Crab Crab Crab

Crab Crab Crab in Sapporo Japan. That’s all you can eat crab, in 90 minutes. Hard to believe-well it’s true. All-you-can eat KING CRAB in 90 minutes, for 4,000 Yen($50 US). In Susukino, the entertainment center of Sapporo, Japan, there is a crab restaurant called Ebi Kani Gassen, on the 11th floor of a commercial building where you can get this unbelievable meal. I had the 3,600 Yen($44 US) All-you-can eat(tabehoudai)assorted crab(King crab, Queen crab, Snow crab) in 90-minutes meal. Here’s what I got:

3-shrimp tempura and vegetable(sweet pepper)tempura

3-shrimp and crab sushi, shrimp tempura sushi

1-chawan mushi with lots of crab crab crab

3-very large platters of assorted crab legs and body meat

Those crab legs were super sweet!!!!

All that crab went well with 2 bottles(300ml each)of Chitosetsuru Junmai Ginjo sake.


Tips and notes:

The staff will only bring out what you can eat because crab is a valuable resource in Hokkaido Japan. Don’t order what you cannot finish.


The staff is a little slow in coming out to help you, so ask them with a “Sumimasen-Kani okawari!” (Excuse me-More crab please!) when you are getting low on crab.

Don’t forget-you must finish the crab on the plate before the 90-minutes.

How to eat the crab: Use the scissors provided to cut the crab shells-makes it a lot easier to get to the meat, and use the small spoon to dig out the crab meat from the body cavity or as you get to the outer reaches of the crab legs. Discard the shells in the big containers on the table.

This is a Travel Japan recommendation for hungry crab eaters. So go ahead and eat crab crab crab!

Location: A short walk from the Hosui Susukino subway station or the Susukino subway station. Address is 1-jo South, 4 West, 2-chome (1chi-
jo Minami yon Nishi ni-chome. On the 11th floor. 4:00PM - 12:00AM. Telephone: 011-231-3043. Restaurant name is Ebi Kani Gassen.


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