We’ve already spotlighted a Maine Lobster Roll for you, so to be fair, here’s the first look at a Connecticut Lobster Roll. With many more sure to come, The Lobster Post in Fairfield, Connecticut gave us our first buttery, juicy lobster roll of the season.
The Connecticut Lobster Roll highlights warm, juicy butter as the moist binding agent, unlike the Maine Lobster Roll that utilizes mayonnaise. In a battle of Northern versus Southern New England, the two types of lobster rolls each have their benefits. The butter provides a hot and savory element that a cold mayo-based lobster salad does not. But with the heated butter comes an element of urgency in eating prior to eating. The Maine style lobster roll invites creativity in the salad portion where other flavorful ingredients can be mixed in. But the mayo can be heavy and greasy (in a bad way), especially when used irresponsibly. That is not to say that one is actually better than the other. Each are delicious. And somehow even more delicious in their native states…
The Lobster Post has a diverse, creative menu that breaks down the barriers of both polar ends of the New England spectrum of lobster roll. It has a “classic” option, at least for Nutmeggers, that is dressed in warm butter. It also has a garlic butter sauce and a gluten free option. In addition, it crosses the Maine/Connecticut demarcation and includes a chipotle mayo dressed bun option that…you guessed it, has lobster dressed in warm butter, along with traditional BLT ingredients.
Lobster BLT
The lobster BLT came with delicious french fries that were hot, crunchy, and salty. The fresh addition of coleslaw to the basket left more to be desired with little dressing. Luckily, the star of the show, the lobster BLT, only left us desiring more lobster BLT. For the beginning of the season, the lobster was tender, meaty, and juicy. The bun was sufficiently buttered, with a nice toast, and the added lettuce, tomato, and bacon, added salty and fresh elements typically ignored in any lobster roll.
Putting the lobster BLT roll against the Slaw and Order 3-part lobster roll test for a Connecticut-Styled Lobster Roll:
- There was just enough lobster for the size of the roll. It wasn’t flowing over the sides of the roll, but it left you satisfied that you were getting your moneys worth. Check.
- It was more than sufficiently warm and buttery. Check.
- It was on a Maine-styled lobster roll bun with the slit in the bread on the top, and it was buttered and toasted on the outside. Check.
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