Food & Dining Out
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Our post on Caffeinated Wild Turkey American Honey BBQ Sauce is #5 on Topless Robot’s 8 Fantastic Delivery Methods for Caffeine -
How can you not like this from the title alone? Mind you, unlike the other items on this list, it is not a product you can buy, but a recipe you can make, so it requires some effort. Therefore, if you feel too lazy to make this, take one of the other items on this list and find the energy. I mean, you’ve got pretty much the three basic American food groups here – caffeine, barbecue and booze. You’re going to get buzzed, drunk and fat IN ONE CONVENIENT SUBSTANCE! You can’t really get much better than this unless you dropped a hamburger in a giant mug of beer and chugged it while inhaling ground French roast.
This is a recipe I created prior to a cookout at Nick’s house – completely on the fly. How cool is that? The added bonus? The sauce is actually pretty good and I kept notes while I was making it so I could make it again.
Thanks Topless Robot for stopping by and sharing a little NOSVC with your readers. If you follow the recipe and make the sauce let me know how it goes.
Editor’s Note: In the continued efforts to make my vacation last longer by posting all this week about the trip while sitting at home here is another Maine entry.
It was amazing to see the infant lobsters at the Mount Desert Oceanarium (I agree with Cara – that name is very Futurama) but it is more amazing when you have one on your plate. I know the traditional “Red Lobster” sign lobster is what people think of when they hear lobster but there are a lot of great ways to enjoy the little guys that don’t require breaking a shell. While we were in main I ate lobster for breakfast, lunch and dinner (not all in the same day). And no – I never wrestled one to get into the delicate meat.
On a side note – the application TV Food Maps [Android / iOS] was awesome. It helped us find two of the best places we ate. If you have a smart phone I would highly recommend it – especially when you are traveling in another area.
So the run down of where I ate and what I ate. (Not to spoil anything but it was lobster.)
PORTHOLE RESTAURANT
This is not one where I would have eaten if the app didn’t suggest it. The place was on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and it was definitely the later. Across the street from the Harbor Fish Market it didn’t look like a great place. Looks can be and frequently are deceiving. I had Lobster Benedict there for breakfast and it was great. A side of potatoes (regular and sweet) rounded out the plate and it was as good as it looked. Pictured top right.
THE LOBSTER SHACK at TWO LIGHTS
A lobster roll is the second thing most people think of in the lobster food world and this place was on the TV Food app and really just looked like a place that would know what they were doing. The location isn’t easy to find but Google Maps lead the way and we found a pretty awesome meal at the end of the road. (Literally this place is at the end of the road.) Pictured in the center it was as good as it looked and as you can see in the pictures after the jump the location wasn’t bad either.
POOR BOY’S GOURMET
Finally a dinner entree and a place that wasn’t on the TV Food app but should be. The last picture to the right is of the Lobster Saute “Freshly picked lobster meat over cracker crumbs, drenched in butter and oven baked.” I had eaten this on my last trip to Maine (years ago) and told Cara that I wanted to find it. Unfortunately I didn’t remember the name of the dish or the place I had eaten it – see why I have a blog? Fortunately for me I found a restaurant that had the dish and it was just as good as I remembered it. Now that I have a blog if I ever go back to Maine I can just look it up and go back again.
So there you have it – 3 great places and 3 great meals at 3 times during the day. If you do the math on that one it is complicated but pretty tasty. More pictures after the jump of all 3 places.
This image is in the gallery for Hurricane Irene but I felt like it needed a post of its own. Another from BobG – this one showing what one eats when battling a storm. I feel sorry for the cramped quarters they are working in if everyone is eating Vienna Sausages, Chef Boyardee lasagna and Mac & Cheese.
Hope you have an air freshener.
Tonight is the “soft opening” of a new specialty retail beer store near downtown Raleigh. If you weren’t one of the first 50 people in the door you had to wait patiently for a look at and taste of the new Tasty Beverage Company. Fortunately we were in the first group through and got to experience the next big beer thing in town.
Located in the Warehouse District at the Raleigh Depot (close to The Pit) the Tasty Beverage Company is convenient for us to stop in and grab a couple of beers occasionally. The store isn’t fancy but is extremely well stocked. No doubt they have many beers and even beer makers I was unaware of. Given the first look I’d say this group definitely knows their beer.
More pictures after the jump from friend and special guest photographer Courtney. (You’ll notice a a rare NOSVC photo of me & C in the mix.) Courtney actually knows what she is doing with a camera (even my point and shoot Canon SD790) so don’t get used to the photo quality when I take back over on future posts. If you need a top-shelf photographer / videographer you might find her in a beer store but you may also want to look here.
With some frequency Cara asks me if I would like to go with her to the grocery store. Why? I have no idea. Why do I go? Well… not to purchase food. Grocery stores are fascinating hubs of nonsense. Prime example – the photo to the right. Really Betty Crocker? You are selling bake at home Twinkies? No – these are important yet trivial – we’ll call them “fun da-middles.” If these don’t sell I imagine there will be seats to fill in the Betty Crocker marketing department – very wide seats.
And what about Baconnaise? Look closely – someone felt the need to let you know that this product is “REGULAR.” Will they be making a low-fat version of the product that tastes less bacony? This is frightening and intriguing at the same time. It sounds like a joke but you really can’t make it up.
Finally – settling an old score. Mincemeat – meat or no meat. We asked this question to several random people in Napper Tandy’s one evening. It had something to do with BobG eating a pie made of mincemeat or so random reason. The answers varied and while we have settled this a couple of times I always pick up a jar when it catches my eye to read the ingredients. Did you know the answer before you looked at the picture?
So yes – the grocery store is on the list of places I will visit. And no – I didn’t buy any of that stuff pictured. Of the grocery stores Kroger has the best shopping soundtrack. They have not as of yet answered my emails about starting “Krogeroke.” Give them time and they’ll come around.