Market Price
-Tuesday July 3rd Afternoon-
After relaxing for a bit and changing into dry clothes we headed into Friday Harbor for lunch. We first entered an open air place right across from the ferry landing and sat down waiting to be acknowledged. After a bit and not getting a visit, we asked someone who looked like they worked there what the deal was. They said they weren’t open yet, but we could wait where we sat for about 20 more minutes if we wanted. We didn’t want.
Wandered around town for a while looking for other options, but finding the same sort of not yet open vibe nearly everywhere except for the few places that were serving breakfast. When a half an hour passed we returned to our original place. Donna wanted some Dungeness crab and what I really wanted came from a a different part of the restaurant. They could bring it out to me, but it had to be rung up on a separate bill. Sounded like too much effort to me, so I opted for the Fish & Chips (turned out later this was a lucky thing.)
We were served our lunches on paper plates and given a plastic fork for our utensils. For my fish and chips that wasn’t an issue, but to get the most out a crab you need a couple of extra items. When our server asked if there was anything else we needed I asked for some malt vinegar for my chips and Donna asked for a nut cracker or hammer and a seafood pick. My wish was granted, but the server told Donna that they didn’t have those utensils.
The top of the crab had already been separated and each leg segment had a saw cut in it already making for easy access to most of the meat, but there were a few knuckles and other places that refused to grant access to the succulent crab. For this we had to use the bottom of the Malt Vinegar bottle as a hammer. Good thing they make them out of sturdy glass…
And when they say Market Price on the menu, they mean YIKES! Our lunch with two soft drinks and tip came to $56.