Around 1PM, I walked about 10 minutes along the coastline from my home office to a the "Lobster Company" that we look right at from our house. Classic small New England deal. This place sells whatever the fisherman catch, and it could not be more fresh. They'll fix a Lobster roll anyway you want it. Grill the roll, toast the roll, Lobster meat only. Lobster meat and celery. Butter. Hellman's Mayo. Miracle Whip. Special orders don't upset the. When we buy Lobster, they'll cook them for $1 each.....keeps the smell out of the house.
Now, that all sounds pretty good. we also have a great seafood restaurant that is about 500 yards in the other direction, which happens to be owned by a Lobsterman. So the seafood is awesome. So are the onion rings, the French fries, and the cole slaw. The beer is cold, and the rum is always tasty.
However, having lived one town North of Portland for 8 years, and having spent a lot of time in Maine for 60+ years, I have a really hard time seeing ANYBODY in Utah winning this one. I can think of a dozen little Lobster haunts that I've brought friends to, by car or by boat, and it seems like each one has drawn the "best lobster roll of my life" compliment.
Biggest fish processor in Maine is a friend. They ship it and it arrives fresh all over the world. The real money is in the sushi grade tuna. Caught, off loaded within a couple of hours off the boat, cleaned and flash freezed, trucked to Boston and on the plane to Tokyo. In the fishmongers' hands within 24 hours. At a very steep price!
I'm not pooh-poohing Colorado food, either. I LIKE pretty much all food. I'd just stick to beef in CO, and lobster in Maine. Even when in Aspen. Where the seafood is very fresh.
I'd have a hard time with the Utah pricing, too! Typical cheap Yankee.
Now, that all sounds pretty good. we also have a great seafood restaurant that is about 500 yards in the other direction, which happens to be owned by a Lobsterman. So the seafood is awesome. So are the onion rings, the French fries, and the cole slaw. The beer is cold, and the rum is always tasty.
However, having lived one town North of Portland for 8 years, and having spent a lot of time in Maine for 60+ years, I have a really hard time seeing ANYBODY in Utah winning this one. I can think of a dozen little Lobster haunts that I've brought friends to, by car or by boat, and it seems like each one has drawn the "best lobster roll of my life" compliment.
Biggest fish processor in Maine is a friend. They ship it and it arrives fresh all over the world. The real money is in the sushi grade tuna. Caught, off loaded within a couple of hours off the boat, cleaned and flash freezed, trucked to Boston and on the plane to Tokyo. In the fishmongers' hands within 24 hours. At a very steep price!
I'm not pooh-poohing Colorado food, either. I LIKE pretty much all food. I'd just stick to beef in CO, and lobster in Maine. Even when in Aspen. Where the seafood is very fresh.
I'd have a hard time with the Utah pricing, too! Typical cheap Yankee.