Founded in Dalian in 2005, Sea Shark Bay has grown in Jiangsu and now has more than 10 stores in Changzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi and other places. The restaurant focuses on seafood hot pot, most of the ingredients are fresh, and the seafood platter is also more delicate in shape, and there are many diners. In addition, among the seafood hot pot restaurants in Nanjing, the price of Sea Shark Bay is slightly lower, rich and thrifty, and the cost performance is higher.
Like other seafood restaurants, Sea Shark Bay also has a seafood pool, which is not very rich, but the common Australian lobster, Dungeness crab, king crab, abalone, eastern star grouper and so on are all available. Seafood is basically delivered once a day, while stocks last, and the freshness is guaranteed. In addition to fresh seafood, the restaurant also has a lot of frozen seafood, mainly deep-sea fish, shrimp and shellfish, which are mostly processed into sashimi or as hot pot shabu. Customers can choose from the seafood pool or order from the menu. The restaurant offers a variety of ingredient platters for diners to enjoy a richer range of flavors. Sea Shark Bay is dominated by sashimi and hot pot, and a small number of seafood can be prepared by charcoal grilling or salt and pepper, and the seafood processing method is single.
The quality of seafood varies. In the seafood hot pot, the Bohai abalone is the main dish of Sea Shark Bay, the abalone is very fresh, and it is still squirming when it is served to the table. After boiling for a few minutes, when you bite into it, the meat is fat and springy, smooth and juicy, and the taste is very sweet. Among the other abalone species, the Australian abalone is larger, the jade abalone is fat and sweet, and the black gold abalone is black and bright, and the production is scarce, the unit price of these three abalone is much more expensive than that of Bohai abalone, relatively speaking, the price of black gold abalone is higher. In addition, Dalian sea cucumber is the representative work of the restaurant's sashimi. Live sea cucumbers are cut into thin slices, each of which is similar in thickness, and arranged neatly on the ice cylinders in turn. The sea cucumber slices are dipped in mustard soy sauce for a refreshing and crisp taste, highlighting the sweet and fresh flavor, and the simmering for a few seconds makes it even smoother.
Oysters, crabs, lobsters, etc. are also fresh and worth trying, but pay attention to the cooking time and season. Lobster meat is easy to age after being cooked for a long time, while crab is not the best in terms of umami and meat quality during the non-autumn season. Conch, salmon, and octopus are decent, and some deep-sea fish and shrimp are not good in freshness, the meat is a little loose, and the umami is insufficient, and the mussel sashimi has a slightly fishy smell, so it is not recommended. The seafood is delicately presented, with ingredients arranged on ice cubes and a little garnished to increase the appetite. The dishes in the hall are beautifully presented and simple, and the presentation of the private rooms is even more gorgeous.
In addition to seafood, another protagonist of seafood hot pot is the soup base. The restaurant is a small pot for one person, and the soup base is mainly seafood consommé. The soup is made with dried shrimp, dried fish, clam meat, winter melon and corn, etc., which is light and sweet, and is suitable for boiled seafood. After several times of shabu-shabu, the soup base is rich in umami, so it is recommended to add vegetables, especially baby cabbage and other light vegetables, to absorb the flavor of seafood, which is very sweet. Vegetables are often a category that is overlooked by hot pot restaurants, and Sea Shark Bay cultivates its own vegetables. The vegetable planting frame is placed at the entrance of the store, and it is freshly cut every day, which is fresh and delicious, and the quality is higher than that of most seafood restaurants. In addition to vegetables, state banquet fritters are also a highlight of non-seafood dishes. The shape of the fritters is short and round, more cute, and the use of high-quality flour, while adding milk, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, more fragrant than ordinary fritters, it is recommended to eat hot.
Sea Shark Bay's service is commendable. The staff is gentle and polite, keeps smiling, and introduces the dishes, suitable cooking time and how to eat them before each service, and assists in handling seafood such as abalone, so that the needs of customers can be met in a timely manner. In terms of environment, the Xinjiekou store and the Olympic sports store are old stores, with outdated decoration and slightly outdated. The Presidential Palace Store and Baijiahu Store are newly decorated, the former is in the style of the Republic of China, and the latter is inclined to elegant business. The two new stores have a good environment, and if it is a banquet, the new store is more recommended.
