Compare Clams at Clam Box w/ Farnham's & w/ Essex Seafood?(Plse Don't Shoot)

I know you're prob sick of this topic, and i can just HEAR the muttering of "geez, get a life, it's just FOOD!" Howevahhh,
IF you have, in the past, actually eaten the fried clams (and rings hopefully) at Clam Box and Farnhams OR Clam Box and Essex Sfd., would you plse tell me why one was better than another, for you ?
We only do fried clams a few times a year; we always go to Clam Box (having been forced in the past to try Village Sfd(last yr.) and Woodman's( 3 yrs ago and before.) because i can't imagine better. Trying them at F and ES would not be a cheap proposition; it's not like you can just get $5 worth of clams and rings to sample; aside from the fact that we don't like wasting food....

I vaguely remember some CH doing a fr clam crawl yrs ago and if that were you, might you link it?
thanks youall for your patience and help on this. and for not using real bullets.