lobster roll
Noun
Meaning
lobster roll (plural lobster rolls)
A New England snack consisting of lobster meat served on a grilled hot-dog-style bun, often with butter and seasonings.
Examples
A lobster roll doesn't need to be traditional to be great (even in Maine), and the one served at tiny Portland destination proves it.
As it tends to cool down further out East, don’t shy away from their specialty -- the hot lobster roll -- a butter-based sandwich with only whole pieces of steamed lobster to pile onto a toasted bun served on the side.
In the “Food Atheist” vegan lobster roll episode, Lynch makes a seaweed butter, which is spooned into the hot dog rolls first.
But nothing beats sitting on a picnic table on the coast of Connecticut, eating a lobster roll, drenched in hot butter, of course.
Chef Christian Adlawan’s menu includes ricotta beignets, fried chicken and bacon-stuffed waffles, smoked pastrami hash, mushroom frittata, Honor eggs Benedict, a Maine lobster roll, and the Honor burger.
I was with Cape Cod natives and they, too, proclaimed the $32 lobster roll the standard of excellence.