Lobster heaven at Neptune Oyster
Last weekend Steph and I went to Boston for a day. I think that's the benefit of living in New York. You can just take a bus and end up in another large city and find random things to eat. Neptune Oyster (website) isn't really all that random actually. Both Serious Eats and NYTimes recommend the place. It's like the place to eat in North Boston. When you sit down to order food, they give you a list of over a dozen different oysters from which to order. We bypassed the oysters to save some room for the lobster rolls. I really had no idea what kind of lobster rolls they would have at Neptune, and as it turned out, it was a glorious one. Seriously if I could dance like Harry Shum Jr aka 'Mike Chang' on Glee, then I would have. Sadly the only move I know involves using my hands to shovel piles of food into my mouth. I put this move to the test against this lobster roll.
At Neptune Oyster, they give you the option of having the lobster roll hot with butter or cold with mayo. See how nice they are? I've had cold lobster rolls at Luke's Lobster and think it's alright. For some reason though, a warm lobster roll just appeals to me more. And wouldn't warmed up lobster bring out the lobster taste more? Maybe?
The great thing about getting the lobster roll warm is the butter. I like butter a little more than mayo, so warm + butter = win. They give you big pieces of lobster and it overflows off of the bun. Basically you have to eat some of the lobster straight up, otherwise it's impossible to just pick up the sandwich without dropping lobster meat left and right. And you know there's no way I'm dropping any of that precious crustacean flesh. The plate also comes with a lot of awesome french fries. They're potato-y and salty, and coated with enough crunch to be insanely addictive. At $25 dollars for this plate, I would even dare call this a value meal.
So I got a random scenario for you. Suppose you find a phone. One of those fancy schmancy phones with a touch screen, does 3G, and all that jazz. It's also got email and text messages. And you read through some of the email and text messages and even one of those voice memos... and you realize, This phone belongs to a tea bagger. There was a voice memo from a tea bagging rally and another one about hating on Muslims. Do you just go ahead and wipe the phone clean and sell it on ebay or do the right thing and return the phone? Real life decisions people... and I'm not saying this is my situation, let's just call this a hypothetical.
Also, any of you out there use digital thermometers for cooking? Like for frying? I was looking at this one based on a suggestion from SE. Which one do you use?
Neptune Oyster
63 Salem St.
Boston, MA 2110
6177423474
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I use a ThermaPen thermometer but mainly for broiling meat. I never thought about using it for frying, but that sounds like a very good idea. I'll have to check what the temperature range for it is.
Harvey
Harvey Fishman
November 20, 2010 1:30 pm
@Harvey,
yea the main thing I want a thermometer for is to check oil temperatures for frying... because at the wrong temp, it'll never be right. I guess using it for broiled meat is good too :)
Danny
November 22, 2010 2:35 pm
Sell the phone. Get more Lobster Rolls. I love that place.
Ben
December 6, 2010 4:27 pm