CALIMARI

Fried calamari is a good host to a variety of sauces and accompaniments. Fausto's Italian take on the appetizer of fried calamari translates into calamari fritti. The calamari platter at Crabby Jack's is a plate lunch special that comes with salad and your choice of French fries, coleslaw, potato salad or dirty rice. Jack Leonardi also cooks calamari at his first restaurant, Jacques Imo's, with a fried calamari appetizer that comes with a spicy garlic sauce. The Bombay Club's Asian take on calamari finds the squid golden fried and tossed in a sweet and spicy chile sauce and served with wasabi sour cream. Harbor Seafood & Oyster Bar prepares blackened calamari as an appetizer. Ordering Calamari Creole as an appetizer at Bacco brings you calamari that's dusted in a lightly seasoned flour, flash fried and served with crumbled feta cheese and a spicy marinara sauce. Lemon grass calamari salad is a zesty mix of calamari slices in a chopped lemon grass and spicy lime dressing at Café Equator. Landry's Seafood's fried calamari appetizer combines a marinara, remoulade and sweet red peppers for extra flavor. Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse's hibachi cooks up tuna, calamari and steak in one dish. The Calamari Tempura at Asian Pacific Café is deep fried squid cooked with the restaurant's special light batter.