Celebrate National Seafood Month with Us!
National Seafood Month is October! If you've gone all month without enjoying the best seafood at the Lake of the Ozarks, you need to come visit JB Hook's and take advantage of our award-winning food! We are also serving up some fun facts about seafood and sea creatures in today's blog. Keep reading to learn more, and come visit us for a meal you won't soon forget!
Seafood Trivia
Almost everyone loves delicious stuffed lobster tail, but many may not know these 10 interesting pieces of trivia about seafood. Read on to learn more!
- Mahi Mahi used to be called dolphinfish because they swim alongside boats like dolphins.
- Ahi Tuna can weigh up to 300 pounds!
- Lobster shells can be used to create biodegradable golf balls.
- Not all oysters can produce pearls.
- Lobsters can be more than just red, including blue, yellow, green, and white.
- Fish are full of healthy Omega-3 Fatty Acids, especially salmon, tuna, trout, and herring.
- Lobsters' two claws are different sizes and serve different purposes. The larger one is used to crush shells, and the smaller one is used to remove flesh from their food.
- Thawing fish in milk can help preserve its color and enhance the flavor.
- Fish schools can be huge - some can number in the millions!
- A lobster's brain is actually located in its throat. How crazy is that?!
Appetizers
Smoked Salmon Baguettes
Thinly sliced cold-smoked salmon on toasted baguettes. Served with dill caper cream sauce and finished with balsamic reduction.
Ahi Tuna Tacos
Fresh tuna spiced and served in a wonton shell with avocado salsa, Tai chili sauce, and wasabi sour cream.Hook's Famous Crunchy Fingers
Delicate, flaky, sustainable Pacific white fish, rolled in frosted flakes, fried to a golden brown, drizzled in honey, served with raspberry chipotle sauce.
Crab Rangoons
Wonton envelopes stuffed with crabmeat and cream cheese.Bam Bam Wrap
Cajun-dusted shrimp, wrapped in a flour tortilla with lettuce, tomato, and chipotle mayonnaise.Seafood Salad Sliders
Tender bits of crab and shrimp tossed in creamy dressing. Served on a toasted ciabatta with lettuce and tomato.Lunch
Ahi Tuna Steak
Fresh Ahi Tuna pan-seared, grilled, or blackened to your liking.Catfish and Chips
Generous portion of fried catfish served with house-made coleslaw, jalapeno hush puppies, and your choice of side dish.Bam Bam Shrimp Wrap
Lightly battered shrimp, flash fried and rolled into a wrap with lettuce, tomato, and a sweet and spicy chipotle sauce.
Hook's Coconut Shrimp
Seven large shrimp encrusted in coconut and deep-fried golden brown served with jezebel sauce.Fried Shrimp
Seven large shrimp breaded and deep-fried golden brown and served with cocktail sauce. Comes with your choice of side.Salmon Bisque
Tender bits of salmon in a rich and creamy broth.
Fish & Chips
Half a pound of hand-battered cod fillets fried to perfection served with house-made coleslaw and raspberry chipotle sauce.Island Tilapia
Perfectly blackened Tilapia filet topped with mango chutney and served with your choice of side.Crunchy Grouper Sandwich
Grouper fillet rolled in frosted flakes, fried to a golden brown and drizzled with honey served on a hoagie with a side of raspberry chipotle sauce.
Seafood for Dinner
Ocean and Freshwater Fish
The Manhattan
Pan-seared pangasius filet topped with sundried tomatoes, red onion, and fresh basil in a sweet vermouth cream sauce.Tilapia Grand Mariner
Pan-seared tilapia filet topped with two gulf shrimp and finished with grand mariner reduction.Northern Walleye
Encrusted in Dijon mustard and bread crumbs, served with drawn butter.Peppered Mahi
Pepper-encrusted Mahi filet topped with caramelized red onion and bacon then finished with hollandaiseAlaskan King Crab Legs
One pound of King crab legs, steamed in spices and served with drawn butter.
Grouper Supreme
Sauteed in white wine, lemon butter, and garlic, finished with hollandaise sauce and two Gulf shrimp.Fresh Catch Du Jour
Chef's Selection of Freshwater or Ocean fish - various types available.Pesto Snapper
Fresh red snapper filet dusted in cornmeal and spices then deep-fried, served over basil pesto.
Fresh Day Boat Scallops Rockefeller
Fresh, sustainable dayboat scallops lightly dusted in Cajun spices, pan-seared, and served over a bed of sauteed spinach, onion, and bacon in a sweet vermouth cream sauce topped with hollandaise.
Fried Shrimp
Seven large shrimp breaded, fried, and served with cocktail sauce.Hook's Coconut Shrimp
Seven large shrimp, encrusted in coconut and deep-fried golden brown, served with jezebel sauce.Ahi Tuna
Your choice grilled, pan-seared, or blackened, served with wasabi and sushi ginger.Australian Lobster Tail
One pound North Australian lobster tail.
Hook's Milan
A mild, flaky Orange Roughy filet, pan-seared and topped with white wine garlic cream sauce with sautéed artichoke hearts, mushrooms, fresh basil, and lump crabmeat, finished with parmesan cheese.Salmon Du Jour
Chef's creation of Fresh Atlantic Salmon.Hook's Stuffed Lobster Tail
Our signature one pound Australian Lobster tail stuffed with Alaskan King Crab, fresh herbs, and panko breadcrumbs, oven-broiled and served with pan-seared day boat sea scallops and Gulf shrimp in a classic scampi sauce.
Surf 'N Turf
Steak and Alaskan King Crab Legs
One pound Alaskan King Crab Legs steamed in spices, served with drawn butter, and paired with 6oz chargrilled filet.
Steak Neptune
6oz Filet Mignon topped with tender bits of lump crab and shrimp. Finished with asparagus spears and béarnaise sauce.Steak and Shrimp
6oz Filet Mignon and your choice of shrimp.Hook's Tournados
Two 3oz tenderloin medallions charbroiled and finished with sautéed mushrooms, lump crab, and béarnaise.Steak and Australian Lobster Tail
One pound North Australian lobster tail served with a 6oz filet mignon.
Seafood Pasta
Capellini Tutto Mare
Shrimp, clams, crab, scallops, mussels, and mushrooms in a creamy garlic sauce.
Lobster Pasta
Slipper lobster tails sauteed with Crimini mushrooms, asparagus, and fresh basil tossed with penne pasta in a garlic cream marinara.Seafood at JB Hook's!
JB Hook's has the best seafood at the Lake of the Ozarks, so there is no better place to end National Seafood Month! Come visit us to try the best lobster you've ever tasted, savor succulent seafood appetizers, and enjoy happy hour and live music while you're here. We can't wait to serve you!
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