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Long John Silver's Restaurants Informative - Lobster tails.....NOT, actually tiny shrimp!!!!! - Lobster tails
I was very curious about Long John Silver's Lobster Tails at only $3.99. actually the taste was good, but my curiosity got the better of me, so I took the bread coating off of several of them, and low and behold what I found was actually very small shrimp!!!!!!!
How can this company advertise this as "Lobster"? it is NOT ! ! !
I hope some government agency shuts this fraud down, but then when EVER did a government agency do it's job??
How can this company advertise this as "Lobster"? it is NOT ! ! !
I hope some government agency shuts this fraud down, but then when EVER did a government agency do it's job??
Comments:
Posted by Dryad on 2010-08-30:
Is it actually langostino?
Posted by Wally86 on 2010-08-30:
langostino isn’t even a Lobster. Many restaurants use this as imitation Lobster meat.
Posted by Dryad on 2010-08-30:
Wally, yes it is. It's squat lobster.
Posted by Wally86 on 2010-08-30:
Langostino is a Spanish word with different meanings in different areas. In America, it is commonly used in the restaurant trade to refer to the meat of the squat lobster, which is neither a true lobster nor a prawn. It is more closely related to porcelain crabs and hermit crabs. Crustaceans labeled as langostino are no more than 3 inches (7.6 cm) long, and weigh no more than 7 ounces (200 g) [1]. Langostinos are not langoustes (spiny lobsters) despite a similar name (in Spanish, lobster is called langosta). Also, langostinos are sometimes confused with langoustines (Norway lobster), which is a true lobster common in European cuisine
Posted by Wally86 on 2010-08-30:
Sorry Dryad but its not.
Posted by Skye on 2010-08-30:
I never heard of langostino until I heard it on Hells Kitchen. I wonder if the OP brought their findings to management?
Posted by Wally86 on 2010-08-30:
I'm just saying its not real lobster that's all they are misleading the consumer by saying it is. They were even sued for it
Posted by Dryad on 2010-08-30:
$3.99 = not a Maine lobster tail, that's for sure.
Posted by FlShopper on 2010-08-30:
Yeah, the price should've been the tip-off.
Posted by Dryad on 2010-08-31:
Still C2O, I take it you have experience?
Posted by Still C2O on 2010-08-31:
I've never eaten cheap tail, Dryad. I see no reason too.
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