Not a Starfish picture, but still a delicious looking lobster
For my mother-in-law’s birthday, she chose Starfish Oyster Bed & Grill. Starfish is on a pretty popular top 100 restaurant list that I’m working my way through, so I was into the selection. It wouldn’t have been my first choice, but I was happy to get another check mark on the list.
Starfish’s menu isn’t posted online since it’s created daily based on the fresh fish they get. My mother-in-law had been there previously and they were out of lobster so she made sure to call ahead and order 3 females (apparently they are better, but I have no clue).
Since we came for the lobster feast, we didn’t really order much else – just one salad with goat cheese, candied pecans, and a great vinaigrette. We also got an order of fish and chips – haddock that evening.
The salad was huge and tasty, definitely worth getting if you can share since it took quite a while for the rest of the food to come. The fish and chips wasn’t what I expected or wanted. I like a delicate, tempura-like batter, rather than the bread crumbs they used here. The fish was also drier than I expected. Not perfect, but not bad either.
The star of the show was definitely the lobster. Lobster dinners either come with vegetables dripping in butter (how can you go wrong?) or fries. For our 3 lobsters, we had 2 orders of fries and 1 vegetables. The fries were the right combo for the lobsters, but the brussel sprouts, broccoli and baby carrots were all cooked perfectly. The lobsters came out in the shell with the claws on the side. So, we went at it with crackers, pokers and no bibs! It was sweet and tender and perfect with the melted butter. My first whole lobster – mission accomplished!
Final note: do not make the same mistake I did – no white pants for lobster eating.
Best: Whole boiled lobster with so much butter and super crisp, salty fries
Not the Best: Freshly shucked lemonade – too sour and not minty like it claimed
http://www.starfishoysterbed.com
100 Adelaide St (Church and Adelaide)
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