Seither’s Seafood Harahan

I thought I was going to @seithers_seafood Seither’s Seafood to check out the quiet side of one of my favorite seafood joints.

Seither’s is known for crawfish after all, and this is the off-season for crawfish. Maybe this time, a lunch with a colleague who’d not visited before, I’d finally get the roast po-boy again.

But I was quickly reminded that there is no off-season for Jason Seither.

This weekday lunch turned into an extravaganza of local crab at its peak of goodness in deep summer.

So it was with the plump fried crab claws under a galaxy-swirl of spicy mayo and sweet eel sauce.

Next, the “crazy soft shell crab taco salad” arrived and must win the award for the biggest stretch of the term “salad.”

Now more crab:

A crabcake topped with lump meat riding shotgun on the plate with a flank of grilled redfish and another fried soft shell, this time with bechamel sauce with more crabmeat.

And finally (almost) a summer special with a dozen boiled crabs with sides for an eye-popping $25. And yes, they are packaging quite a few of these boiled crab hampers to go.

Don’t skip dessert. The summer special, “Miss Katie’s bomb blueberry bread pudding,” is fried for a crisp-then-chewy, tooth-sticking sweet delight.

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There is a time and place for crawfish, and typically for me, that is a bit later in the year.

But then photographer @davidgrunfeld proposed an outing to check in with Jason Seither at @seithers_seafood in Harahan.

And, just like picking up a whiff of an appetizing scent you’ve been missing, the suggestion swiftly became a compulsive craving.

Soon they will be much bigger and cost less. But this was a joy - like watching football again after a season off.

And there was also the time spent snapping tails and peeling shells and talking with friends at the table, a part of the crawfish experience as integral as cayenne.

Friday longnecks were easily justified. The pace of a busy week slowed pleasurably.

Most of the photos here by David, the plated dishes (fried redfish over crawfish pasta, and crawfish queso) snapped by me.

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Man cannot live on king cake alone!

It’s early, and they’re small and pricey, but it’s here and at @seithers_seafood it was a welcome sight (and smell, and taste!). More to come.

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