I had it at a diner before I got my sandwich, and I got fries with my sandwich and dipped my fries in the remaining crab bisque. Really good stuff!Looks delightful. I don't remember having bisque in a long time, perhaps having it once when I was a young child, elementary age.
I have never had clam chowder, but maybe the crab bisque you had was not fresh. Seafood is very reliant on freshness, the most of any food. Fresh, well-prepared crab is some of the best food. I remember I didn't like crab that much until I went to a seafood joint, and when I had snow crab there I was like "wow, this is so good and even worth the expense".Last time I had one I almost threw up since it tasted like shit, I like clam chowder more.