It's getting hot in the kitchen (food appreciation thread)

[EagerBeaver]

Pics from recent trip to Maine. All seafood is boat to table fresh. Local Maine oysters served with pearl onion mignonette and strawberry mignonette:

Lobster Chowder- different than Lobster Bisque. Lobster Chowder has a lower dairy content, no potatoes, lots of lobster meat, and scallions:

 

[EagerBeaver]

What trip to Maine is complete without a Maine style lobster roll- lightly mayoed and served cold or room temperature, although they also offer the Connecticut style, hot and buttered at most seafood restaurants:

 

[EagerBeaver]

Smoked Fish Chowder is fairly popular in Maine. This one is made with Smoked Halibut. Again, it's lightly dairyed as compared to typical New England style Clam Chowder or Lobster Bisque. A few splashes of cream:

 

[EagerBeaver]

A big favorite of mine is Seared Ahi Tuna Tacos. These were very good- even better than they look. They are draped with pickled onions and a wasabi aioli which had a very high wasabi to mayo ratio, as it should be!

 

[LeDodo]

A big favorite of mine is Seared Ahi Tuna Tacos. These were very good- even better than they look. They are draped with pickled onions and a wasabi aioli which had a very high wasabi to mayo ratio, as it should be!
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Onions and wasabi mayo on top?

 

[EagerBeaver]

Maine Blue Cheese Salad with grilled Arctic Char. The Char was perfectly grilled and soft as butter:

 

[EagerBeaver]

Onions and wasabi mayo on top?

Isn't that what I said?

 

[LeDodo]

Isn't that what I said?

Sorry my scroll skipped your comments part lol

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

Technically a Crema di caffè is not a coffee

Dude its a plain italian espresso corto!

 

[EagerBeaver]

More pics from Maine. This is an authentic Indian Pudding I got in Bar Harbor. This is a regional dessert in New England dating back to Colonial times. It's made with milk, cornmeal, molasses, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Served warm and with Vanilla Ice Cream scooped on top. I really liked it. Had it as a kid growing up.

 

[EagerBeaver]

On the subject of desserts, one ice cream parlor I visited in Bar Harbor was heavily promoting Lobster Ice Cream. Many kids were eating it. It's buttered ice cream with Lobster Chunks. I could not wrap my head around it. I chose instead "Salted Brownie Bliss", which was wonderful- Salted Vanilla Ice Cream, brownie chunks, and caramel and chocolate swirls. It's now among my top 5 ice cream flavors. It should be getting all the hype, but instead it was the Lobster Ice Cream, for which customers were asked to "think outside the claw!" Note in the second pic below the French description is second after the English, homage to the French Canadian neighbors 2.5 hours away.