specific food choices - best of - lobster q

greetings, just finished scouring the key west menu guide. well, that certainly is an adventure. interesting, but generally confusing.

so, help me out. the best of lists. (iyo of course)

wife: eggs benedict

me: french toast or waffle %26amp; spicy sausage, fried fish %26amp; friend potatoes with tobassco is good for breakfast too, but hard to find

lunch - quesidilla and bisque (any kind of fish bisque)

or conch fritters (where MUST we get some?)(note: i did forum research on this topic - in july 06 the choice was B.O.%26#39;s or Hogsbreath - any new players on the block?)

dinner - fresh shrimp over angel hair pasta

general q - what is the difference between a florida lobster and a maine lobster? thanks

(and why is a%26amp;b so darn expensive?)

specific food choices - best of - lobster q

A florida lobster isn%26#39;t a lobster, it%26#39;s a crawfish. No claws. A vile, satanic torture of the palate. A Maine lobster is the proper lobster, sweet, mild, served with salty drawn clarified butter....a a delight. Pricey, yes.....but well worth it.

JMO!

specific food choices - best of - lobster q

For breakfast I think you%26#39;d enjoy Alice%26#39;s....she serves several wonderful creative benedicts (an order is two english muffins full...we split an order, she also serves 1/2 orders) as well as your traditional repast that you enjoy. She also has a wonderful spicy vodka-laced conch bisque.

Santiago%26#39;s Bodega has a shrimp bisque that is quite tasty too, and lots of small tapas type plates to sample.

For breakfast I would recommend Sarabeth%26#39;s. The french toast is divine. Check out all the reviews to get an idea of the great food.

Yes, Key West Taxi is correct- as always- Florida Lobster only has tail meat - no claws ( which is where I as a Massachusetts girl think the best meat is) - so you get a cheap imitation if you get Florida Lobster. It%26#39;s sort of like those African lobster tails , really. In Key West, I stick with their wonderful shrimp. I feel sorry for tourists who come to Florida wanting lobster- go to New England! In Florida enjoy the fresh fish, stone crabs ( Oct- May ) and shrimp- but the lobster here is a poor second cousin!

If you want Maine lobster here they will fly it in and you will pay too much for it! You may as well order it in MO!

For eggs Benedict you have quite a choice...

Rooftop Cafe on Front Street

Eggs Benedict $11.00 Poached Eggs and Canadian Bacon on an English Muffin with Hollandaise, or the Benedict of (my) choice...

Chesapeake Bay Eggs $16.00 Poached Eggs with Our Award Winning Shrimp %26amp; Crab Cake with Hollandaise.

Blue Heaven On Petronia and Thomas

served with poached eggs, english muffin with lime Hollandaise -

Vegetable Benedict 鈥?Ham Benedict Sausage Benedict 鈥?Bacon Benedict 鈥?Beef Tenderloin Benedict

Two Friends On Front

Eggs Benedict

Traditional with Canadian Bacon %26amp; Hollandaise , or

Crab Benedict

With Homemade Maryland Crab Cakes %26amp; Hollandaise

Just for starters.

Pjk

And if you don%26#39;t mind substituting tortilla for quesidilla, Blue Heaven for lunch...

LUNCHEON TORTILLAS

Black beans and brown rice, melted cheese, sour cream,cilantro salsa and avocado on top of a flour tortilla - available with saut茅ed tofu or jerk chicken

Pjk

~~Ohbo~~ It would not be right to even compare a Maine

Lobster with a ';Florida lobster';. As KWT said-- Its a

';proper lobster'; and known world wide as the best.

I feel that its simply the right thing to deliver them to you

overnight. I am willing to make that sacrifice %26amp; jump on a plane

and return to KW to assure you the FRESHEST, tastiest, sweetest

delicacy our chilly waters offer. Yup, I%26#39;ll do it!!!!! Now just

send me the CC# and I%26#39;ll book it asap. (lol) ;)

~~

Cheers!!

^-^

I realize I%26#39;m the lone voice in the wilderness, but I would choose a Florida lobster over a Maine lobster any day.

';Woooooo....'; (making desparately lonely coyote voice)

Sunshine, you%26#39;re not completely alone. I am a big fan of FL lobster, and Maine lobster not so much, usually, although I think that%26#39;s because it%26#39;s so often overcooked and/or not fresh.

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