SOFT SHELL CRAB

Smilie's fries soft shell crabs and tops them with a meuniere sauce. The Tennou Sushi Bar offers a soft shell crab dinner of lightly fried soft shell crab with ponzu sauce. Of the many seafood dishes available at Kenner Seafood Restaurant, the soft shell crab bordelaise is popular. K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen has a stuffed soft shell crab with shrimp Indian Bayou pasta — the crab is stuffed with seafood Bienville dressing and crabmeat Creolaise, then seasoned, battered, deep fried and served with shrimp in a corn and cream sauce on pasta. Muriel's Jackson Square counters with two large soft shell crabs augmented by a red bean and popcorn rice salad, dashed with Caribbean jerk sauce. Soft shell crab is the New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood Company's signature dish, served covered with a creamy crawfish sauce over crawfish rice. Soft Shell Crab Foster at Restaurant Des Familles is a lightly battered and fried soft shell crab topped with sautéed green onions, artichokes and mushrooms. From the Chinese repertoire, Five Happiness offers deep-fried soft shell crabs with a choice of garlic, brown, Kung Pao or black bean sauce. The "swamp spider" at Wego Inn Café is a golden fried soft shell crab. And the surf option at Keith Young's Steakhouse is also a soft shell crab.