Crispy crab cake and chicken fingers were also acceptable.
Or try poached eggs on crispy crab cakes with avocado and tomatoes ($13).
RECOMMENDED DISHES Smoked chicken and corn quesadilla, wild mushroom-leek ravioli, crispy crab wontons, sesame-crusted tuna salad, steamed bass, balsamic apple-glazed pork chops, lemon meringue pie.
The po' boy was a fine choice: a homemade bun loaded with crispy crab, lettuce, tomatoes, red onion and pickles, served with a huge stack of addictive shoestring potatoes (cole slaw and tabbouleh are the other options).
Fellow tenants regularly greet him with comments about the hot-food bar, for instance ($6.99 per pound; a recent visit turned up crispy crab cakes, as well as a tangy barbecued steak with peppers).
5 Put a layer of lettuce on the bottom half of each bun, then place a crispy crab on top, followed by a dollop of chilli mayonnaise, and the remaining bread.
RECOMMENDED DISHES -- Roasted corn chowder, tequila-glazed squab, popcorn crayfish, crispy calamari, crab cake, scallops casino, lobster with plum tart, fried chicken, burger, African snapper, soft-shell crab, tomato-basil fettuccine, prosciutto pork, baby back ribs, duck confit risotto, all desserts.
For the price, our meal at Stars didn't blow us away, but its new summer menu (crispy blue crab with green tomatoes, house-made agnolotti with fava beans and wild mushrooms, suckling pig with wild ramps) might just warrant a return trip.
This is a heavenly sandwich of crispy-battered crab, fresh lettuce and chilli-lemon mayo, served on soft white bread.
But perhaps the best way to sample them is to stroll down to the Rialto and grab a plate of crispy, salty crabs and a glass of prosecco at Muro Rialto or one of the other vendors in Campo Bella Vienna.
All these were new tastes to my friends, winemakers from Slovenia, not least the last of the season's crispy soft-crabs ($36), which amazed them when I said you eat the whole body and claws for the first time.
