#Wanderlust continues with seafood! There is nothing better than eating lots of raw oysters (local and fresh from North Carolina), steamed shrimps, crab legs and clams. This will be my Easter Sunday brunch! I walked into Goombays Grille & Raw Bar in Kill Devil Hills, NC on N. Virginia Dare Trail, just two miles down from where I stayed last night. Seeing that I was alone, I was immediately offered a seat at the bar where everyone is twice my age. I thought that was very cute. With my anti-social mood, I chose to sit at a table by the window.
Here are my oysters. Supposed to be a dozen but they gave me eleven. I stopped the waitress and asked whether a dozen is defined as 12 per! She came back and gave me two more to make it a baker’s dozen. The shucking was not the best… But for $12.99 a dozen, I cleaned them myself.
This is the after math. Elyssa, I did this for you! It was delicious. You could taste the seaweed and the slightly smoky flavor of the NortnCarolina water. Also tasted alkaline. Very different from the oysters around NY.
The Steamed Platter Combo – crab legs, clams and the shrimps. The Goombays is a Caribbean themed and focused restaurant. The rub on the shrimps had a herb that I was not a fan of. It is called JO – a variation of the old bay but it is a secret ingredient of Goombays. The clams were small but juicy. The crab legs were boiled in water that is a tad too salty. 
Regardless, this is what I have done. The seafood was fresh. The oysters were the best since no cooking was involved. The steamed combo was average. The execution was not perfect. The ingredients carried the dish. 
Aah. Still satisfied. What a variety of seafood I just had. I did it all myself! The entire meal plus tip was $46.60. Not too bad for fresh seafood.
Recommend. :). Happy Easter with Oysters!
This experience took place at
Goombays Grille & Bar in Kill Devil Hills, NC
1608 N Virginia Dare Trail,
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
Peilin Corbanese 