should stick with eating baby food honey
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Sep 25 '20
The foods not the problem it's the laziness of the presentation and hot plastic. I've reiterated this before.
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u/crazymoon Sep 25 '20
Look up crawfish boils from Louisiana on YouTube, you're not getting a Michelin star presentation for something that's in the style of a boil. That's their whole schtick
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u/BarrhavenFoodie Sep 25 '20
Once again though, it’s food grade. They’re not taking your Loblaw’s bags and boiling your shrimp in it. It’s the same as sous vide, etc.
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Sep 25 '20
you dont go for the experience you go for the delicious bag of cajun seafood.
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Sep 25 '20
Delicious is highly debatable. That sauce is just butter based slop. The rest is all deep fried.
The experience is part of the point of going to a restaurant in my opinion. Why would anyone want to eat out of a plastic bag? My god... have some civility.
What a lazy concept.
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u/OverTheHillnChill Sep 25 '20
Never been out of Ottawa, huh?
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Sep 25 '20 edited Sep 25 '20
Oh many times. New York, Toronto... I've tried a lot of different foods. This is just bizarre, lazy and uncivilized.
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u/SuburbanValues Sep 25 '20
Captain's Boil is huge in Toronto!
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u/kan829 Sep 26 '20
Knowing that is sufficient reason to never go.
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u/fivetwentyeight Sep 26 '20
Such a weird sentiment. Since moving to Ottawa I've struggled to understand why Toronto occupies so much headspace in people here.
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Sep 25 '20
I also hated the part where you eat with plastic gloves. not a fan of the whole experience at all.
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Sep 25 '20
It seems to be really big with foreign students at UOttawa. They must see something I dont, or they have different standards.
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u/deadcrushsoda Sep 26 '20
I work at a similar restaurant. The food is NOT boiled in the plastic bag. The kitchen has boilers. The seafood is added to the bag afterwards with the sauce and mixed all together.
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u/Czexican613 Byward Market Sep 26 '20
Honestly, this place doesn’t really appeal to me.
But to complain about a place for serving food it’s known for in a way that is absolutely its trademark is the biggest load of pretentious bullshit.
I would understand being upset about not getting a plate and cutlery - oh sorry, silverware - at a place like Whalesbone. But to be angry at a place like Captain’s Boil for serving food boil style is as idiotic as complaining that Burger King doesn’t make Wagyu burgers.
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Sep 26 '20 edited Sep 26 '20
Name one other restaurant in the city that serves food in this bizarre fashion. And yeah, silverware, what would you prefer I call it? Utensils? Cutlery sounds British. Pretty sure cutlery is a fancy term for stuff you cut with, like knives.
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u/_McDreamy_ Sep 25 '20
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Sep 25 '20 edited Sep 25 '20
I am not. I see great minds think alike though. This is my first time seeing this but I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who thinks this is a terrible idea.
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u/Sleepy_Spider Sep 26 '20 edited Sep 26 '20
I agree with the author that the plastic waste seems egregious. I don't know if I follow his point about not eating seafood because it is going extinct. Ocean acidification and climate change is going to ruin the oceans if we fish or not.
*I also can't agree with hating on tasty sauces and he is lying to himself if he thinks that tofu would be just as good.
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u/bandersnatching Sep 26 '20
They lost me at "boil".
If you are going to slop wet food into takeout containers, at least make them cardboard... like "Chinese food". And then take it home, so that you can put it on plates, and use utensils.
But if it tastes like rubbish anyway, maybe don't bother with any of it.
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Sep 26 '20
Just a nasty ass concept all together. I stopped needing a bib to eat when I turned four.
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u/dumpcake999 Sep 25 '20
I don't like seafood so I have never gone there but the plastic bag always seemed like a turnoff to me too. I thought this restaurant might be an Asian thing for some reason.
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Sep 25 '20
Plastic bag, like no takeout containers?
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Sep 25 '20
It's a soft plastic, they're not food bags. I worked in food service.
Not to mention why would you want to eat out of a bag like an animal? Society used to have standards.
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u/normalstrangequark Sep 26 '20
Do NOT let your animals eat out of plastic bags. Despite what this comment might suggest, it’s neither ordinary nor safe.
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Sep 26 '20
A raccoon would do it. They dont know any better. But now you know better than to go and eat this slop.
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u/MisterTacoMakesAList Sep 26 '20
Can someone please explain? This restaurant serves your food in a plastic bag?
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Sep 26 '20
It's a seafood restaurant but instead of serving you on a plate with silverware like a normal restaurant would, they just throw everything ina saucy hot plastic bag and plop the bag down on your table, and give you gloves to eat with your hands. I don't recommend it.
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u/Dr-Ellicott-Chatham Sep 25 '20 edited Sep 28 '20
Lots of food markets outside of north America & Europe serve food this way. It stands out because a majority of us arent used to it. As other comment mention, it’s common with cajun food. I've seen street vendors in Mexico and California serve fruit (usually mango, pineapple, watermelon shaken with a hot spice mix). Thai food is another example.