Celebrate the Season #SpotPrawnFestival #BCSpotPrawns Spot Prawn Festival 2024 On Sunday May 26, 2024, join the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia for a celebration of an iconic BC product at the annual Spot Prawn Festival on Fisherman’s Wharf in Vancouver, BC. ...
The annual spot prawn season may feel short and sweet to seafood enthusiasts, but it’s even more pressing for the few spot prawn fishermen at Steveston’s Fisherman’s Wharf. The wild spot prawn, known for its eponymous spots, has a four-year life cycle and lives in “crystal clear...
Wild B.C. spot prawns are known for their vibrant reddish-orange color with white stripes on the legs and distinctive white spots on the tail. Spot prawn season only come for a limited short season. The harvest season only lasts six to eight weeks in the month of May. Spot prawns are ...
Among the common gobies, one can find the blue hana goby (Ptereleotris hanae), yellownose prawn-goby (Stonogobiops xanthorhinica) and filament-finned prawn-goby (Stonogobiops nematodes), which are popular species. Last but not least, is the very rare blue-tailed shrimpgoby (Cryptocentrus ...
I had a lovely starter of crab arancini, followed by a monkfish and prawn curry. Both were nicely seasoned, well presented and tasted good. Everyone in our party enjoyed the food though there was a little disappointment at the sticky toffee pudding, which was a little flat and...