- Fresh lobster meat
- Mayonnaise (or melted butter)
- Split-top bun
- Lemon, chives optional
Maine Lobster Roll
A Maine lobster roll. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
The Maine lobster roll is knuckle-and-claw meat, lightly dressed with mayonnaise (or served hot with butter, Connecticut style), piled into a split-top bun. The lobster should be the whole point; the dressing is a whisper.
Summer shacks from Kittery to Bar Harbor serve them dockside. The great debate is mayo vs. butter; Maine natives order it cold with mayo and judge accordingly.
Key ingredients
How it is eaten
Summer shacks from Kittery to Bar Harbor serve them dockside. The great debate is mayo vs. butter; Maine natives order it cold with mayo and judge accordingly.
Where to try it
- Red's Eats in Wiscasset (the famous line) and the Portland lobster shacks
- Any working-harbour dock in summer