Who likes mussels?

In Cape Verde in late February I was eating fried Cuttlefish, I thought it was a fish but I found out it's not a fish as they are molluscs.

I have to tell you it was absolutely fantastic. One of the best seafoods I've ever tasted. All was going well till near the end when I googled what they look like.

Lesson learnt if you like something don't look at what it looks like!

Who likes mussels?

Another mussel, seafood and fish lover here.

Just returned from Portugal where I had the best octopus ive ever tasted.

In Tenerife we always go for a sea food tapas which include my favourite fried chipirones. Now they really are delicious in that traditional light crispy batter with garlic dips and a squeeze of lemon downed with a cold  Dorada Especial, the beer not the fish! . My mouth is watering as I type! 

My OH will eat Crab as all his family came from Norfolk so Cromer Crabs, have both tried Mussels here just up the road from where we live not again not keen on any shell fish but will eat fish instead have tasted other folks dishes but not my thing at all, but we do eat different fish but very expensive here.

 Yes, ttda - I wasn't aware until recently - that, apparently, three quarters of the UK's shellfish are landed on the East Yorkshire coast - Bridlington, Hornsea and Withernsea.  I'm still not sure that isn't a bit of marketing, though!

Strange thing is, there isn't a wet fish shop in Hornsea and the one we used to go to in Brid, closed some time ago. Someone did try with a shellfish shop in the town a year or so ago, but it didn't last long - lack of demand, I suppose - but strange if that was the case.

As you say, most of the shellfish landed here goes to Europe.

Best seafood we have ever experienced was in - Amsterdam - of all places.  At a restaurant called Lucius. It was many years ago and we were staying at the Sofitel in the middle of Amsterdam. Asked the receptionist for recommendations of where to eat and she recommended the Lucius. We decided to 'sus' it out before we made a booking and wandered down there - in a very scruffy part of the University quarter - everywhere seemed to be covered in graffiti and we felt a bit unsafe - even in the middle of the afternoon. Obviously it was closed at that time of day and when we looked through the window, it was all white tiles and looked very stark - indeed, Ros said it looked a bit like a 'gentleman's urinal'!!  (How did she know?)

Anyway, we went back in the evening - and what a transformation.  It was packed - obviously the business people of Amsterdam going there after work. We didn't know what to order so went along with the recommendation of a 'seafood platter for two'. It arrived later and turned out to be a platter about 2' in diameter, piled high with every shellfish imaginable - starting with lobster right down to what I suppose where periwinkles and everything in between.

What a feast - if somewhat messy - but the best seafood I have experienced ever and the most wonderful of atmospheres with everyone being crowded in together. Certainly a dining experience we will never forget.

Oh well, it had to be done because of this thread.   On our visit to M&S food hall today what popped into our trolley, yay, mussels!!  We love them and unfortunately our favourite restaurant, where we usually enjoy them when we visit didn’t have them on this week so feel we missed out.  Never mind we will enjoy some tonight with M&S ‘frites’  as well, easy cooking for me tonight!   Won’t be like the proper French ‘moules frites’ experience but it’s better than nothing.   

Just go to Conway. Buy them off the quay. Local caught, purified and very fresh.

We bought seafood fresh from boats when we stayed up at Carradale. Delicious. You do have to be careful prepping though, being “musselled” isn’t pleasant🤢

I had a bad reaction to green lipped mussels many years ago, a few years later I tried them again with similar results, still eat cockles, oysters etc