Wny the fascination with lobster?

[Sparky2]

I usually have lobster twice when I visit my sister in Maine. I also will have lobster rolls.

 

I still do enjoy having 2 lobstertails and each of my B2B cruises. They may not be as tasty as the ones I have in Maine, but they are still good.

[dd2355]

I have never had lobster at all so I am super excited to try it.

 

Just remember -- cruise-ship lobster is essentially a mass-produced product that's been stored for several days. It's not going to compare to fresh lobster from a moderate to high end restaurant. Go ahead and try it, but know that it's not as good as it can be.

[awhcruiser]

No good lobster available where we live. Not willing to pay $50 for a lobster dinner even if I could find it, and Red Lobster serves rock lobster which is not the same as what is served on the ship.

[1313steve]

No good lobster available where we live. Not willing to pay $50 for a lobster dinner even if I could find it, and Red Lobster serves rock lobster which is not the same as what is served on the ship.

 

 

Isn't Cedar Creek just outside of Austin?? I've had great lobster at Eddie V's and Truluck's! :)

[JimAOk1945]

going on a cruise, dressing up a bit on elegant night and being served lobster (even if it's Red Lobster quality), is a treat and a departure from the ordinary, thus the excitement.

 

This is what makes it a special experience for so many whether it's on a Carnival cruise or another cruise line!

[awhcruiser]

Yup..And we love Eddie V's...but not willing to shell out $50 for a lobster dinner. We have not tried Trulucks yet.

Isn't Cedar Park just outside of Austin?? I've had great lobster at Eddie V's and Truluck's! :)

[1313steve]

Just remember -- cruise-ship lobster is essentially a mass-produced product that's been stored for several days. It's not going to compare to fresh lobster from a moderate to high end restaurant. Go ahead and try it, but know that it's not as good as it can be.

 

That's a great point! Maybe that's why I've never been much of a cruise ship lobster fan because it just isn't very good when compared to some of the fresh lobster I've had in great restaurants.

[JMKreno]

I don't even truly like Lobster enough to eat it at home (won't pay for it) nd my wife is a vegetarian and so seafood restaurants are pretty much a no-go for us, but if I can get one on a cruise that gives me an added bonus.

 

I see it like this: if something is convenient to someone at home it is less likely to be a perk on a cruise. But to someone else it might be a huge deal. I live in Nevada and can gamble at the nearby gas station or while buying groceries so the casino on board doesn't even make me give it a second look but some people can't wait to go.

 

 

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[sjn911]

I had tried lobster so long before my first Carnival cruise I could not really remember the taste..it was Lobster "tornados" at a nice restaurant in Marina del rey in the late 80's.

 

So in 2009 with new friends at a great solo table on the Paradise..it was so "cool" and perfectly done..i wish I had known I could ask for seconds!!!

 

Unfortunately, the second time on the Spirit , 2012 Easter..it was terrible..even if both were the smaller type..overcooked and cold and tasteless and butter made it worse..

I had waited 30 minutes and just could not face trying another...

 

I just am so tempted with the good solo deals now to try again but the food service was just awful on that cruise...so happy to keep reading good reports...Sarah

 

PS..I had a Montana beef is best sticker on my Ford Pinto in high school and LOL we ranched..that was a summer only town to work car...so now you know why lobster was not on the radar...LOL..Sarah

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[mikedw]

Great post. It is all relative.

 

I agree, living in Maryland, I get sick of seafood sometimes because I eat it all the time. I think I had the duck instead of the lobster on elegant night of my last cruise.

[missy428]

It's more the fact that I can have several tails without having to pay for each one of them :) But I LOVE seafood, so I get very excited about any kind if seafood offering...

 

 

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[grumpyjr88]

I think there is a bit of a difference in the lobster served in the MDR for formal night and the $40 lobsters on some restaurant menus. Overall, the tails in the dining room are small to medium, I doubt any restaurant is getting 40 bucks for that. The size and quality of the lobsters in the MDR is about the same as red lobster offers on it's platters. Carnival offers the large Maine lobsters in the steakhouse on board some ships. That is what I would compare to the $40 and up lobsters in restaurants at home.

 

 

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Obviously I would not pay $40 for the tail that you get in the MDR, however, I also cannot afford $40 a pound for lobster here in DC.

 

That's good to know about the lobster served in the steakhouse...I'm so gettin' it!

[moxie99]

we never order lobster on the ship..... Come to Maine and have a lobster dinner on the shore in your jeans and t-shirt in the middle of the summer - then you will know what "good" lobster is.

[sjn911]

I have heard that the steakhouse lobster is the Maine lobster. I too want to try that.

 

I find it good..but so rich and sweet...same for crab...and scallops are almost too rich for me..but a big juicy perfect tenderloin is not too rich..our strange taste buds....and what we grew up with....sarah

[mousey]

If you're someone who doesn't eat lobster on a regular basis or who frequents fancy restaurants, then going on a cruise, dressing up a bit on elegant night and being served lobster (even if it's Red Lobster quality), is a treat and a departure from the ordinary, thus the excitement.

 

It's all relative, and everybody's reaction to cruising will vary greatly based on their own life experiences. Some may feel like royalty being served lobster on a Carnival cruise. Others will have similar reactions to yours.

 

 

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Well said Tapi!:D

[sjn911]

Well said Tapi!:D

 

Agreed...love how Tapi puts reason and heart into things...:).

[mousey]

I love getting the lobster on the ship because I can eat as much as I want. The DH, DS, and I usually order two each. We couldn't afford to do that at a land restaurant as it would be way to expensive.;)

[PAPERBKWRITER]

I always look for fish but for some reason I have no taste for lobster. With the cost I guess I'm lucky.

[jay49307]

Like others I think it is a nice treat. My wife does not eat seafood and hates the smell of it so the only way I get it is on a cruise or red lobster which isn't very often

[moxie99]

it is definitely NOT fresh Maine lobster - it is flash frozen Lobster tails - they are still a few steps above "Red Lobster" but until you have had a FRESH Maine lobster --straight off the boat to the pot ....then you don't know what fresh is! We often times meet a fishing boat as it comes in and they have big outdoor fires and pots going - the lobster goes immediately into the pot - now that is "fresh"! Keeping a lobster alive in a tank works, but it's not fresh from our cold Maine waters.

[CheckersMidwest]

We don't have a single restaurant in our town that serves lobster. In fact, I'll have to go to the city (2 hours one way) to get it. Steak on the other hand, is a dime a dozen in the Midwest - including at home from your own cattle. Nothing better than a KC strip or a good old T-Bone or a ribeye. Having steak out somewhere is not 'special' to us, but lobster and good seafood is.

[sjn911]

Also want to add the dinners out and fortunate college early travels made the last 30 plus years a long wait..LOL..much less in excitement and less eating out..each year less as savings more important...so yes..I consider the dining room special and important and have had "good" lobster and prime rib on Carnival!! My favorite dish is the half tenderloin/or tender steak and half brisket beef dinner..forget the name but that was fabulous...

 

Plus the cold berry soups...and perfectly cut fruit you can always order. Trucked in fruit in winter is just not the same here in Montana as a closer to coast place..for one so hard to do anyway...sarah

[davy jones]

Last summer, I was on a Canada cruise on the Glory. Portland ME was the first port of call. It was lobster night. We stopped at a seafood market at the harbor and purchased some lobster meat and had it. It was good.

 

The lobster served that night at dinner was better than the stuff we had at the seafood store. It was the best we ever had on a cruise, by far. It made me wonder if they loaded up on lobster tails while in port. (They were still small tails)

[devildawg23]

Being from Nebraska, lobster is a very special dish. I am sure to people that have access to it more, the lobster on the ship is very mediocre. Its the same reason I do not get excited by the Prime Rib or the steak on the cruise. I can make it a 1000 times better at home with my freezer full of a whole beef.

[sacnaillady]

When I had the lobster last time on Liberty it was horrible, over cooked and small. I think I may order it on the side but order something different as a back up. It kind of took the specialness of lobster out of it for me. I'm going to the steakhouse on my June cruise, I hope the lobster is better in there!