Lobster Feast

Happy Thanksgiving! After having 3 days of turkey, it was time for a change. With my brother (Jervis) and his girl friend(Michelle) in town, we decided to live it up and try the famous Maine Lobster. We went to Carrie's in Providence. It's sounded like my kinda place, not too expensive and fancy, but good food and the lobster comes highly recommended.

To Traci's credit, she did give it a try. (she wouldn't let me take a picture of her reaction) It was very cute, she made a quick squinty-face (indicating her disapproval) and reverted to the quick-swallowing-it-whole-Fear-Factor-survival tactic.

The lobster was definitely a thumbs up from the rest of us, it weighed in at 3+ pounds. Stuffed with all kinds of seafood, prawns, scallops, and calamares. (Kinda random, but it reminded me of aliens. The imagery of Jervis pulling a giant prawn out of the lobster's chest is still vivid in my memory.)

As you can see from the progressions of pictures above, we had a lot of fun with our lobster. Unlike true New Englanders, eating lobster is very much a novelty and we could not resist playing with our lobster.

So if you ever get to New England, make sure you put on a lobster bib and enjoy a tasty Maine Lobster!

ps - I managed to find a picture of Traci's aforementioned expression, this is the result of drinking honey Kumquat juice.