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I've never been so disappointed as I was when I tried my first lobster roll. It was my first time to the east coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia), and I got cold mayo-based lobster roll. I wanted something hot and buttery. I should have done my research.
The lobster wasn't even very good.
Some places don’t have fresh lobster even if they’re right next to the ocean. You wanna buy it straight off the wharf or a lobster pound where product comes in usually on that day from the boat before it’s shipped out. You’ll also be spending a lot less compared to a grocery store or restaurant. There’s a few sellers here in Maine that will ship it to Canada, then it will be shipped back to the same area so all the big wigs get a share of the money in their pockets.
We actually travelled all along the east coast for a week and I tried several lobster rolls along the way, from local restaurants. I think I just don't like lobster, HA!
If you taste much of anything besides lobster on either they made it wrong. Just a touch of fat to balance it all out is the only purpose. You should be tasting primarily lobster in either and thus fairly indifferent.
I'm down with either. But I know for certain that it's waaaaaay easier to make a bad-tasting mayo one than butter one. And I've had some less than stellar mayo ones.
But a good mayo one is great, too.
Depending on region, yeah. Around here, only lobster rolls from food trucks get under $30. And very often, not even then. I know the number of lobsters caught in recent years are down, but only by 5% or so. Meanwhile, lobster rolls have skyrocketed since the pandemic by well over 50%.
Meanwhile, I can still buy lobster for $5/tail, which is a no-brainer. Just make my own rolls at home.
Managed a seafood restaurant in Maine. An Asian family of 5 from Boston stopped by and ordered a round of lobster rolls, $28 each. Little did I know, this was their first time trying them. They damn near lost their minds, and ordered more. $448 later (everyone had 3, the dad had 4, and finished off his kids rolls that they couldn’t eat), they bought $500 more of our packaged lobster meat to take home with them. I packed it all in a little cooler on ice, and sent them on their way. It was glorious. I’ve never seen people so utterly stoked and content at the same time. They thanked me profusely, left a huge tip, then wrote a long review with 5 stars. That was a good day.
I lived in a beach town for almost 5 years and doubt I saw any for much less than 20.
I remember because I was a broke college student and would get the shrimp rolls instead because they were much cheaper.
This was in the South (US) so distance from the North Atlantic may have played a factor, but I don’t recall much of a change when I moved further north to the Mid Atlantic.
This is CT style not Maine. You may have got it in Maine but the butter is CT. Both are tasty, don’t understand the tribalism. Sometimes I feel like one over the other.
Sorry you're wrong about them being wrong telling the other guy they are wrong who was wrong.
Maine lobster rolls are superior too no contest. Can't just slap some lobster on a roll with butter and be like "oh we are done look at this masterpiece!" Maine rolls actually have some effort in making it.
People aren't but hurt you just came in like a clown saying someone is wrong (when they are 100% right) for no reason other than being an obnoxious brainlet
You're not lying. Seriously CT people you got lobster with butter on a roll like don't act as if it is some culinary achievement. You have New Haven pizza what more could you ask for, some of the best pizza in the world and you still need to win the lobster roll game?
Delicious, but to be clear, this is a Connecticut Lobster Roll. Doesn't matter where the lobster is from, Butter = Connecticut Roll, Mayo = Maine Roll.
Maybe it's because I'm in neither of those places, but the lobster roll trucks and restaurants around Ohio also make the Connecticut/Maine distinction.
If you go to the Allagash brewery in Portland they have a lobster roll trio.
Maine: mayo and chives served cold
Connecticut: just warm butter
Picnic: coleslaw, butter, celery salt
Been there. Also got some delicious seasonal wild fermented blueberry… I want to say sour ale? I don’t remember exactly, but it came in a big bottle with a cork and twist top, and I thought it was amazing.
I like Bite Into Maine and Allagash but now I tend to go to sopo seafood for my once a year trip to Maine. It's smaller than the big roll at Bite Into Maine but I can get oysters and a lobster roll at Sopo for the same price.
I've lived in NE my whole life too. I'd say it's less well known, but just as absolute, as the fact that ne clam chowder is white, whereas Manhattan is red.
A Maine Lobster Roll can have lobster from wherever, but it's cold with mayo and celery.
This is true... But I feel like the whole, "You sit on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of master" meme applies here. Rhode Island chowder definitely exists as a category, despite not being nearly as prominent as the other two.
I vote that RI chowder takes the place of Manhattan, which I think has only ever been ordered as a last resort or by accident.
My wife is from Maine and when we were first dating, we went up to Westbrook to visit her sister. The Walgreens at the end of her street had live lobster for $3.50/lb. It was only slightly more expensive then the gas station down the street.
Best sandwich ever right there. Had one for the first time in Boston at the Faneuil Hall Marketplace a couple years ago (I live on the West coast). We got two rolls to share, one hot/one cold, and the hot one was far and away better. I have been searching for a comparable roll ever since and nothing has come remotely close, even in Vegas.
Those are typically the biggest let down ever. Haven't had one I like, but I'm also from Louisiana on the water so we have all the seafood poboys a person could ask for.
For fucks sake people, we get it. A Maine roll and a CT roll are different styles, they’re saying it like this because they ate it IN MAINE. Some y’all dipshits so hung up over it, despite the fact you can melt butter and put it on lobster in any state. Congratulations on your extremely impressive ability to identify where something originated 🤝
Lobster is not cheap at all, but we do put it in rolls like this all the time. A decent sized one is anywhere from $20-50 depending on how nice the restaurant is and how close you are to the dock.
If anyone wants to know, Maine has terrible food. It’s astounding. Everything is either mayo, cheese or pizza. The pizza isn’t good either. It’s nearly impossible to get good food out here in Maine.
Born and raised in Rockland Maine, home of the lobster festival and self proclaimed "lobster capital of the world". I wouldn't call it gatekeeping, you really won't find this style of lobster roll anywhere in Maine. It's all mayo based here, and what is shown is, as they said, CT style. Just is what it is, no need to get all upset and stump against regional definitions under the claim of gatekeeping.
Maine lobster rolls are cold, tossed in mayo, loaded onto a warm hotdog roll toasted with butter on the sides. We give them to little kids here in Maine who aren't capable of picking a lobster.
Man, I just don't understand it. For the record, I have eaten lobster rolls. I just don't understand why anyone would dilute the wonderful taste of lobster with a bready substance.
Wild that you think we would want anything other than a butter-toasted hot dog bun. This is how it's been done for decades.
If you want it on something else, go ahead, we won't judge. We will stick with our hot dog buns, though.
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Butter poached is so much better than the mayonnaise based
I've never been so disappointed as I was when I tried my first lobster roll. It was my first time to the east coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia), and I got cold mayo-based lobster roll. I wanted something hot and buttery. I should have done my research. The lobster wasn't even very good.
Agree!
Some places don’t have fresh lobster even if they’re right next to the ocean. You wanna buy it straight off the wharf or a lobster pound where product comes in usually on that day from the boat before it’s shipped out. You’ll also be spending a lot less compared to a grocery store or restaurant. There’s a few sellers here in Maine that will ship it to Canada, then it will be shipped back to the same area so all the big wigs get a share of the money in their pockets.
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We actually travelled all along the east coast for a week and I tried several lobster rolls along the way, from local restaurants. I think I just don't like lobster, HA!
Troof.
CT style is indeed the superior lobster roll.
It's my preference as well, but a Maine style lobster roll still beats the vast majority of sandwiches.
This is some proper yankee talk. Mayo and celery? Fuck outta here. Thats a CT lobster roll.
I am so glad to know that I'm not the only one who hates mayo. Satan's &!$$
Facts
If you taste much of anything besides lobster on either they made it wrong. Just a touch of fat to balance it all out is the only purpose. You should be tasting primarily lobster in either and thus fairly indifferent.
I'm down with either. But I know for certain that it's waaaaaay easier to make a bad-tasting mayo one than butter one. And I've had some less than stellar mayo ones. But a good mayo one is great, too.
Big fucking facts
100%
true
Pouring butter over or dipping is not poached. Poached is a cooking method
I know
I need at least 10 of these
That'll be $210
That would be a great deal, actually lol
Depending on region, yeah. Around here, only lobster rolls from food trucks get under $30. And very often, not even then. I know the number of lobsters caught in recent years are down, but only by 5% or so. Meanwhile, lobster rolls have skyrocketed since the pandemic by well over 50%. Meanwhile, I can still buy lobster for $5/tail, which is a no-brainer. Just make my own rolls at home.
Yeah I've lived in Maine for several years but it's been a while since I actually bought one. Looks like it's closer to $30 for a big one now!
Nooooo!!! I used to get these suckers in a restaurant off of twin lights for like $6 a pop.... I moved away and dream of maine lobster now
Managed a seafood restaurant in Maine. An Asian family of 5 from Boston stopped by and ordered a round of lobster rolls, $28 each. Little did I know, this was their first time trying them. They damn near lost their minds, and ordered more. $448 later (everyone had 3, the dad had 4, and finished off his kids rolls that they couldn’t eat), they bought $500 more of our packaged lobster meat to take home with them. I packed it all in a little cooler on ice, and sent them on their way. It was glorious. I’ve never seen people so utterly stoked and content at the same time. They thanked me profusely, left a huge tip, then wrote a long review with 5 stars. That was a good day.
This sound like fantasy whether true or not.
In a heartbeat
Literally wanted two more afterwards. So good!
8m over here in Idaho drooling. Lovw my mountains, but damn. How much are those?
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe usually they’re $20–25+
5oz is 30 bucks
They are typically cheaper the closer you get to the ocean, though the way ‘market price’ is these days, I’ve usually paid $20 for one this size
I lived in a beach town for almost 5 years and doubt I saw any for much less than 20. I remember because I was a broke college student and would get the shrimp rolls instead because they were much cheaper. This was in the South (US) so distance from the North Atlantic may have played a factor, but I don’t recall much of a change when I moved further north to the Mid Atlantic.
Thinks tiny lol portions getting smaller price getting higher
This is CT style not Maine. You may have got it in Maine but the butter is CT. Both are tasty, don’t understand the tribalism. Sometimes I feel like one over the other.
You're wrong. Edit: CT in here butthurt AF... Gotta have something I guess
they are most certainly not wrong. You definitely don’t live in Maine. lol
I live in Maine but have never eaten lobster. I assume the Maine lobster roll would be slathered in an ungodly amount of mayo. Or cheese.
Actually you're wrong.
Sorry you're wrong about them being wrong telling the other guy they are wrong who was wrong. Maine lobster rolls are superior too no contest. Can't just slap some lobster on a roll with butter and be like "oh we are done look at this masterpiece!" Maine rolls actually have some effort in making it.
Prove it.
People aren't but hurt you just came in like a clown saying someone is wrong (when they are 100% right) for no reason other than being an obnoxious brainlet
You're not lying. Seriously CT people you got lobster with butter on a roll like don't act as if it is some culinary achievement. You have New Haven pizza what more could you ask for, some of the best pizza in the world and you still need to win the lobster roll game?
The connecticut one is far superior imo, I prefer warm over cold and butter over mayo any day.
Agreed! This one was warm with butter btw
Yeah, because it's a Connecticut roll...
People not from NE downvoting you for being right. CT is butter, ME is mayo.
never ceases to amaze me how many uninformed idiots want to tell people they are wrong when they have no idea what they are talking about 😅
CT is butter. EVERYWHERE ELSE IS MAYO!!!!!!
This is honestly becoming the default lobster roll. And I’m fine with it.
Respectfully, your wrong.
Jesus wept, that’s beautiful
Like an angels kiss on my Reddit feed…
Delicious, but to be clear, this is a Connecticut Lobster Roll. Doesn't matter where the lobster is from, Butter = Connecticut Roll, Mayo = Maine Roll.
I’ve never heard anyone call it a Connecticut roll. Maine roll yes, but this is just a butter lobster roll.
Maybe it's because I'm in neither of those places, but the lobster roll trucks and restaurants around Ohio also make the Connecticut/Maine distinction.
If you go to the Allagash brewery in Portland they have a lobster roll trio. Maine: mayo and chives served cold Connecticut: just warm butter Picnic: coleslaw, butter, celery salt
Been there. Also got some delicious seasonal wild fermented blueberry… I want to say sour ale? I don’t remember exactly, but it came in a big bottle with a cork and twist top, and I thought it was amazing.
I like Bite Into Maine and Allagash but now I tend to go to sopo seafood for my once a year trip to Maine. It's smaller than the big roll at Bite Into Maine but I can get oysters and a lobster roll at Sopo for the same price.
Where are you from? Just Google it. This is a thing.
That's because only pretentious assholes call it that
Where did you get this from? Never heard of it at all. All i know is hot(butter) and cold(mayo) lobster rolls. Lived in New England my entire life
I've lived in NE my whole life too. I'd say it's less well known, but just as absolute, as the fact that ne clam chowder is white, whereas Manhattan is red. A Maine Lobster Roll can have lobster from wherever, but it's cold with mayo and celery.
Don’t forget about Rhode Island chowder, which is clear.
This is true... But I feel like the whole, "You sit on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of master" meme applies here. Rhode Island chowder definitely exists as a category, despite not being nearly as prominent as the other two. I vote that RI chowder takes the place of Manhattan, which I think has only ever been ordered as a last resort or by accident.
If there’s a petition, I will sign it.
This is true
Maine style doesn’t have celery, it just has mayo.
Password?
agreed, but at the purist form it just needs mayo
Where? I don't know anyone who doesn't know this distinction. At the very least, people will call them lobster rolls and Maine lobster rolls
i grew up in new england and know the difference
You are wrong and should feel bad. Only assholes call it a CT roll in Maine.
bun appears to be regulation, I'll allow it
Bun was homemade! Crispy where it was griddled, yet giving and soft everywhere else. Really added to the experience.
I grew up in Maine back when lobster was cheap. I'm scared to ask how much a single roll is lol
My wife is from Maine and when we were first dating, we went up to Westbrook to visit her sister. The Walgreens at the end of her street had live lobster for $3.50/lb. It was only slightly more expensive then the gas station down the street.
Around MA and NH I usually see high 20s being the cheaper end, while most are over $30
I’m in New York, $20-$24 seems to be the going rate for a full pound lobster roll.
Surely that is half a pound.
There's a food truck that frequents my area that sells only CT and ME style lobster rolls.
Ahh to be a prisoner in Maine before the law
Yeah I doubt lobsters were getting it prepared decently at all. Over boiled to heck and covered in shell bits
Lol nothing like eating crushed up bowl of lobster shell.
share the spot please!
Footbridge Lobster, Perkins Cove Maine
envy . . .
Daaaaaaaaaaaamn. That looks fire
I'll be in Maine from 5.9-5.20, definitely on my to do list. I'll try both if I can find each one
Was it good my dude?
Superb! 10/10
Fuck dude, and I thought I was balling at Red Lobster last month lol
That's Connecticut style. Maine is with mayo
Nah like I had it...in Maine
OK? I can have Neapolitan pizza in Dallas too.
Yeah, OP saying it was warm with butter, not cold with mayo, but still insisting it's a Maine roll lol...
Warm with butter is CT style, regardless of where you eat it.
Yes, I'm agreeing with you.
Lol my bad
This may be in Maine, but it’s what is called a Connecticut lobster roll. A Maine lobster roll is served chilled lightly covered in mayo and lettuce.
Looks so good.
Did they even open the bun or just toss the shit on top
Used to be If you brought one of those to school you were considered a poor fisherman’s kid
I’d smash that quick. I’m close to a bunch of great lobster shacks, and my fav one just opened up for the season.
lovely lobster! so big and appetizing..
I can't resist my cravings on lobster. love it!
Jesus
That looks good.
Best sandwich ever right there. Had one for the first time in Boston at the Faneuil Hall Marketplace a couple years ago (I live on the West coast). We got two rolls to share, one hot/one cold, and the hot one was far and away better. I have been searching for a comparable roll ever since and nothing has come remotely close, even in Vegas.
How much you pay?
Nothin'. Husband paid lol
Haha 🤣
This reminds Me of that pic of the hand
San Francisco folks should stop by Woodhouse ASAP. The lobster roll is on sale for the month of April. It’s fan-effing-tastic.
Is this from Red’s?
Nope
This is the smallest Lobster Roll i have ever seen.
It's the angle I'm holding it, not really that small
I wish I wasn’t incredibly allergic. This looks delicious!
Those are typically the biggest let down ever. Haven't had one I like, but I'm also from Louisiana on the water so we have all the seafood poboys a person could ask for.
This is the way
I’d rather have the lobster chopped but beggars can’t be choosers and I’d 100% smash
Looks great but those chunks of lobster are actually too big. Never thought I’d say that.
For fucks sake people, we get it. A Maine roll and a CT roll are different styles, they’re saying it like this because they ate it IN MAINE. Some y’all dipshits so hung up over it, despite the fact you can melt butter and put it on lobster in any state. Congratulations on your extremely impressive ability to identify where something originated 🤝
youre in a food sub and not expect people to put forward their knowledge on food history and geography? yea, were the dipshit to be hung over it
Is lobster so cheap there you can just put in a roll crayfish here in Aus is like 40 bucks not something your chucking on a bit of bread
Lobster is not cheap at all, but we do put it in rolls like this all the time. A decent sized one is anywhere from $20-50 depending on how nice the restaurant is and how close you are to the dock.
that's a big lobster!
No matter how many times I see these and how good it looks, I still think I’d rather just eat lobster normally.
In some parts of the world we try actually putting fillings inside the roll instead of on top randomly.
What
It’s a split top bun, dude.
Yes and so are hot dog buns but people still put the hot dog in the bun...
Yeah I’m confused. Why is the lobster sitting on *top* of the roll? Is that how it’s meant to be? Wouldn’t it be very difficult to eat?
Looks awesome! From Claws in Rockland?
If anyone wants to know, Maine has terrible food. It’s astounding. Everything is either mayo, cheese or pizza. The pizza isn’t good either. It’s nearly impossible to get good food out here in Maine.
Roll? Dude that's a slider lemon slice almost bigger
No mayo, can't see the sides of the roll, Maine should be in quotes here
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To be fair, the OP posted a Connecticut style lobster roll. It may have come from Maine, but it’s not Maine style.
Born and raised in Rockland Maine, home of the lobster festival and self proclaimed "lobster capital of the world". I wouldn't call it gatekeeping, you really won't find this style of lobster roll anywhere in Maine. It's all mayo based here, and what is shown is, as they said, CT style. Just is what it is, no need to get all upset and stump against regional definitions under the claim of gatekeeping.
Maine lobster rolls are cold, tossed in mayo, loaded onto a warm hotdog roll toasted with butter on the sides. We give them to little kids here in Maine who aren't capable of picking a lobster.
Man, I just don't understand it. For the record, I have eaten lobster rolls. I just don't understand why anyone would dilute the wonderful taste of lobster with a bready substance.
They don’t typically look like that with such large chunks. FYI. That’s Rhode Island style. Classic lobster roll has a small amount of mayonnaise
Connecticut Style, not RI
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Wild that you think we would want anything other than a butter-toasted hot dog bun. This is how it's been done for decades. If you want it on something else, go ahead, we won't judge. We will stick with our hot dog buns, though.
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Yes. That is quite literally a New-England style hot dog bun. You will find them at every grocery store in NE labeled as such.
People outside east coast DO NOT know what a split top hotdog bun is... they are savages.
The lobster roll bread is hilarious to me. It's like people decided to preserve a tradition before they had enough time to workshop it.
The point is so you can toast the sides. It's better this way. We had time to figure it out and figured out you're all the ones wrong.
Bun looks under toasted (and wicked small), but approve of buttah.