One thing you can't miss= Lobster!

When you're in Boston, or the new England area, there's one thing you cannot miss--The Lobster! The Lobster in Massachusetts are smaller than those from Australia. The best way to cook a lobster here is to steam it and dip it in butter sauce. I think one of the reasons why lobsters are so popular is because it's close to sea, so you can always eat it fresh. Yum.

I had my first lobster last september when I was joining the orientation activities held by the College of Communication here in BU. We went all the way up to Maine to have a fresh taste of the local Lobster. Maine claims to have the best lobster in the area. We were greeted by the sign that read "lobster served, no crabs allowed". Interesting, right?

The Maine Lobster Festival is around the corner (from August 4 to 8), if you're here in the early august, you should go and give it a try.

While waiting for the big red lobster, we were first served with the clams on the right, they're pretty juicy and tastes a bit sweet with the butter sauce.

For a good lobster, you need the have great tools. As you can tell from the right, the metal clamp helps you to crack the lobster shell open, the red little fork helps you get the lobster meat out, and last but not least, you can use the fork to dip the lobster into the mouth.

Finally, the BIG GUY! Fully cooked bust still looks pretty handsome. The big head of his doesn't contain that much to eat, the essence of the lobster locats on the clamps and his body.

Well, eating a lobster needs certain skills too. It's recommended that you start with the clamps, using the metal clamp to crack open and get the meat out. After that, you go for the body. Once you break the body from his head, and clean up the green testines, you should break the last but second of his tail shell, and try to squeeze the meat out. In that way, you'll get a complete fine piece of body meat. Enjoy!

If you need some more picture tutorial, please click here.

For those of you who are new in town and pretty flexible on the price, Legal Seafood is the place I recommend for fresh and nice lobsters, but they charge it dearly. Also, Barking Crab has got the nicest view of the waterfront of Boston and one of the best services in town. Well, if you can't afford the luxury to eat at a fancy restaurant, you can always wait for the SALE of lobster at chain supermarkets like Shaw's, or Stop & Shop. Get a free member card, and you might get a lobster at $5.99/lb instead of $10.99 in summer time.


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