Seafood market in SW DC

 

Things have been extremely busy this month!  Carlos and I have been trying to plan our trip to China for interviews, but it looks like we have to postpone that until April because the bureaucrats there were too slow in getting letters of invitation to us.  Bleh, oh well.  We should still be going in April and this will give us more time to adequately prepare everything!

Anyway, Carlos and I visited Southwest DC a few days ago to buy some seafood at the fish market there.  Despite living in DC for 2+ years, we had never made it to this part of town before!  The market was pretty interesting, comprising lots of little individual stalls floating right on the water.  When you order some food, you have to be careful not to fall in or drop anything (I saw a lady drop her credit card in the water between the land and boat -- whoops!).

Carlos really wanted some oysters and crabs.  I just had a clam chowder because I had eaten a snack before heheh.  The crabs were thrown into a huge paper bag and steamed right there then sprinkled with seasoning.  We took our goodies to a nearby park (there isn't really anywhere to sit and eat near the market) and enjoyed our fresh seafood.  We will probably be back again soon to have more crabs -- don't forget to bring your mallet!