CATCH YOUR OWN CRAB AT HASTINGS HOUSE
 We are inviting guests to catch their own Dungeness Crab this summer. Guests are invited to pull up a crab trap, learn how to clean, prepare and cook their crab, before enjoying a succulent dinner of crab specialties created by Hastings House Executive Chef. The Crab Catch package is available five days a week from Thursday to Monday, May to September.
The Crab Catch Package at Hastings House includes an afternoon excursion with Salt Spring Island crab fisherman, Gary Le Marchant, on the 24’ Welbury Bay crabbing boat. Guests will be kitted out with rain slickers, issued a crab fishing license, then head off for an adventure on the water. Gary, the crab fisherman, will give an onboard hands-on workshop on crab lore – how to tell male from female, which ones to cook, how to pick them up safely, and back at the dock, how to clean the crab. After returning to shore, guests take their catch of Dungeness crab back to Hastings House for dinner the following night, along with a recipe book packed full of crab dishes, and a handy tool for measuring crab size. Next day, Executive Chef, Marcel Kauer, will demonstrate the best way to cook and dress the crustacean, before he creates a culinary masterpiece of a crab-themed dinner to celebrate the catch.
Guests planning to put their newfound culinary skills into practice at home can purchase a Dungeness crab or two at the dock to take away with them.
The two-night Crab Catch package runs from May 1 to September 30, from $650 CAD per person (based on double occupancy)
and includes two nights’ accommodation, breakfast and afternoon tea, treats in the Snug, the crab excursion (including the crab catch) and a four-course Chef’s dinner of crab specialties. Each couple will receive a recipe book and measuring tool to take home.
To make sure there’s a crab trap ready for your visit,
call Hastings House at (800) 661-9255.
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