sarah's lobsta roll
Aug 5, 2011 While I’m murking around the dreary San Francisco fog of summer, Sarah is living it up on Cape Cod right now. These photos she sent over would plunge me into utter despair if it weren’t for the fact that I’ll be there in one short week!
My family and I have headed East for the month of August to chase what is left of summer. Growing up a Jersey girl, we went “down the shore” each August for what seemed like an awesome, never ending rotation of soft serve, bumper cars, swimming and sun burns. But I married a Bostonian and naturally, he leaves his heart each summer on Cape Cod.
It’s a little hard to find the “cheese factor” I grew up with on the Jersey Shore here in historical Harwich, and I have to admit, I sort of miss it. But one New England seaside tradition I have no problem rallying behind is the local obsession with the Lobster Roll (can also be pronounced “Lobsta Roll”).
If you ask, every Cape Codder will gladly tell you where the absolute, definitive, best Lobster Roll joint is on the cape. According to my husband’s folks, it’s Sesuit Harbor in East Dennis and I have to say, it’s not too shabby. And with a 50 minute wait on any given night for what is essentially fast food, many others feel the same.
But if you can brave the line and the accents, your reward is a huge load of claw and knuckle meat, tossed lightly in seasoned mayo and piled high on a toasted and buttered hot-dog style bun. It’s rich and filling and a total cholesterol bomb, but worth every single bite. You can even hit the much less crowded raw bar while you wait for your order to down a quick dozen oysters on the half. As my husband would say, “it’s wicked Beachie.”
It’s also wicked tasty. -Sarah
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Reader Comments (6)
Oh man. I heart Cape Cod. And I, unfortunately, will not be there any time in the near future so these pictures do make me insanely jealous.
I understand. I'm a Jersey girl and now I live in Boston. And I love the shore and the cape for different reasons. The shore to me means family, as much of my family lives at the shore. The cape is more romantic for me- a place my boyfriend and I go. And while they are very different in many ways, they have one thing in common- TRAFFIC!
Connie, I am making Sarah promise to take me to the shore next summer since I have never been. I can't believe my Irish husband has been there but I never have!
Hey Sarah - great photos esp. the one with the stools.The colors are wonderful.
We went to the Cafe there for the first time this year with my son and his family. They all loved it.
Enjoy your Cape time!
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