Restaurant Lobster

[pam claughton]

Does anyone have a decent recipe for baked stuffed lobster.

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Here you go, this is a classic New England style Baked Stuffed Lobster.

http://lobster-recipes.tripod.com/stuffed-lobster.html

[CtznCane]

I do miss the days when, rather frequently, I'd order L'homard boreal at Narsai's when he had his restarurant in Kensington. Damned was that good! (He has the recipe on his website narsai.com.) Aside from that I rarely order Lobster. There is the exception on that occasional last minute choice of the IHOP of Seafood, Red Lobster when I might get a combo with Lobster.

I do remember about 3 years ago we were in Tahoe for 3 weeks while waiting to move into our new house and the restaurant at the BoomTown Casino outside Reno had Lobster, all you could eat for 19.99 on Friday & Saturday night. We did that a couple of times. Not the best I've ever had but for the price, couldn't pass it up.

[auntdot]

Pam, thanks for the view of the lobster roll.

Used to live only about an hour away from Plymouth and loved the restaurants, particularly the one on the pier that would sell the fish and seafood raw or cook it for you while you waited (was called, as I recall the Mayflower something, but it has been 17 years since we lived there).

To me there is little more sublime than a lobster roll, on the roll with the sauteed, squared off sides. But that could be another thread.

Have only gone to Red Lobster to be polite and, like Mizducky, and have never had a positive experience. Try to order the "safe" stuff, but in my limited experience, the place has no business serving seafood.

A number of years ago we were spending a few days in Bar Harbor. Decided to go for dinner to the family restaurant across from the hotel where they advertized lobsters.

Turns out the parking lot was filled with ME license plates.

It was a very acceptable place, not at all fancy, and it had the floor space of a good size barn.

Looked about and everyone was ordering lobster, and almost everyone the baked stuffed variety.

Ordered the two pounders and they were fantastic.

Done properly, a baked stuffed lobster is a joy.

We used to have to go, for business reasons, to clam bakes routinely.

They were usually catered and served outside, picnic style.

The steamers had more sand than clam, and everything else had been boiled or steamed to death, including the onion and sausage.

The lobsters were filled with water not worth eating. Aside from the mess, the flavor had been boiled out of them.

Have made many baked stuffed lobsters and lobster rolls, and ordered the same in restaurants.

But if I am going to boil a lobster will do it at home and do it right.

[johnnyd]

We used to have to go, for business reasons, to clam bakes routinely.

AuntieD,

Who and where did this travesty occur??? Sounds awful. Were the chefs drunk?

Incidently, we do have a Best Lobster Roll thread currently running on the New England forum. Join in!

Edited April 27, 2005 by johnnyd (log)

[CtznCane]

I'm not one to order Lobster in a restaruant, but last night at The Sardine Factory in Moneterey I couldn't resist. Australian Lobster tail: poached in butter, served with black truffle risotto with fennel and salsify. Oh was it worth it.