After 7 years I get to see the myth, the legend…Captain Kidd’s
09.11.2009
I’ve known Hawkins for years and for all that time I’ve been hearing stories of “when I worked in the fish market”. It always seemed like a cool place to go but I just don’t find myself in Redondo Beach on a regular basis. That changes today. I’ve traveled here with the Hawkins family today and I’m going to get to see what the fuss is about. We’re in town for WordCamp LA and I told him that when we came I had a single request and that was to see this hallowed ground. I have to say I’m not sure the stories did it justice. I secretly looked it up on Yelp before we got here and I wasn’t sure I was looking at the right reviews. This place is legendary. It’s not just some fish market a friend of mine used to work for. It’s been an institution in the area for over 30 years and it was well worth its reputation. We had a group of 20 people so I got to sample a whole lot of the food and there wasn’t single bite I took that wasn’t well worth it. At this point WordCamp is secondary to finally getting to enjoy this place. If there is a just and loving god we’ll be able to come back again before we have to go back home on Sunday.
How was the chowder . . . oh wait, nevermind.
hahaha, he can actually answer this question now. We went back today for lunch before heading out of town. I ordered some and he couldn’t resist trying a bite.
Spoiler alert: it did not kill him.
So you gave Todd something creamy and with shell fish then you got in a car with him for 5 hours … ?
Matt has a good point; I’m assuming Hawkins lost a bet or something. Also we know Todd’s main problem food in CA is a slightly-cooked grilled chicken sandwich.
And what a shame that we lived 1/2 a mile from this place for 3 years and never went there…
I had 1 (one) spoonfull of chowder…it was awesome but I decided I didn’t want to 1) die or b) kill the Hawkins family so I kept it to just that spoonful
Todd did not properly warn me as to the ramifications of letting him eat shellfish. I was thinking he’d get all blotchy or something like that. I did not realize I was putting my family at risk of losing all sense of smell.
I guess I got lucky, this time…
The danger of smell is more due to the creamyness than the shellfish. The shellfish issue is more to do with projectiles. Clam chowder is pretty much the perfect storm of food for Todd.
aaahhh the vomit comet . . . I guess that wasn’t shellfish related, but same issue.