"Shell" We Eat

*Picture taken from website because I forgot to take one*

Restaurant Name: Luke's Lobster

Location: 93 E 7th Street (1st Ave)

Website: http://www.lukeslobster.com/

Price Range: 25$

JCL Rating: 8/10

JCL's Choice: A Taste of Maine, lobster roll

Shell fish has always been one of my favorites. Especially lobsters. The meat is just so tender and juicy. Yummy. That brought us to today's visit to Luke's Lobster. On my walk to work I always passed a Luke's Lobster (different location than this one that I visited), but never knew anything about it. Until my friend linked me the menu. It looked rather interesting so after weeks of planning, six of us finally decided on a day where we are all free to check this place out. 

After a fair walk from Chinatown to 1st Ave, we finally arrived. I was surprised to see that it is not a big place at all. It was around 6PM when we arrived. There was only one person eating there... until we came. This place have a very relaxing ambiance, maybe because it is small and compact. There is about eight stools only. The workers there were really friendly. Glad we arrived at that time, because like ten minutes later people started coming in.

So we all ordered the "Taste of Maine" because we all wanted to... taste Maine. According to their website, their lobsters are provided from a seafood company in Maine and is traceable from the sea floor to your plate. This my friends, is very reliable. So the "Taste of Maine" includes half lobster, half crabs, half shrimp rolls, a pair of chilled crab claws, a bag of chips, and a drink. I picked the smokehouse BBQ chips a lemon lime soda. What else goes better with shellfish than lemon right? According to Rooster and TWong, root beer was a better choice. The rest of us obviously disagreed with them. 

The two chilled crab legs dipped in the cocktail sauce completes each other. The bread on all three rolls were toasted to perfection. The crunchiness was just perfect. A whip of lemon butter and mayonnaise with the shellfish meat and a dash of black pepper was a flawless combination. According to the website, their rolls were sprinkled with "secret spices," I could smell hints of thyme and a taste of rosemary. Although the portion of the so call "half roll" was a bit small, the fillings were not small at all. Big chucks of crab, shrimps and lobster meats were present. 

This was a great experience. I would recommend this place for any seafood lovers (shrimp, crab, lobster), it is worth your money. But do not go in rush hours because there will be no space to sit!