Live King Crab at New Sagaya's

New Sagaya's, a specialty food market with two locations, has live golden king crab for $8.99/pound this week. I prefer red king crab to golden, but the goldens are a bit smaller and easier to transport.


Supposedly the ones with barnacles on them taste better. It may have something to do with molting cycles or it could just be superstition.


Our crab weighed about 5 pounds and we ended up with about 3 pounds of meat.


Although it is cheaper to buy frozen king crab, fresh is much better. When the crab is fresh, stuff like butter or lemon detract from its flavor.