Dungeness Crab appears as a signature dish in 1 Canada cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Dungeness crab · Vancouver
BC Dungeness crab is the Pacific Northwest's well-known shellfish, with sweet white meat from the legs and claws. Served whole steamed at Granville Island, with butter, lemon and a cracker.
Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) is named for the small fishing village of Dungeness, Washington and has been harvested commercially in BC since the 1880s. The Fraser River and Strait of Georgia provide the city's reference catch. Granville Island Public Market opened in 1979 as Vancouver's reference live-crab counter; cracked-shell shrimp counters in Richmond and Chinatown serve the Cantonese ginger-and-scallion preparation as the kitchen standard.
Where to eat in Vancouver:
- Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House
- Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar
- Granville Island Public Market