OT: Need some advice from yall Yankees (food related)

[MilfordHusky]

Pretty much any Lobster Roll would be good, but the best is the Connecticut Style, not because it's Connecticut, but because of how it's prepared. If you have ever had a whole lobster, you probably took out the meat and dipped it in butter. The Lobster Roll is basically that on a toasted bun. The simplicity makes it great: warm lobster meat, a toasted hot dog roll, and butter. No mayo, no spices, no breading. Just pure and simple. I may get one tomorrow (Mason's Lobster Rolls at National Harbor near D.C.).

 

[Argonaut]

As for the difference in the lobster rolls, I guarantee you that if you put both of them before someone with a blindfold they wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

If you can’t taste the difference between hot lobster with melted butter and cold lobster with mayo and lemon, you should consult your physician.

 

[MilfordHusky]

If you can’t taste the difference between hot lobster with melted butter and cold lobster with mayo and lemon, you should consult your physician.

Sounds like someone suffering from Covid-19 to me!

 

[Zanzman]

Butter

 

[lne001]

I'm quite happy with either. Whichever is available.

I assume everyone who prefers butter uses clarified butter if you boil your own lobster.

 

[vtcwbuff]

If you can't tell the difference between warm lobster served in a grilled bun with butter. and cold lobster prepared with mayo, dill and raw celery you need to retire your taste buds and stick to tomato soup.

 

[Fishy]

My question... should I go for the Connecticut Lobster Roll..... or the Maine Lobster Roll?? View attachment 60094View attachment 60094View attachment 60094View attachment 60094View attachment 60094

If you’re going to try just one, you’d have to go Connecticut.

But there is nothing stopping you from trying both. I’d go that route.

 

[Fishy]

Seriously, can't tell the difference between and Connecticut style and Maine style lobster roll?

Right?

This site has been running for more than two decade - that was the single worst opinion I have ever seen here in all that time.

I almost feel like we should lock all the treads and leave. We will never top that.

 

[HopJim]

Tip for anyone traveling to Hilton Head, SC or Savannah, GA areas. The Sugaree, a Bluffton, SC bakery about 25 minutes from both towns, makes both styles of lobster rolls with toasted, locally baked hot dog style buns, and they are as good as any in New England. Owners come from Maine.

 

[JonathanXIV]

Tip for anyone traveling to Hilton Head, SC or Savannah, GA areas. The Sugaree, a Bluffton, SC bakery about 25 minutes from both towns, makes both styles of lobster rolls with toasted, locally baked hot dog style buns, and they are as good as any in New England. Owners come from Maine.

I'm less interested in where the owners come from than where the lobster comes from.

 

[vtcwbuff]

Ayup! Don't want any of them Southern spiny bugs masquerading as a lobster.

 

[Adios]

Yeah..... I definitely was gonna get the tater tots... whew. And I see they have New England Clam Chowder as well.... I've never had it... but I've heard good things about it from my father. He tells me stories of making it in a restaurant while he lived in Connecticut back in the early 60's. Lobster Rolls, Tater Tots, and Clam Chowder... I wouldn't dare And they have Lobster Bisque too

Looking at their schedule... They are supposed to be in Greensboro on Sunday........ maybe I can check them out both days

You never had New England clam chowder? Self deprivation. One of the best soups in the US.

 

[JonathanXIV]

You never had New England clam chowder? Self deprivation. One of the best soups in the US.

Good chowder. Absolutely. But there is a lot of average to well below average chowder throughout New England.

 

[UCAP_Fan]

Cousins Maine is famous. Please enjoy the lobster and the chowder. I lobstered for 9 years here in southeastern connecticut.Our lobsters were shiped up to Maine, so I don't think there is any derfrince between the two. So, just enjoy, butter or lemon, your choice.

 

[McFly]

Lose the roll. All you need is the lobster and melted butter. And a bib.

 

[Skeets]

I could easily eat two myself - just hard to justify spending $40 on myself at a food truck (but I think you're talking me into it)

I love lobster. In my humble opinion all lobster rolls are way overrated and overpriced. It's become a thing . I do believe they are sold to make use of the parts of the lobster that cannot be sold at a real nice profit margin. For instance, someone orders lobster tails, what do you do with the rest of the lobster? Lobster rolls! Why not spend just a few bucks more and get a lobster?

 

[Skeets]

I take some (small) exception to the description of the hotdog bun as tasteless. If it is done correctly, both sides of the bun are buttered and grilled. Gives even more butter taste to the lobster roll. And yes, butter is a good thing.

Bacon is a good thing. Is there such a thing as a bacon lobster roll? On second thought forget it. That would be a little like mashed potatoes and chocolate syrup. How about Dairy Bar Ice Cream with anything (not mashed potatoes)?

 

[Skeets]

Good chowder. Absolutely. But there is a lot of average to well below average chowder throughout New England.

New England clam chowder easily wins, but Manhattan clam chowder isn't bad a couple of times a decade for a change of pace (sort of like the Mets).

 

[EasyEd]

Our favorite lobster roll was at Lobster Landing in Clinton, CT.

 

[ctfjr]

If you really want a lobster fix go for lobster stew (or bisque)

 

[Adios]

Good chowder. Absolutely. But there is a lot of average to well below average chowder throughout New England.

Even Chunky's has solid canned NE clam chower.

 

[JonathanXIV]

Even Chunky's has solid canned NE clam chower.

No, it’s not.

 

[JonathanXIV]

If you really want a lobster fix go for lobster stew (or bisque)

Get it in Maine at a restaurant that looks over the ocean. Close your eyes. Enjoy.

 

[ctfjr]

Anyone here ever try Ford's Lobster Restaurant's Lobster Bomb in Noank?

 

[vtcwbuff]

Anyone here ever try Ford's Lobster Restaurant's Lobster Bomb in Noank?

Best lobster in CT. It amazes me how many people think Abbott's is the place to go for lobster.