The Ultimate LOBSTER ROLL Tour!! 🦞🥖 Best Lobster Shacks in Maine, USA!!

hey everyone hope you're having an amazing day it's mark wiens i'm in maine which is in new england in the northeastern region the very northeastern part of the united states it's absolutely beautiful here maine is the lobster capital of the united states one of the lobster capitals of the world and so today we're gonna go on an ultimate lobster tour of maine we're gonna eat boiled lobsters we're gonna eat lobster rolls we're gonna go up the coast we're gonna go to a number of different places i'm gonna share with you all of the incredible lobsters and all of the incredible scenery i'm so excited to be here [Music] welcome to georgetown maine this is absolutely picture perfect spectacularly beautiful on the coast the smell of the sea breeze and we are here specifically to come directly to five islands lobster company uh lobster boat has just come they're unloading some of the fresh catch [Music] oh these are soft shell lobsters and just yeah look at the size those claws are huge oh man yeah this is how fresh the lobster is that they serve here straight off the boat straight to your lobster roll [Music] they said that you couldn't film and then i went like this how about now they went oh okay you guys are serious and jeffrey has this it's not even a plate that's a platter jerry a lobster platter good news because they got the lobster roll for mere humans and then they have the big boy cool wow thank you about how many pounds are these that one's probably about three okay yeah i think is that the typical size the biggest they get is about five pounds because they have a minimum and a maximum for keeping up from the high socket to the back okay at least three and a quarter inches and it can't exceed five oh that's a lot toss them back off those are the bigger ones are the breeders so they try to keep the population strong so cool is this a big boy bun it is a big boy all right perfectly brown [Music] there you go all right so okay lobster is boiled and boiled in salt water right from our harbor here and then it's then it's mixed with a little bit of mayonnaise and then into the okay cool cool thank you very much we ordered the big boy it's called the big boy which is their extra-large lobster roll thank you very much beautiful we got it snacking first on these onion rings oh they're not over battered exactly and when it's like kind of half battered that's also a good sign too oh so good a little bit of pepper that onion is sweet claw tail it's got it all you have to part the potato chips is this even pickupable oh man you actually need two hands for this jeffrey we might need to sit down on the rock you have to cradle it you have to support it with two hands okay the only way to carry with one hand is to cradle it down your arm i love the ratio there it's at least like five to one in favor of the lobster it's face sized face sized that's so much lobster heavy yeah and literally you have to to palm it to carry it you can work out with those like barbells and what a location that just that makes a huge difference as well all right jeffrey you're ready for the cheers going in oh oh oh oh oh wow um lightly dressed she told me the lobster is mixed with just a little bit of mail tiny amount which i like yeah very light on the mail do not want goopy lobster roll and she also said that these are made with soft shell lobsters right yeah again boiled in sea water i doubt there's any extra salt added that's just the natural sea water the meat is so firm yet soft at the same time it's so sweet the mayonnaise is not overpowering the bread is not even there for anything but to be able to hold it together yeah there's a controversy about lettuce so i'm not gonna decide it in my opinion today but this has lettuce what i love about their lobster is yeah you can really taste the seeds it's briny it's that sea water that's bringing so much flavor to the already sweet lobster the texture is firm and meaty it's cool it's not over mayonnaised that is it's so incredibly good oh that claw that's totally different texture from the body [Music] their onion rings are spectacular here [Music] lobster roll was incredible and because they have both hard shell and softshell which is actually called the new shell lobsters here we thought it's mandatory for us to taste the difference so we're gonna order two more lobsters they're gonna boil them right we're gonna see them as they boil them right now hot and fresh in salt water and we're gonna be able to compare the difference between the two i like the soft shells better just because they're sweeter and more tender but there's less meat so there is that but i would prefer a new shell over a hard shell any day partials have their own perks too you know they can be really sweet but the bigger you go the worst condition the meat is i would say so this is uh this is a hard shell it's a hard shell okay all right this one's better you can touch them they're like once crunchier than the other i just got sprayed that is literally a lobster bathtub so how long do those boil for for like 15 minutes or so [Music] thank you oh boy this is it two more lobsters hard and soft shell mayonnaise and butter who's gonna win soft shell and this one is just completely rock solid yeah break off the claw yeah and then let's do the see if we can drink it remember that so yeah i think you break it keeping this up see the juice going out so you want to break off the knuckle and then we're going to try to drink the claw juice i've been eating lobsters all my life wrong and never did that oh wow that's like a little it's almost just increases your craving part because you've got that salty briny lobster it's like a lobster soup in there oh you still got more juice oh here's here's another move [Laughter] that is so pure it's that ocean water right there in this lobster which came out of that ocean that you can taste the atlantic in there what we're going to do is set aside the hard shell we'll we'll open the soft shell that way because definitely the best way to compare something is to take a bite right after each other then i'm going to get the juice okay take off the oh my gosh pop oh definitely the soft shell feels juicier immediately man maybe it's juicing out already cheers cheers oh my mouth is full okay i just drank a whole mouthful and just still juicy look at that you can break it with your kids with this one yeah but you do have you can see there's some empty space oh yeah there's a lot of empty space in there because of the soft shell look at that so that's what they also say about less meat in the soft shell look at that it's just like a little window it comes out slides out there we go so there you have hard shell which is still in the shell more developed meat and then we have the soft shell which is just like a little straight up nugget of soft silky soft i don't know if it means anything it's a little bit more red [Music] oh wow absolutely nothing to complain about the hardshell that's for sure nope it is sweet not sending it back it is so sweet it is muscular not hard by any stretch of the imagination but it is muscular okay soft here we go wow soft shell is also more salty for sure for me it's more salty it's more it almost has like a little squeezy a squeeziness is that if i can make up a word squeezy i like the squishies better of the soft whereas the the hard shell has more of that stringy almost crab like nice and easy it comes off you can see the tamale in there yeah the green so that's what some of the juices too so you squeeze ready squeeze which really matters on the hardshell and then you there it is slides out nice slide look at that start with the hardshell all right [Music] definitely chewier but it's like a robust flavor of lobster it's concentrated soft shell oh wow okay for me and the tail is where you can really taste the difference sweeter so sweet yeah and it's got better texture it's so sweet and has that silky you can almost feel your teeth squeaking like that that kind of texture to it wow yeah okay the salted butter that contrasts the sweetness of the lobster oh wow that compliments and doesn't overpower it wow oh wow yeah okay final thoughts this was a tough decision but jeffrey what are you off shell and butter [Music] so far it's just been jeffrey and i eating lobsters in maine amazing but i was wondering how could we liven things up mark join the party what do you guys think oh it's cheat yes i'd like to point out she's wearing i think oh yeah i came across look at that lobster you know she's serious that's right [Music] days crab meat and lobster it's kind of right along the highway and main road they're famous of course for lobster but they also have crab here and they have oh it's a lobster pound as well so they have live lobsters you can choose your lobsters they have a variety of other seafood as well okay can you squeeze that so here's the thing we got here at 9am as soon as they open but they don't start serving lobster rolls until 11am but they do you can get steamed lobsters at this time so what we're gonna do is we're gonna get some lobsters we're gonna get four lobsters and then we're gonna build your own lobster roll because they have the rolls available they have the seasoning they have the lobsters they just don't put them together for you until 11 a.m we'll do it ourselves thank you how long do they boil for 15 minutes 50 minutes and same for hardshell and hard and soft all right [Music] 15 minutes you know it's just soft i guess you can tell right you're gonna be able to tell pretty quickly okay [Music] oh thank you got the crackers [Music] lobsters are ready the rolls are ready we just have to prepare ourselves and they've given us these extremely convenient oh yeah i'm gonna do this technique where you break off the claw and then drink the juice the natural juice from the lobster claw one two three and then you can pump it wow oh yeah [Applause] that's an entire mouthful of salty briny lobster broth cheers cheers cheers shaking hands okay so now we're going to break down the lobsters for the lobster roll look off the tail oh look at that juicy interior should be freed oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i'm gonna make a lobster we've got the perfectly toasted rolls i like it with just a little swipe of mayonnaise moist but not overpowering the lobster pile here wow stuff it in oh with the row at the top top it with a cloth thank you jeffrey i'll go seasoning butter a little bit of the special seasoning from days and then a little bit of butter on top cheers homemade lobster rolls [Music] oh wow all that cheese in english yeah the season's really something is good with that seasoning like a paprika smoky salty flavor freak out for me oh sugar and then the lobster show wow sweet and fresh [Music] that was outstanding i love the lobster bib with the lighthouse [Music] next up today on the new england lobster trail we are at reds eats this is possibly the most famous lobster shack in the world many people say they have the best lobster roll in the world so we're in this town which i think oh man i oh man i'm forgetting the name of the place right now as i say but something like wicca wicca set or wooska set i also have to mention that they serve what is one of the most maybe the biggest the most stuffed the hugest lobster roll in maine famous reds eats reds eats here we are here we are probably the most famous lobster shack in the world and uh it's a blazing hot day so no one wants to stand in line it is a remarkably short line compared to other times that we've driven past that's true angie hi angie so um four lobster rolls a large onion ring grilled chicken what else did you say one would be fine and one blueberry and four waters is that it sounds good awesome perfect something i like is that the reds eats shack it just has so much character it's so incredibly iconic just the way it looks with the red panels with the reds each sign with the tree that is built into the shack well the shack is built around the tree lobster rolls are coming out soon but they brought the onion rings first which look incredible i love it almost looks like it's so crispy it almost looks like pork skin [Music] i hope you guys enjoy thank you very much so here's the story of what happened is that they have two things on the menu the lobster roll and then they have the you can pay a little bit more for the vegetables 275. but it doesn't actually say that it doesn't come without the bread without the roll so it's like the carbless version of it so we accidentally ordered the the one with vegetables and it didn't then we saw it didn't come with a roll so we got the whole pile of lobster but then they have brought out the rolls on the side so we're just gonna build it ourselves i think it's better we get to fill the lobster into the roll ourselves a tiny amount of mayo just to keep it moist [Music] the fistfuls of whoa it's really cold too fistfuls of lobster and you can tell that it's a mix of tail and claw meat first fistful of lobster goes in oh man even one handful of lobster and it's full already but you have to keep stuffing you have to fill it all the way that's so that's an incredible amount of lobster yeah no so much behind that is so much lobster that's insane it has to be like two full lobsters i thought they put it all in then they found it another cloth just pile it oh man that's a it's a mountain of lobster got lemon thank you a little bit oh yeah i'd love some lemon on that picking it up might be a mission oh you built it in your palm that was a great idea the roll is just barely heavier than aaron yet it holds up quite well six lobsters here that's the highest concentration of lobster to bun ever roll that we've seen before i don't know i guess i'll see in a minute like the pyramids of lobster all right here we go oh god i've got a whole tail in my mouth i like that it's cold maybe it's so hot out oh yeah it's cold it's juicy massive massive chunks of lobster i'm gonna drizzle on a little more butter the different textures between the claws and the tail the claws just kind of melt in your mouth the texture the tail has a lot more muscularity to it whoopie pie classic dessert from maine which is a classic main dessert oh nice [Music] so we have completed the legendary reds eats lobster roll and jessica what do you think not my favorite a lot of lobster which i love but in general the flavor wasn't there for me it's entertaining i get i get why it's famous you get a huge amount of lobster and a very little bit of roll so it's a very good photo you can kind of eat the lobster roll you can pull it out you can play with it it's kind of like a lobster roll play with it [Laughter] yeah it was it's it's very entertaining to eat it's fun and you can pick out chunks because they're so i mean it's just like incredibly overstuffed to the point where you can pick out chunks dip them in and then take a bite but definitely we have had better in maine and this is good though but we have had better yeah and i'd recommend it for sure for sure you go there yeah it's it's it's fun and it's fun it is fun yeah it is fun the employees were wonderful yep yeah staff are amazing and that is for sure the biggest single stuffed lobster roll that i've ever had and maybe ever will have from here we have one more lobster shack to go to which is gonna be a little bit of a drive but this next lobster shack that we're going to i think recently it has been rated as the number one the top of the top the best lobster roll in maine but we're driving straight there next it's a pretty far drive to get out here and we're on this island we're here to eat at a place called mcloone's lobster shack it is a picture-perfect setting the laid-backness the natural beauty the fresh air and we just talked with them they said that as opposed to boiling the lobsters all of the lobsters for the rolls all of the whole lobsters they're all steamed so that's a key difference in cooking boiled or steamed here they're all steamed my name is gabby and this is how we get our lobsters here we get them fresh from the water oh and then you just pull it and it's gonna start to come up from the ocean right there the lobster trap the wharf separates and goes through them sometimes there are two pounders any anything but these are our pound and a quarters right here the lobstermen band their claws sometimes you get blue ones if especially like you see this tint here underneath sometimes their whole thing is blue and so that's really unique every time you need to steam a batch you grab them from the ocean yeah steam them fresh and then put them back in the ocean they always go back down yeah cool thank you for showing us yes okay very cool so you're about to steam this lobster yeah it goes into the steamer okay take it out all right [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the roll is fried perfectly in goes a swipe of mayonnaise and then the steamed lobster goes in oh that looks amazing hi [Music] we're waiting on our lobster rolls which should be coming out very soon but in the meantime we've got a little snack grilled mane clams beautiful clams the purple shell on the outside too they are beautiful okay little works of art scoop it like scoop it all right cheers clams clam jam oh wow i think the greatest claim i ever had wow that caught me off guard i wasn't even expecting it to be very good we should be eating sitting down so you don't fall down oh so fresh sweet what i like about it is it has almost a little bit of a a bitter tinge to it which just complements the sweetness of the clam a little squeeze oh yes what's the worst that is insanely good clams that smoky char off the grill yeah the smoke kills it it's just so good your butter yeah they're just like half cooked they remain juicy so fresh and just that is complexity of flavor those are like maximum flavor clams after starting off with some clams we're going to have some clam chowder next before the lobster rolls smells beautiful looks beautiful made fresh there's potatoes in there there's celery nailed it this has got to be good for your health it's like it has to be an elixir which is so delicious oh yeah pizza broth no spoon okay [Music] oh wow the concentrated flavor of the clams yet not overpowering that creamy wondrous soup it's so warming the potatoes the starchiness of the potatoes just melt into it are you on vacation yes well visiting and eating another thing about this place is i love the random seating there's picnic tables around there's just chairs lawn chairs around we scored these rocking chairs rocking chairs oh that means i ever get up yeah i don't think you could possibly create a more perfect environment for a lobster roll just from looking at the lobster rolls you can tell they're shining they're glistening they almost look like they have constructed the perfect lobster roll you can tell that when you pick it up it's going to hold its shape you can tell that it's it even feels good in the hands and it's golden look look at how the lobster is perfectly nestled in there the bun the roll is perfectly golden crispy and it's shining that was insane oh i need to lean back in my rocking chair that is the perfect contrast of buttery crispy roll to cool stringy sweet lobster that perfect balance the menace is not overpowering it's just a swipe the lobster is served cool not hot oh wow that that combination that contrast that ratio that is impressively outstanding and rated again one of the best lobster rolls in all of maine they did say to re-juice it with some of the melted butter best lobster we've had so far oh wow just put that little sprinkle of butter that even magnifies the flavor of the lobster this is of the highest level of lobster roll and we have had this will be our first steamed lobster we have had boiled lobsters oh that's pretty good size too yeah all those claws are heavy break off the knuckle and then drink the juice so good you can pull off the cocktail the finger and usually some juice comes out of there too which you can oh it's coming out fast you gotta oh perfect and dipping the little dip in the butter it's so juicy silky smooth that one actually melts in your mouth and the condensed flavor of the lobster there's nothing i'd rather have in my mouth right now overlooking the sea in maine there's a simple point been made right here i mean we have to see if we what happens in the future but if you have to choose between steamed and boiled i think it's steamed because the boil toughens them up it appears and even it's in seawater that's nice but this steamed is like heaven yeah the texture the flavor moves one boom the hanging hanging tummly it's like an open mouth and a spoon and a scooper all at the same time look at that look at that texture it [Music] bounces [Music] the hint of bitterness from that homily [Music] the stringiness of that oh that is one of the single best bites of lobster i've ever had that you could possibly ever have ah this is truly a maine lobster roll destination a must visit when you're in maine and so that's gonna wrap up this first lobster and lobster roll tour of maine mcloons the best lobster roll i've ever had one of the best lobster rolls in maine probably the best lobster roll in the world it's so good and that's gonna wrap up this entire day of lobster it's been an amazing time to learn about the different aspects of lobster hard and soft shells how they're cooked from boiled to steamed and the process of what goes into making the best lobster roll and i'm gonna have all the information everywhere we visited in the description box below and also be sure to check out my friend jeffrey marahu from santa monica he owns heroic italian if you're ever in santa monico go say hi to jeffrey and also my friends jessica and brian from cheat day eats i'll have all their information in the description box below and i want to say a huge thank you for watching this video please remember to give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed it leave a comment below i'd love to hear from you and if you're not already subscribed click subscribe now also click the little bell icon and that way you'll immediately get notified of the next video that i published thanks again for watching goodbye from maine and i will see you on the next video

Channel: Mark Wiens

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Length: 34min 51sec (2091 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 10 2021