By Munch Master
Good summer day to all. As I sure you have all seen my post on Maine. After that weekend it got me and the merry band of munch rovers on a quest. For what you ask? Well, the best lobster roll. I want compare them to the ones in maine and CT but maybe thats another post. We will stick to NYC for now. So far we have indulged in 2 establishments. Pearl oyster bar and Red Hook Lobster Pound at the brooklyn flea under the brooklyn bridge. And for once I am going to do my best not to put my own spin on it and just give you the facts. So you can make your own judgement.
1st up Pearl - nice little resturant in the village they premake their salad I was told daily. Also their menu is more extensive that just lobster rolls. Their rolls are to say massive is an understatment. You can hardly hold them to eat they are so large. And even when you do hold them they fall apart. lightly toasted roll. The salad compsted of a VERY generous amount of mayo, salt, pepper. the cost per roll is "market price" which when we ate there was 29.00 a roll.
Up next - RHLP
First they are at the brooklyn flea on sunday. They have not started selling them in red hook yet. So you can only get them once a week and get there before 3:00 pm because they do run out. They bring their losbster stright from maine daily. So it's fresh really fresh. Oh and they bring the rolls they use from maine with the lobster. Starting with the buns. Generously buttered and freshly grilled to a deep golden brown on the griddle in front of you. Their salad is also premade on sat night I am told. It is composed of fresh lobster, sliced green onion, salt, pepper, touch of lemon and a dash of paprika once it is placed on the bun. They do not have any mayo in their salad. The serving size is not nearly the size of Pearl (half at best) but the price of 12.50 a roll its a bit more reasonable as well. All they have is lobster rolls.
So there you have it the first 2 placed on the summer of lobster tour. I did my best keeping my opnion out of it. :) stayed tuned for more lobster.
Munch Master
P.S. for all who care I enterend the national wing festival again this year.
By Munch Master
This is the first post in a series on Portland, Maine. Teresa and I spent the weekend in Portland. It was a dreary cold weekend. One you might see on a Maine postcard where the fog rolls in around a lighthouse (more on that later). We drove from NYC to Maine on Friday it was about a 5 hour trip, and one I highly recommend. Which is typically in the neighborhood of the amount of time where I don't really like driving anymore. We arrived approx midnight, so on Friday we didn't get to see anything but the Portland international Jetport. HA a "Jetport" guess they just had to be different it's just an airport people. The next morning we awake at around 7 to check out Chelsea's hockey game. They lost, oh well it wasn't a tournament so no worries. After the game we proceed to the Portland waterfront. Not really sure what we are in store for but it's Maine. What's the worst that can happen we get kidnapped by a giant lobster? Better bring a fork and butter just in case.
We arrive and start to wander around the wharfs. I am stunned to find, despite being the largest city in Maine it still feels like a sleepy fishing village. Every wharf lined with small fishing and lobstering boats. And right next to them are stacked the Lobster traps.
As we stroll we stumble on "Harbor Fish Market" a cool little seafood shop. It is a bit more 
pricey than the others we explored but their selection was also larger than the rest. Just look for the red door you can't miss it.
We saved the seafood shopping for Sunday. And I will save that for a later post :)
As we explore the water front better know as "Commercial St" we happen upon some pubs and a few great little gourmet and food stores. A couple of wine stores and even a shop that makes cool bags from recycled boat sails. Just tons of places to choose from to eat.
I didn't know until we got there, Maine was known for lighthouses. Makes sense I guess, rocky coastlines. If you have never seen a Maine light house in person. It's like standing in a postcard, and one of those things you don't realize you need to do it until you've done it. We checked out the Cape Elizabeth Head Light. Awe Inspiring to say the least. It's a shame it was soo cold. I would have loved to have spent more time there.
I admit, I didn't think I would like Maine as much as I did. It is an easy place to fall in love with. As the license plate says "Vacationland". I could see spending a lot more time there. In fact we are planning a trip in warmer weather. And I can't wait to tell you all about the wonderful food we ate. Not sure which was more shocking the good food or the scenery. Guess you'll have to judge for yourself. Not to worry, I am going to review each and every one of the places we munched at in the next couple of posts. I just felt the sights of Maine were more than deserving of their own post. Please enjoy the images and be on the look out for the Munching from Maine posts ;)
Later,
Munch Master
