Quick Seafood Bites 

Caviar Delight 

Okay, so it’s an indulgence. But the folks at Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille (4251 Salzedo St.) have decided to up the steaks with their own Private Reserve Caviar. The caviar comes from small batch sturgeon (ethically and sustainably farmed, of course) fed an all-natural diet. It is served at a perfect 55 degrees for maximum flavor and creaminess. You can order it for two or for four (10 grams for $69 v. 30 grams for $169) and it’s served with sparklers. Exquisite. 

Oyster Café 

It’s no mystery that the price for oysters has skyrocketed in recent years. At The Gramercy on the Mile, for example, they are now fetching $5 apiece. Fortunately, you can still indulge your passion for the king of shellfish at Brasserie Central (320 San Lorenzo Ave.), where during happy hour – every day from 4 pm to 7 pm – you can order nice, plump oysters for $1.50 each. You can also wash them down with draft beer, house wine or house liquor at 50 percent off. 

Off Menu Lobster 

Fugato (325 Alcazar Ave.) is one of those off-the-beaten path places that will surprise and impress your date. Their “Western Mediterranean fusion” menu is dominated by Italian dishes (pastas, veal ossobuco and chicken Florentine). Not listed, however, is their Lobster Thermidor, a decidedly French dish in which the lobster meat is cooked in wine sauce and stuffed back in the shell with a mixture of egg yolks and Gruyère cheese, and then broiled. Served with risotto. Ask and it’s yours for $45. 

Crabbiness 

Another house of beef that does a fine job in the seafood department is Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse (2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd.). Their seafood tower is legendary, but our favorite is their crab cakes, a succulent departure from their tomahawks and rib eyes. Prepared with a roasted red pepper and lime butter sauce, and topped with fresh parsley for brightness, their cakes could take on the finest from Key West. $23 for 730 calories worth of crab happiness. 

Nuevo Latin Seafood 

Visitors to Ecléctico are familiar by now with its light, inventive pan-Latin fusion cuisine, with a Mexican overlay (and a mescal and tequila menu that won’t quit). Among our favorites is their “Forbidden Sea,” which combines lobster, shrimp, scallops, and octopus with maduros, black Indian rice, and sofrito. And you thought there was nothing new out there! $32.