jasoncapecod
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that's a lobster roll
Lobster Rolls
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What are the telltale signs that it's an imposter lobster roll?that's a lobster roll
jasoncapecod
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Lobster, filled 1/4 top of the roll
I’m going back to the cape next week
I’ll post
I’m going back to the cape next week
I’ll post
I have no doubt that in the immediate areas where lobsters are harvested that lobster rolls may be larger and/or cheaper. But the Malibu one
doesn't look that different from this one in Western Australia in 2023.
You will not find Maine lobster restaurant bargains out here. But the 99 Ranch Asian market chain occasionally has some good deals.
I picked up a couple of 1 1/2 pounders on the way home Friday evening and we steamed them for dinner Sunday.
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jasoncapecod
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That’s a crazy good price on the Cape last week. They were 1499 a pound.I have no doubt that in the immediate areas where lobsters are harvested that lobster rolls may be larger and/or cheaper. But the Malibu one doesn't look that different from this one in Western Australia in 2023.
You will not find Maine lobster restaurant bargains out here. But the 99 Ranch Asian market chain occasionally has some good deals.
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I picked up a couple of 1 1/2 pounders on the way home Friday evening and we steamed them for dinner Sunday.
ChrisC
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Lobster, filled 1/4 top of the roll
I’m going back to the cape next week
I’ll post
Are you sure?
Things are reaching a breaking point regarding Lobster Rolls on MA Cape and Islands. I think most are bad value money-wise (going rate is $34, more often $39). I'd rather have a 2-pound lobster.
However, I always prefer Lobster Rolls:
- Connecticut Style - Warm, Butter, Good Bun/Roll (Brioche) vs.
- Maine Style - Cold, Mayonnaise-based Salad (I think mayo hides/covers up the taste of the lobster).
Lookout Tavern - Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Skipper Restaurant & Chowder House, South Yarmouth / Yarmouth Port, MA
I think fresh Oysters are a much better value:
$2-3/each
Katama Bay Oysters - Port Hunter, Edgartown, MA
Larsen's Fish Market - Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard, MA
So my Dine L.A. special for $35 including cocktail, Caesar salad and seasoned fries was a good deal after all!
Those of you who have met Liz know that mayonnaise is her #1 hated food. And if you try to get away with calling it aioli or remoulade she will still send it back to the kitchen.
The Malibu lobster roll was described as "butter aioli." It was warm and much closer to Connecticut style, but Liz would still have refused it.
EMSC
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Can confirm that going rate. I just spent much of July back east in basically all of the New England states and upstate NY.
That it was.
I also mostly dislike Mayo or at least the way it is used in the US. I like it fine as a small volume combiner to help say chicken, tuna, potato salad hang together. But for some reason basically all store bought or even restaurant foods are small bits of potato, tuna, or etc... swimming in a near soup of Mayo which tastes, textures etc.. as horrible. Not to mention the terrible health numbers for fats and etc.. involved with that much mayo. Just a little mayo goes a long way and tastes much, much better in such small volume when mixed into certain items IMO.
That is an apt description of the Malibu lobster roll.
jasoncapecod
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Value? No value
My favorite place is the Chatham pier
My house is about 2 miles from Skipper’s in South Yarmouth. I think their lobster was frozen, but that’s my opinion.
Yep a good one is 39 crazy
It’s a splurge.
Best value is the fried fish platter.
jasoncapecod
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This is from Chatham Pier
ChrisC
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Unheard of in New England.
ChrisC
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Agree, I get scared.
ChrisC
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Very familiar with the Chatham Pier...pain-in-the-ass to park now...and it's not like you can enjoy this lobster roll endeavor
My parents had a cottage in the historic district of Chatham in the 1990s and 2000s - about 0.5 miles from the Chatham Pier. Every weekend for look for fresh fish - maybe tuna or swordfish. Zero lobster rolls.
I can tell you this - Lobster Rolls have entered Pop Culture.
Me? - wtf? How do I order something for almost $50 (drinks & tip) at lunch unless I make sure I am paying for it??!!
My recent photo in Martha's Vineyard - that cost me. My partner is still bitchin' for a once-a-season Lobster Roll.
Differently:
When you send me clamming (with permits), everyone is completely grossed out by what I harvest. Mostly dredge up clams for chowder.
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ChrisC
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Really??
I assume it's basic not to do that on Cape Cod. All it takes is one hire to reveal a lot of sourcing?!
Remind me where in Upstate NY? The parameters of that region are subject to interpretation. In NYC, upstate is basically anywhere north of the Tappan Zee bridge, while for people where I grew up (CNY) it's north of the Catskills or the Southern Tier.
Not sure that was specific to upstate but rather prevailing post-WWII suburban cuisine. Having grown up in a family who'd come over from southern Italy, a number of whom never learned English, we ate dishes that were mainly from "the old country." Same deal for many of my school classmates from Polish and German families. When I moved west in the early 1980s, I was surprised to find how deracinated people out there were (food and otherwise) with the exception of Hispanics.
ChrisC
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I have stated this so many times (and you, Syracuse):
- Binghamton (specifically Vestal, all my mother's family is between Endwell and Owego and spills into Pennsylvania north of Scranton)
- Poughkeepsie - I do not consider this Upstate NY. It's the Hudson River Valley. More tied to NYC vs. Buffalo/Chicago.
- Northern Westchester - Total NYC metro. My suburb had a direct train to Grand Central. (I always chose to live in smaller cities after this - I hate the NYC suburban lifestyle - Boston/Seattle/SF are very small cities (<750k)).
That's a word??
It's Midwestern cuisine. Binghamton/Syracuse through Toledo to Chicago/Madison/St.Paul.
Yes, it's more 1970/80s, but it is still alive and well in the Midwest.