I am a retired meat inspector trained by the USDA. I believe frozen seafood is much safer than fresh. The wholesomeness of the frozen food product is much more reliable. Before becoming a meat inspector, I had a crab meat salad at a restaurant. I suffered severe food poisoning .

Been going to red lobster for years always good.cant beat endless shrimp

@tghaney3633

2 жыл бұрын

What word comes before "Been"?

@markross8861

2 жыл бұрын

@@tghaney3633 some people have nothing better to do.

I used to be a commercial fisherman who now works at Red Lobster as a line cook. In all honesty "Fresh Seafood" can be dangerous. We used a method called flash freezing (very rapid freezing) which not only preserves freshness, but, also kills a lot of nasty parasites that multiply rapidly in frozen fish. Some can be lethal. Another thing I've noticed is most restaurants that serve "fresh seafood" aren't always honest about species, and, origin. I can honestly say our kitchen never smells. We know exactly what we're serving, that's important to me. Especially seeing some of the source companies I'm familiar with from working in Alaska (Bering Sea). Better to be safe than sorry.

@washkoskat

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@jaysoncarter5093

2 жыл бұрын

@@washkoskat Watch the show's about seafood poisoning. People eating at San Francisco fine dining dying from food poisoning from "Fresh Salmon". The parasites that live in fish can extend from the gills to the tail. They'll eat us up from inside.

@stevekrein6824

2 жыл бұрын

Besides, many items such as crab legs are not available fresh anywhere. They're caught and processed at sea, frozen, then shipped. And most of what most grocery stores display in seafood has been previously frozen and sold defrosted. About the only seafood available fresh everywhere is fish filets, such as salmon and tilapia.

@jaysoncarter5093

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevekrein6824 💯✅ Exactly. I used to longline for the Ahi/Tuna market in Hawaii. If it's"Fresh" meaning it's never been frozen (but chilled on ice) you only have two days for Sashimi,three for Poke(both eaten raw), and,five days to cook it in a restaurant. I wouldn't touch it passed the third day un frozen. I know the stages of decomposition (sorry to put it that way) seafood is the worst, and, can be deadly. Freezing kills bacteria like Salmonella, and,gives preservation time from capture to healthy consumption. I've seen swordfish in seafood dept's all over America 16$ per pound that I wouldn't touch🤮,among other species. Imagine Crab legs caught all the way in Alaska not being frozen for shipping. If you see grey eyes on a whole fish No, yellowish tinge No, and, both of the above with a slight browning Hell No 🌴🤙

@OrthoCookie7706

Жыл бұрын

As someone who currently works at a redlobster i can agree with this, as a worker though I seem to grow tired of the food after a while, we get heavy regulars tho, eating once or twice a week

RED LOBSTER IS FAR FROM BING CHEAP OR REASONABLE! 2/27/23, My Daughter and I went to Red Lobster located in Mesquite, Texas. I ordered the Sailor's Plater Lunch Special $16.00, the small salad or small bowl of slaw no longer is part of it, the full size fried shrimp that used to be on it is now fried shrimp smaller than popcorn (mine was over fried) the fried Trout was good, the Shrimp Scampi so so (one shrimp was only part of a shrimp missing tail and part of body?) The baked Potato I ordered loaded came with sour cream only. My daughter flagged down another Server to get water and butter. Their famous rolls were room temp and dry. NO LONGER FAMOUS. My daughter's meal was okay, but not wort $14.99 for Broccoli and fried shrimp. I see them going out of business in the near future.

Never been to a Red Lobster. But I'm always up for some knowledge. Thanks for the videos team Babble🔝 💓😋😗🤤🤗💕 Be safe and STAY blessed everyone 🙏

@williamsnyder1424

2 жыл бұрын

Don't bother.

A more appropriate name for the blue female lobster would have been "Clawdia." I mean, after all!

@dementiabidenfallingontheb6712

2 жыл бұрын

Boooo 😋😜

@dianahenning8136

2 жыл бұрын

Or Clawdette

@annettecuellar127

2 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@Herowebcomics

2 жыл бұрын

That would be better! That or Clawdet!

@tonymusolino2369

Жыл бұрын

Or Claudine…”claw-dine” …get it?

Red Lobster is my FAVORITE restaurant of any. I always have Admirals feast or Ultimate feast. Don't care if it's frozen or not. Taste's fantastic. It is expensive, so only a couple times a year. I have NO complaints about R. L.

@OrthoCookie7706

Жыл бұрын

As a worker there I can agree with the ultimate feast, but our ny strip is also very top notch, beats any other steak we serve

Olive Garden is still Darden, it was not part of the Golden Gate fiasco, and the corporate offices have always been in Orlando. Red Lobster merely moved to different digs.

The Red Lobster in our town shut down years ago… at the time no one knew why it shut down… finally a few years later we found out that the Managers, cooks and wait staff were helping themselves to the freezer at the end of the night…it went bankrupt.. few years later the building was turned into a Mexican restaurant… it didn’t last a year considering we have 8 ( no kidding ) 8 in our small town..I guess 9 was the straw that broke that camels back… as of 3 weeks ago the building is being renovated and is now gonna be a mom and pop seafood restaurant… we’ll see how it goes hehe…

3:22 - the good thing about frozen seafood is, if it had bacteria issues, etc, freezing for a number of days makes is safe to eat,, even raw if eaten asap.

Dishwashing there was annoying to clean the sauce cups, we had 50 percent discounted meals, but you had to eat before or after shift.

Red lobster have’s great food with great flavor color and ingredients,the biscuits are cooked well.

I love the biscuits! Have eaten there 4 or 5 times. Their dishes are pretty good. Unfortunately I got sick on their crab legs about 25 yrs ago. But I did go back after that and had some decent meals.

@knightdragon5640

Жыл бұрын

I've gotten food poisoning from crab a couple of times at different restaurants, so I never order any more. 🤮

10:11 🤣🤣🤣 that guy that Kevin hit is the guy from letterkenny 🤣 Great video as always 💯 I love red lobster and Im going today for dinner, and trust I'm taking me some biscuits to go lol

I've never been to red lobster before but i'll go one day.

@FlaMan991

2 жыл бұрын

Do yourself a favor ... dont

@ChainSwanginSampson

2 жыл бұрын

The biscuits are amazing😋

@sunnyquinn3888

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely bucket list worthy.

@7777Lace

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not like it was in the 90’s, but it’s still a cool place to go for a basic seafood 🦞 experience. Joe’s Crab 🦀 Shack was really good!

@mrequi1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChainSwanginSampson They're just Bisquick w/some grated cheese & brushed with garlic butter after baking. A child could make them.

I have a friend who's worked at one, largely part time as a dishwasher. He's getting ready to retire with a pension after 31 years. They love him there, won't let him leave. Might be the exception, but he gets free food...

When I was a little kid a big party of us went to Red Lobster for dinner. To my surprise they asked me pick whatever I wanted off the menu and I picked something really expensive while everybody watched. My mom later took me back by the bathrooms there and slapped me silly for running up the bill. Been mildly negative about the place ever since.....

It's BabbleTop time!!😁👍

Glad shrimp is always my favorite! 🍤🍤🍤

I only went there once and don’t want to come back. They give you so little but charge very high prices.

@FlaMan991

2 жыл бұрын

and the foods quality is bad

Have A Great Wednesday Babble Top ❤️😎

I love red lobster go as often as possible

I worked for Red Lobster in the mid to late 70s and was the best job I had in high school. The people were great, mostly, and the managers were very flexible because I played sports too. I started as a busboy then dish and utility on Sunday mornings. I am still friends with about 10 from there. Before the biscuits, we had hush puppies for the starch. I sure miss them. They still had the best clam chowder I have ever tasted. It took me a long time to remember the recipe to make it.

@BabbleTop

2 жыл бұрын

I bet your recipe is great @Dan M 😉

@spokanetomcat1

2 жыл бұрын

@@BabbleTop Just bought an Instapot and looking forward to trying to make it in it the next time.

Love Red Lobster. My favorite place to eat.

Explains why I love red lobster now ....

Good information!!

I miss their lemon pepper fried shrimp and the Chesapeake Bake.

@FlaMan991

2 жыл бұрын

I miss getting sick

Bi love eating at Red Lobster. But it’s a little expensive. But I enjoy once a year. In fact it’s time to go again. Thanks for the video.

I’m a Florida Native and I didn’t know they started here ❤️

Every time she says "Lobster" I'm hearing it pronounced (Lop-Stir) 🤣 I was told by a neighbor who was an employee for Red Lobster that they serve a lot of boiled in the bag and steamed frozen entrees. The small portions size has always been a disappointment.

Grew up on red lobster for me the late 80s and through the 90s through 2000s. Love there chedder cheese biscuits

@mrequi1

2 жыл бұрын

They are only Bisquick, cheddar cheese and brushed with garlic butter after baking. A child could make them.

With all the great seafood restaurants in Florida I always went elsewhere but I did try it in Tennessee, it's ok.

I work at a red lobster currently. And people do come in just for the biscuits and they order ONLY biscuits. Like alot. It's understandable tho. They are exceptional.

@skeletonjack4702

2 жыл бұрын

Also no free meals tho. It's half off. But definitely not free

@FlaMan991

2 жыл бұрын

poor thing

I have no choice but to buy frozen seafood where I live. When prepared right it is just as good as the fresh and I notice it has a longer shelf life than beef, pork and chicken in the frozen state. My mouth is really drooling over the Red Lobster food. Frozen or not, I wish we had a Red Lobster here.

@mrequi1

2 жыл бұрын

You haven't eaten a lot of good food in your life have you?

@100PercentOS2

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrequi1 I can ask the same question of you too!

@mrequi1

2 жыл бұрын

@@100PercentOS2 You could, but it would be ridiculous.

I'm not a big chain person and really do not eat out much but do enjoy RL on occasion

I really likes Red Lobster in the 70s, they are not as good as they used to be!

Red Lobster is good for its biscuits. If you want Lobster try cooking it yourself. I usually just buy lobster tails at a grocery store and cook it myself but I do order shrimp at Red Lobster.

I'd love to go back

@blaizegottman4139

2 жыл бұрын

But didn't know they used frozen seafood I thought they used fresh seafood

I Love Red Lobster nd I Go at Least 3 or 4 Times a Month 😋

@BabbleTop

2 жыл бұрын

Yummy....🤤

Lmao. Frozen is cheaper? Then why is the subpar food at Red Lobster so expensive? I haven’t been there in years. The only reason to go is for the biscuits. I learned about Claude today. Never heard of him before. However, I’m very happy they saved the blue lobster.

@willr7849

2 жыл бұрын

For a seafood restaurant they are pretty well priced

Upstate New York Love lobster

I work at red lobster and I find it so funny that at 8:45 they proceed to say that the ultimate feast contains “Walt’s shrimp” but they show a picture of coconut shrimp instead 😂😂😂

I absolutely love the clam chowder and the shrimp linguine Alfredo. But every now and then I just have to have a lobster tail. I've never been unsatisfied with their food, but the portions have gotten skimpy 😒

BabbleTop can you do a Top 10 Burgers Joints In Oregon. Also can you do a Top 10 Pizza Parlors in Oregon.

@goshine369

2 жыл бұрын

Wild river pizza!!

@mrequi1

2 жыл бұрын

Lady Anns Pizza in Kelso WA. I need say no more

Many stores sell the cheddar bay biscuit mix. I am fine with frozen shrimp and other seafood, and REALLY if it all had not been frozen, it will go bad sooner. Then there is the whole parasite killing by freezing as has been mentioned here already. When you read the title of this video, you kinda wonder what it will be all about. Kind of like what you will find out COULD possibly be negative. Now, I have never known that "Clawd" was a mascot, or that the Lobster on the signs or menus even had a name. Now, as far as the Langastino Lobster on the menu NOT being like those in the tank, that is easy to see since the lobster (langastino) is so damn small vs the big ones that are in the tank. Lobster is good tasting, BUT the Langastino lobster is so small and so expensive. So, unless you have money to burn, I don't think it is worth it at all. My opinion. If you really want Lobster, and you are going to be willing to pay a bit more, get the big ones from the tank. I love the Coconut shrimp and shrimp scampi too. I've never eaten any fish there before. I would like to try shark, BUT, sharks are high in metals like mercury and lots of other nasty chems. Basically, the bigger the fish in the ocean, the longer it has been absorbing those nasty metals into it's tissues, and fatty fish rich in oils like Omega fatty oils Salmon is one of them, they also tend to have high amounts of heavy metals in their tissues. Swordfish is another 1 high in metals. Smaller fish have less of these metals in their meat. Sorry to get all morbid on everybody, BUT, wouldn't you rather know than not?

I used to Love going to Red Lobster, but I stopped going to Red Lobster when the stopped serving The Rockzilla, which was a Broiled Jumbo Rock Lobster Tail !!! That was my Favorite Dish at Red Lobster !!! They took my Favorite Dish off the Menu, so they no long see me or get my business !!!

@stevekrein6824

2 жыл бұрын

Culinary Manager here. Rock lobster tails are currently around $32-$33 per pound, and that's for the smaller ones we currently serve. The Rockzilla was a 14-16 oz. tail. IF they were even available, the wholesale price would be in the $40-$45 per pound range. Larger sizes are harder to come by because current demand has them being harvested before many can achieve that size. There just aren't that many to be able to carry them in 700 restaurants nationwide, and even if they could, it would retail in the $80-$90 range. Get 2 8 oz. tails at Costco for $50 and have yourself a good dinner!

Growing up in the 80s, Red Lobster was a white table cloth restaurant. Considered a "special occasion" place and it was expensive. You dressed up and your parents told you to remember your manners while you drove there. Now it's just another fast-casual chain with overpriced unimaginative low quality tasteless food slapped on a plate. Haven't been able to justify going there since about 2000. If it weren't for the biscuits, im pretty sure they'd go under. Same with Olive Garden. They really shat the bed with their "rebranding" effort. The food is frozen and microwaved and it 100% tastes like it. You can almost taste the plastic wrapping. Zero reason to go there after the abysmal menu changes many years ago. It's about as Italian as my cocker spaniel.

I eat pretty much every Sunday. The rewards program is great!

@BabbleTop

2 жыл бұрын

Wow😲 that's amazing.🤗@sylvia mcdade

I love red lopster

Red Lob's Awesome❤《☆》Their Clam chowder tastes just like Campbels Chunky Clam chowder🖖🤓🏈

every time I ate Red Lobster, and I stopped decades ago... well I would not make it to the car without getting sick and it happened only twice... I said no afterwards

This video explains more of why I cannot stand Red Lobster. Frozen served at fresh prices and the portions are small.

@AdamS-lh2ug

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never left anything but stuffed. Also, you can’t exactly get fresh seafood all across America and a lot of what you think is fresh has been flash frozen and then thawed.

I always wondered why red lobster and Olive Garden are usually next to each other

Although I go to Red Lobster often, one thing I won't buy is "Lobster TAILS". It is a rare location that doesn't OVERCOOK them dreadfully. I have had some so badly overcooked that they could not be cut with a knife. If you are lucky, and have a location that cooks them properly, tell us. However if you get overcooked Lobster COMPLAIN. Don't pay for things you cannot eat

That company is based in Orlando Florida!

Wow

I try to go to Red Lobster when it rains. The rain adds to the "nautical atmosphere". My latest visit I noticed that the housekeeping was not too good and my butterknife had dried food on it.

@BabbleTop

2 жыл бұрын

Oh really @James Havard OMG 😅

You can order just steaks. They're good 😊

THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜

Yummy!

@BabbleTop

2 жыл бұрын

Super Yummy Lol 😅😉😋 @Donald McDaniel

Bellingham Washington has Anthony's!!

Before Red Lobster had those biscuits, they had THEEE BEST HUSHPUPPIES!! I was, and still am very upset about the switch...I was eating there BECAUSE OF the hushpuppies...where I'm from that's what goes with fish..

@hydrolito

2 жыл бұрын

Long John Silvers and Captain D's both have hushpuppies I think.

The ultimate feast at red lobster if you want to reduce your calorie count get the broccoli and rice as your sides

NEVER order blackened fish at Red Lobster! I made that mistake once and got a thawed piece of fish floating in water with blackened powder sprinkled on it! When I complained to the server she asked if I wanted more powder on it. I just told her "No" and walked out.

Hello!

A lobsterman friend of mine caught a lobster that was half red and half blue in key largo. Tried to save it but it didn't make it to the aquarium

👍🏻

WE NEED RED LOBSTER RESTAURANTS IN HOLLYWOOD CA 😫

I work at the red lobster with the blue lobster that was a crazy time

@floridajames04

2 жыл бұрын

Prove it.

I was told by one employee that it's mandatory that their tips are "shared" with management staff. A percentage is taken from wait staff and given to management. At least in my town.... sounds unfair and bad practice to me.

👍👍👍

The secret you need to know about Red lobster is that I work there in the kitchen at night to make milk money while nesting in a career at charter because I have a lot of expensivenes and a ton of college Dept. The hard part about working in the kitchen that Red lobster is not the work itself but sorting the numerous plate,bowl, plate/bowl, three varieties of ice cream scoopers, two varieties of ladles, two varieties of fork, three varieties of knife, 8 varieties of food containers, two varieties of deep fry strainers,3 varieties of cups, 3 sixes of tongs, and let's not forget the square bowl plate or regular bowl.

They cater to a class of people who never tip the servers.

I wonder when Red Lobster's prices will go back down. They are expensive right now. Appetizers are $12.00 and up and the entrees are very expensive. I don't enjoy going there anymore when I go out to eat.

I live here on the Gulf Coast of Texas ...We have Red Lobsters here ...but the real great seafood is in Galveston Tx at Gaido's Seafood ...also In Seabrook Tx .at Top Water Grill ...all Fresh seafood ...

@floridajames04

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody cares.

@williamrichardson2344

2 жыл бұрын

@@floridajames04 And yet you seem to have left a comment ...If you didn't care you would not have commented ..Soooooooo??

There's no butter or milk in the biscuits. I promise you

LOPster! LOPster! LOPster!

Just went to red lobster in toronto. Worst dinner ever! Only ate half,so did my husband. All we tasted was salt..yuck! Husband was soo sick that night. Asked for a straw for my drink..apparently they were all out... even though I seen others getting straws. Will never go there again.

Chef Mike

I worked at a Red Lobster in Canada for 15 years and was NEVER give a free meal. If we wanted a meal we got a discount but had to pay NO FREE FOOD at Red Lobster for staff only for managers.

@mrequi1

2 жыл бұрын

I worked at a Red Lobster too, and you know as well as I do, you can get a free meal. I was good friends with the kitchen manager and he'd regularly ask me what dish I wanted him to 'ruin'. Anything on the menu was mine.

@patriciaward-livingstone5643

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrequi1 that NEVER happened at the Red Lobster I worked in nobody ever got anything for free

@mrequi1

2 жыл бұрын

@@patriciaward-livingstone5643 I don't know that I ever worked in a restaurant where one couldn't do that.

@patriciaward-livingstone5643

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrequi1 I worked in the Red Lobster in Peterborough Ontario Canada and no one ever got anything for free we only ever got half price meals

@mrequi1

2 жыл бұрын

@@patriciaward-livingstone5643 Officially,so did we. But it depended who you knew there

I would’ve named the blue lobster Clawdine 🤣

@BabbleTop

Жыл бұрын

Clawdine is looks like a lobster LOL🤣 @Zen Aweau😜😂

Never been to redlobster

If you live away from the coasts the Red Lobsters are lousy. It must be because of the lack of fresh seafood

@mrequi1

2 жыл бұрын

Umm, Red Lobster has never had fresh seafood in any of their restaurants (except the flavorless Pollock and fresh catch of the day)

@swgame2511

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrequi1 I'm not surprised 😂🤣

@clinttaylor3327

Жыл бұрын

I live in Missouri and its fantastic

Woah woah woah.... We get a free meal during out shift?!?!

Lopster

NO RED LOBSTER IN HOLLYWOOD CA 😢

is narrator saying Lopster with a (P) or ive had too much caffeine 🤔

An order for red lobster to get its seafood to all of its locations fresh Lubbock's locations fresh it would need its own fleet of refrigerated 747 airplanes to get them there in time before the expire

Has anyone EVER gone into a Red Lobster and gotten food that looked even remotely close to what's in the video? LOL NOPE!!

I quit going after they discontinued "Red Claw" draft beer.

Red Lobster serves mostly "first catch" seafood. This is fish & seafood that is caught first on the fishing boat and therefore the oldest when the boat returns to port.

They didn't mention that they microwave virtually everything.

They never add nitrites or nitrates.they come already with those things in them.

Haha i work here 😭

We call Red Lobster, dead Lobster. I went there one time and they said they had fresh fish it wasn't fresh.

They almost lost the house when they had endless crab legs. I was a huge reason.

@BabbleTop

2 жыл бұрын

Lol @Omar A😜

@stevekrein6824

2 жыл бұрын

That was fugly. I served during that promotion, They figured people would eat 2-3 lbs. tops. Reality was, no one ate the knuckles, no one picked thru the smaller legs, and they just kept coming and coming. We AVERAGED 8 pounds per person. Heads at the corporate level rolled.

Hi, us employees do NOT get a free meal per shift. We get 50% off

Almost all seafood in stores/restaurants has been frozen at one point.

@BabbleTop

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they do or else it will not last long. If you crave fresh seafoods better to go on fresh market😉

Lobster?..... is thay what your trying to say? Its not lop-ster no p and no stress on the middle of the word. Very simple and easy a child could do it.

Not buying into the "Fresh Fish is more Dangerous" than Frozen idea. ANY protein improperly prepared can turn your stomach. I worked for Alaska's largest Seafood Processor out of SE Alaska for 15 yrs as a millwright. At some time in the 80's we even provided some of Red Lobsters Salmon & Shellfish. Most of my time off, away from the house, was spent Sportfishing. On the way to the fishing grounds, usually after Chinook or Coho Salmon or Halibut, I'd toss a Crab or Shrimp pot that we'd pick up on the way back to town. There was always something in the trap even if we got "skunked" fishing. I'll take Fresh Fish over Frozen just based on Flavor alone, Any day of the week. I can hardly eat Frozen or Deli Counter "fresh" fish or shellfish after all that Fresh Fish I'd brought home & eaten that day. There's just no comparison to frozen or fish that's been on ice for several days. I ate at Red Lobster here in Vancouver for the first time ever a couple months ago and it was barely edible to just Nasty. The Shrimp was Tainted and had begun to "turn". I'll never eat there again.

@BabbleTop

4 ай бұрын

@uuzd4s Your time in Alaska's seafood industry gives real insight. Fresh is the way to go!

@uuzd4s

4 ай бұрын

@@BabbleTop Yea, I can honestly say I really miss the World Class fishing there was to be had up there. I usually smoked & vacuum packed Salmon I would have to preserve. Good smoked Salmon is a Real Treat that is another item thats not done well on a commercial level. Nowadays I have my Butcher call me when they receive Farmed Steelhead the day it was processed & brought to market. There are several Hatcheries nearby that raise Salmon & Steelhead. The Steelhead are much less tollerant to the antibiotics & hormones they feed Salmon so they get a far more "natural" diet when Farm raised and they Smoke up just fine. 😋