00:00If you've ever visited Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, you already know the obsession with
00:04seafood here is no joke. And it's not just because it's on the beach. It actually is one of the
00:08best
00:09places in the country to get fresh seafood from. Myrtle Beach sits on a coastline that puts
00:13fishermen just minutes from some of the richest waters on the eastern seaboard. The warm currents
00:18and coastal salt marshes create the perfect environment for shrimp, flounder, and of course
00:22crab to thrive. I stopped by three eateries in Myrtle Beach, each serving one dish I was told
00:27I absolutely had to try to fully appreciate what the city's seafood scene is all about.
00:32Shrimp and grits, a seafood boil, and sheet crab soup.
00:38When it comes to the classic southern dish of shrimp and grits, one place is constantly
00:43mentioned for where you should go on Myrtle Beach, and that's Gwinnah's. It's a jumbo
00:47shrimp sautéed in butter, added to a cheesy grit, and then covered in a ham-infused tomato
00:52sauce. They sell out very often. People line up for them. I was in luck. I came by.
00:57They had around one o'clock, and they had one order left. I just got it. Secured it. So I'm
01:01going to give it a taste test and let you know how it is. You should make it all into
01:07a perfect little forkful there. Look at that. Hey, here we go. It is so incredibly good.
01:18Mm-mm-mm. So, so good.
01:24Next, a seafood boil at Big Mike Soul Food with a special appearance from Big Mike himself,
01:28who sat down with me and shared his trick to the perfect bite. Our Big Mike Soul Food
01:33traditional seafood boil. Got a little bit of crab legs in it. We got some shrimp, corn on the cob,
01:40boiled eggs, some sauces, and then we got our garlic butter that we make in-house. Let's do the crab
01:48legs first. Yeah, let's do the crab legs. Let's do the crab legs.
01:53Mmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Make you a little kebab there. Mm-hmm. Dip it back down in there. Oh,
02:01yum. Mm-hmm. That right is a meal right there. Mm-hmm. Look at that. Oh.
02:07Okay, I made my kebab. There you go. Okay. This is the right way to do it? So food kebab,
02:11so. Okay, yeah. Yeah, let's do that. Yeah, you can do that. Okay. There you go. Here we go. Mm
02:20-hmm. Mm-hmm.
02:26For she crab soup, I made my way to hook and barrel, the sustainable seafood restaurant from James Beard semi
02:31-finalist chef Heidi Vukoff. She runs her restaurant, as well as a coffee shop and bakery, all from her own
02:36corner of Myrtle Beach.
02:40Here, it's a low country she crab soup, which is a South Carolina style of Southern cooking. I've never had
02:48this, but I'm really excited. Let's give this a try.
02:54It's, like, light and refreshing while also being creamy and big. Really good.
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