Clam Chowder

[steakas]

Where can I get the best New England Clam Chowder in NJ? I'll be in Cape May tomorrow (Sat-Sun), any good ones down there? Thanks.

[KatieLoeb]

Where can I get the best New England Clam Chowder in NJ?  I'll be in Cape May tomorrow (Sat-Sun), any good ones down there?  Thanks.

Lobster House on Fisherman's Wharf (just as you cross the bridge into Cape May) has delicious Clam Chowder, as well as Snapper Soup and French Onion. I always order from the outside bar in the summer and sit on the wharf and watch the boats come in and out while eating my lobster. Might be a bit chilly for that now.

You can view the menus, etc. HERE

edited to add link

[=Mark]

Where can I get the best New England Clam Chowder in NJ?  I'll be in Cape May tomorrow (Sat-Sun), any good ones down there?  Thanks.

Lobster House on Fisherman's Wharf (just as you cross the bridge into Cape May) has delicious Clam Chowder, as well as Snapper Soup and French Onion. I always order from the outside bar in the summer and sit on the wharf and watch the boats come in and out while eating my lobster. Might be a bit chilly for that now.

You can view the menus, etc. HERE

edited to add link

Wow, floppy hat avatar be back!

Surprisingly, the best NE clam chowder I've had is at a rib joint in Atlantic Highlands called Memphis Pig Out. While wife Connie is from Tennesee, hubby Mark is from New Hampshire.

I realize this is about as far as you can get from Cape May on the jersey shore...

Edited November 29, 2003 by =Mark (log)

[Nutley Resident]

I'm partial to Legal Seafood's chowda.

[Rosie]

You can also get Legal Seafood white clam chowder at Costco.

[menton1]

We have a separate thread on this place, with Jason's photos;

Great NE and Manhattan Chowder, VERY fresh clams, great potatoes and broth--

Seafood Gourmet Inc

103 W Pleasant Ave

Maywood, NJ 07607-1333 Phone: (201) 843-8558

Seafood Gourmet Thread

[steakas]

You can also get Legal Seafood white clam chowder at Costco.

... and the one at Costco tastes exactly the same as the one in the restaurant. A success, I guess, for them.

[bbqbrisket]

I am a fanatic about clam chowder. Every Summer I used to go up to New England to try someone new for it. Then one day I was at a restaurant supply store and bought some frozen clams. On the back of the bag, was a recipe for NE clam chowdah.

I pretty much followed the recipe and was awstruck at how great it was.

I gave some to my son who seems to have an even more sensitive palate than I do. He couldn't believe how great it was either. Since then, he screams at me every couple of weeks to make it for him. Oddly, it's not time consuming or difficult nor does it involve a catalogue of ingedients.

If anyone wants this receipe, let me know. I've copied it down and have refined it a little more also. I'll be happy to send it to you.

bubba

[Rosie]

Please post the recipe in the eGullet recipe file.

http://recipes.egullet.com

[steakas]

Please post the recipe in the eGullet recipe file.

http://recipes.egullet.com

Yeah ... please, give it to us.

[jo-mel]

  I'll be in Cape Lobster House on Fisherman's Wharf (just as you cross the bridge into Cape May) has delicious Clam Chowder, as well as Snapper Soup and French Onion.  I always order from the outside bar in the summer and sit on the wharf and watch the boats come in and out while eating my lobster.  Might be a bit chilly for that now. 

You can view the menus, etc. HERE

edited to add link

I checked ou their menu. Looks good, but I wonder why they only have the Fried Clams on the 'take-out' menu? Have you tried them? Are they the whole clam? Being from Mass., I love Fried Clams. I think they were the first food I had when I could chew! When I married NJ, I couldn't find any here. (That was a looooong time ago) One restaurant offered to fry some for me --- but they used Cherrystones. NOT THE SAME!! I'm pleased to see most summer places now carry them. They are my weakness.

On my first visit to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, it was a dank, cold day. One outside stand had Clam Chowder. DH and I ordered a cup each to eat while we walked around and trying to warm up. Being on the Pacific, I thought it might be Razor Clam Chowder, but one sip and I went back to the vendor and asked him what kind of chowder it was. NEW ENGLAND Clam Chowder!!! All the way across the country to have 'home chow'!! (It was good!)