Those Instagram reels especially seeing @Tommy_Eats, made me check out Blue Seafood Company & I happen to see him, when I stopped by for another shrimp plate. I've been to Blue Seafood Company a few times, to purchase seafood from the fish market downstairs and ordered a shrimp plate which is my favorites too! Although I have yet to try the fish plates, I am looking forward to being back again for this!
Blue Seafood Company is located at Maunakea Marketplace food court at Chinatown. The down side of BSC is the location and parking, but make the best out of it, a reason to get other goodies at Chinatown. I know where to park since I frequent Chinatown often. Don't let let the atmosphere of Maunakea Marketplace scare you.
During my first visit to Blue Seafood Company, I met DJ one of the co-owners/chef, He travels back and forth between SD and Oahu. He is also a chef at a Michelin star restaurant back at SD. He is super cool and friendly.
I ordered my very first shrimp and prawn plate with garlic noodles. I did mentioned to DJ that, now I don't have to travel to north shore for shrimp plate. I was excited to share this plate with the other half, the shrimp and prawn plates comes with mix of shrimp and prawns , huge portions, with choice of starch and sauce, I got all of the different sauces to try -yuzu truffle, Thai spicy, shoyu vinegar.
The verdict: It was lot of work, messy with peeling, cleaning , sucking the shrimp & shrimp heads but it was fun and worth it. I loved the sauces and have to say the Thai spicy is spicy and my favorite out of the 3, the other half's favorite is the shoyu vinegar ( of course because he is Filipino, hehe) I loved dipping the shrimp with the sauce. The garlic noodles, my opinion I would save the noodles for Zippy's meat sauce, that would go so great together. I didn't like spaghetti noodles and was hoping for a different type of noodles, I was expecting type of noods like at the shops in Cali.
The 2nd visit I also got a shrimp/prawn plate and wanted to get garlic noodles because I had plans, I had sauce to go with the noodles, but they were out that morning, so I went for rice with furikake. I am not a fan of the rice ( long grain-?) but that's ok, the shrimp and sauce made up for it. We really enjoyed the plates.
The only one minor complaint I have is, I wish they have some sort of vegtables. I can't eat meals without any veggies. No big deal, which I normally add my veggies to my meals when I get home. ( ban chan or salads)
Besides shrimp/prawns, other seafood options available include red snapper, tai snapper, akule, mullet, and Korean raw marinated crab. The menu is very simple with only 7 items. I saw they have a trio of different fish as one of the specials on a most recent Instagram post.
Next on my list to try is the Steamed Chinese Style snapper, I never had this for so long ( but I have to get my lup chong /tofu ready!) While waiting, I saw another customer order this, looked so good and I had to take a photo of it.
If you're looking and craving for a seafood meal, at a great price! Check out Blue Seafood Company open daily from 7-3pm, head straight to the food court. They take credit cards and FYI-they get really busy especially during the lunch rush, expect a wait. Check them out, so glad to have Blue Seafood, this type of seafood business on the islands now!
Oh & the seafood tastes fresh off/from the ocean kine good! read more