I easily recall my favorite lobsta roll. It was from a tiny food truck, more a cart, but it was in Maine. Portland Head Light was the backdrop and I drank a can of Moxie soda.
When adverts for the arrival of this new “Shark Tank” funded business began to show up in my FB feed, I didn’t get too excited.
Over the years I’ve given up on the possibility seafood served in the Louisville area could ever approach the deliciousness of that in a coastal market. Once a year I track down the Maryland Crab Cake vendor, who does the local art fair circuit, but it’s never so good as when your eating them with the smell of the bay in your nose and seagulls overhead. I gave up on the Donner kebab truck long before they gave up in this market and don’t get me started on the futility of finding good bbq here!
Still I try. lol a few weekends ago we were in Evansville and so was this Couisins Maine Lobster truck. It was a coincidence but I instantly decided it was serendipity of the highest order.
Even better, it was parked in front of my favorite brewery there, Myriad!!!
Alas calamity. I was next to order when I pulled my wallet out only to realize my Amex was missing. No!
I stood there in a daze for a few seconds before I recovered my senses and moved aside.
CONAN! What is best in life?" "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the lamentations of their women or…a succulent lobsta roll.”
So, instead of eating a lobsta roll and drinking a fresh IPA, I drove an hour round trip to retrieve my card from the disappointing restaurant where we’d had lunch. Oh well…c’est la vie.
Today the truck is scheduled to be parked less than 20 miles from my house!
I will crush my doubts and drive the flooded road before me to hear the lamentations of the lobsta women.
I rolled up and there was no line. A Maine roll was my order. That’s chilled lobster without being drenched in hot butter. They’ve added a garlic butter option as well as a lobster grilled cheese, tots, and bisque. I wanted to evaluate their lobster not their butter, cheese, etc.
My verdict, not even the best I’ve had in Indiana.
This lobster was taken from the sea long enough their women have found new mates to look forward to lamenting. FYI in Maine, egg laying lobsters are not legal to keep.
For me, Cousins ain’t worth kissing.
