Lobster? On A Cruise Ship??

[Piton1]

I am unable to understand the obsession with "Lobster Night" on a cruise ship. I can hardly believe there is a gigantic tank full of thousands (because that's how many passengers there are) of live lobsters toodling along the seas nervously awaiting their fate. Most likely they are pre-cooked and frozen and reheated at service.

 

Why in the world would anyone be excited and anticipating this? A frozen, dried-out crustacean produced in a mass-market manner?

 

Why in the world would this be a "feature" of Formal Night, as I usually eat my lobster in a tee shirt and jeans because it's going to go all over the place? Do you get a bib for your tuxedo?

 

When I want a good lobster I go to the local fishmonger and take it home and cook it myself. I might even drink a delicious Colt 45 with it. But at least I know my lobster is FRESH!

[KiranK]

I agree, they are always frozen, yuck

[Cotton]

Simple. If you don't care for lobster as served on ships, just don't order it.

 

There are probably many, many folks who have never had an opportunity to try lobster, or have it very seldom. It's not available everywhere, you know.

 

I love a good Maine lobster, but when on a ship, that's not what you get - so you go w/the flow, or order other entrees. No brainer.

 

Even though the lobsters aren't the best I've eaten, they are good for what they are (I've never had a tough one), and you can have as many as you choose to eat...at least that's the way it is on Carnival. A coupla lobster tails and prime rib makes a pretty nice meal.

 

To each his/her own.:)

[cowprintrabbit]

I think it's all in how much you like lobster - I will take it in any shape or form. I'm pickier about my chocolate than I am about my lobster - I'll even eat it a Red Lobster :eek:

[Cotton]

I'll even eat it a Red Lobster :eek:

 

Nothing wrong w/Reb Lobster.:) I get my lobster fix there about once a month (or at one of our casinos). They've alive and I choose my own, and I've always found they were cooked perfectly.

[cowprintrabbit]

Nothing wrong w/Reb Lobster.:) I get my lobster fix there about once a month (or at one of our casinos). They've alive and I choose my own, and I've always found they were cooked perfectly.

 

Completely unfair! I was in one in TX in January and they had a lobster tank, too! I have to drive an hour north or south from my house to get to one and neither has a tank. But like I said - any port in a lobster craving "storm" :)

 

Maybe it varies - I can't remember whether the one in Honolulu has one...

[GeminiA]

I prefer to buy lobsters live & cook them myself, or order them from a restaurant where they have live tanks for them.

 

I don't particularly look forward to lobster night, but most of the lobsters I've had on cruises are not bad. They aren't dry or stringy. A couple I had on the ship's specialty restaurants are quite good actually. They're good if cooked just right.

[caribbeanchickie]

I prefer to buy lobsters live & cook them myself, or order them from a restaurant where they have live tanks for them.

 

I don't particularly look forward to lobster night, but most of the lobsters I've had on cruises are not bad. They aren't dry or stringy. A couple I had on the ship's specialty restaurants are quite good actually. They're good if cooked just right.

 

Guess you haven't been on a HAL cruise....lol The 2 lobster tails I had were dry, stringy and just plain BORING. Did I eat them anyways? Yup I did. My craving my worse than a pregnant woman's 3am pickle and ice cream run....lol :rolleyes:

[sweetpea-2]

you can get whole Maine lobster on the Dawn in some of the specialty restaurants, we don't eat anything but Maine lobster, very picky that way, but it wasn't as good !

[naneo]

Going on Dawn June 16. Do they offer lobster everynight or just in specialty resturants

[The Monocled Mutineer]

The Riverside, West Bay, near Bridport, Dorset.

The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow, Cornwall

Wiltons, Jermyn Street, London W1

 

(In ascending price sequence)

[The Monocled Mutineer]

... unlike a cruise ship, they're fresh (live)

[happycat Bainbridge Is]

I have to agree that a lobster shack whole steamed lobster with a side of fresh corn, salt potatoes and a cold brew, where you consume all you can at a picnic table dressed in jeans and a t-shirt ('cause you're gonna wear part of it home!) is hard to beat.

 

But given what it is, I still order the lobster on cruise ships on lobster night (or any other time I can get my PAWS on it!) and it has only been kinda not great once.

 

So it all depends on what you expect and what you're willing to settle for ... and if you only like fresh steamed Maine lobsters, then order something else, and I'll take yours! :D

[Cotton]

Going on Dawn June 16. Do they offer lobster everynight or just in specialty resturants

 

Lobster is offered only on one night of the cruise - formal night. I haven't been on the Dawn, but my sisters have - recently - and that's what they told me.

 

They both think the lobster tails are a little better on Carnival, but ... simply a matter of taste. I'm sure you'll enjoy yours just as well.:)

[Leo Jay]

I am unable to understand what impels some people to post threads that serve no other purpose other than to try to insult other people's tastes and preferences.

 

Why in the world would you drag along a tuxedo and dress up for formal night? Why in the world would you spend an extra $30 for a specialty restaurant? Why in the world would you want to spend your cruise indoors watching a video? Why in the world would you stay on the ship instead of enjoying the island? Why in the world would you check your email on a cruise? Why in the world would you pay for overpriced photos? Why in the world... why in the world... why in the world?

 

Why? Because I'm not you. Thank the good Lord for that.

 

p.s. I'm allergic to shellfish. I'm just sayin'...

[Cotton]

:D .....because, Leo, everybody is different. Upbringing, lifestyles, etc. - we're all different.:D

[Leo Jay]

:D .....because, Leo, everybody is different. Upbringing, lifestyles, etc. - we're all different.:D

 

I'm afraid that's simply not acceptable. Why can't people understand that we should all share the same tastes and preferences? This whole "individuality" thing is just so much politically correct nonsense. You people are spoiled with your naive "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness" fairytale. "Freedom of choice?" Overrated. "Individual self-expression?" An invitation to Anarchy. Conform, conform, conform -- it's the only way!

:mad:

[Cotton]

Hmmm. Did somebody forget to take their meds?;)

[Nliedel]

The lobsters they have on cruise ships are in inferior, my nature. However, long freezing and overcooking are common. I'm not a fan. However, to each his own. Some people live for cruise ship lobster.

 

Leo Jay, funny post!

[JHCALLAHAN]

Apparently there is a considerable number of folks that like to dress up and eat lobster. So what?

 

I was reading a review of the Conquest a couple days ago, and this fellow was just ape over the hamburgers and pizza and couldn't wait for the next meal to get some more. Now for myself, I plan on finding something more exotic to eat on a cruise, but if that's what the guy likes, who cares? It's no skin off my nose. I'll eat his second rate lobster.:D I'm a steak snob, but I'll still take a second rate steak over a first rate pickle loaf sandwich.

 

You wanna see some lousy lobster, try the midnight special at the Fremont in downtown Vegas. Looked like a couple of overgrown mudbugs wandered too close to a nuclear warhead test!:eek: I've made beef jerky that wasn't that tough. I won't even comment on the "steak" that came with it. Somebody ought to let them know they're supposed to cook the INSIDE part of a dead cow, NOT the outside!

 

My 2 cents.

JHC

[Weeze624]

I think it's all in how much you like lobster - I will take it in any shape or form. I'm pickier about my chocolate than I am about my lobster - I'll even eat it a Red Lobster :eek:

You and me both! I am much more likely to comment on the taste of chocolate. :) I do love lobsterthough and will enjoy it as long as it is not slimely or really dry.

[bakechef]

Growing up in Maine the first cruise lobster experience was interesting for my parents. They both ordered the lobster and didn't know what to say my, dad said it didn't taste like lobster, and having the waiter take it out of the shell was also foreign to him, in the tourist restaurants in maine they have what is often called "lazy man's lobster" already shelled and at about double the price. To a Mainer lobster is a casual food often eaten outdoors with the same tools that you use to crack nuts.

 

I can see how many would like it especially if you haven't been spoiled growing up with the good stuff, but to a Mainer lobster isn't usually a formal affair!

 

So if you enjoy cruise ship lobster eat up, but if you ever find yourself in new england eat the real deal. In Bar Harbor Maine, you can often find early bird lobster dinners (whole lobster) for around $15.

 

MAC

[EggDropErin]

I like my lobster in any shape or form. :) I'm like another poster on here...I'm pickier about other things.

[dakwriter]

Growing up in Maine the first cruise lobster experience was interesting for my parents. They both ordered the lobster and didn't know what to say my, dad said it didn't taste like lobster, and having the waiter take it out of the shell was also foreign to him, in the tourist restaurants in maine they have what is often called "lazy man's lobster" already shelled and at about double the price. To a Mainer lobster is a casual food often eaten outdoors with the same tools that you use to crack nuts.

 

I can see how many would like it especially if you haven't been spoiled growing up with the good stuff, but to a Mainer lobster isn't usually a formal affair!

 

So if you enjoy cruise ship lobster eat up, but if you ever find yourself in new england eat the real deal. In Bar Harbor Maine, you can often find early bird lobster dinners (whole lobster) for around $15.

 

MAC

 

I had to smile at this one.:rolleyes: How true, how true. Those of us who have easy access to really fresh foods are so fortunate. No one gets the best of everything, though. I live in Florida and whenever I have guests from out of state I make a point of serving fresh-squeezed orange juice. Being used to only having access to bottled juice and frozen concentrates, my guests often say they never realized OJ could taste so good. Unfortunately, then the poor souls have to return home to canned concentrates, a product which I abhor. My sister in Iowa is "spoiled" by having access to delicious cornfed beef. My sister in California takes really fresh fruits & veggies for granted. My friend in Alaska gets the very best salmon. Etc., etc., etc.

 

If I grew up enjoying fresh lobsters I, too, would be disappointed by what the rest of the nation is stuck with. Count your blessings, Mac!:cool:

[bakechef]

I had to smile at this one.:rolleyes: How true, how true. Those of us who have easy access to really fresh foods are so fortunate. No one gets the best of everything, though. I live in Florida and whenever I have guests from out of state I make a point of serving fresh-squeezed orange juice. Being used to only having access to bottled juice and frozen concentrates, my guests often say they never realized OJ could taste so good. Unfortunately, then the poor souls have to return home to canned concentrates, a product which I abhor. My sister in Iowa is "spoiled" by having access to delicious cornfed beef. My sister in California takes really fresh fruits & veggies for granted. My friend in Alaska gets the very best salmon. Etc., etc., etc.

 

If I grew up enjoying fresh lobsters I, too, would be disappointed by what the rest of the nation is stuck with. Count your blessings, Mac!:cool:

 

When I had fresh squeezed OJ in florida for the first time, it was like I had never had orange juice before, it was just so different, truly a treat.

 

I enjoy eating regionally when I travel, eat what they are famous for! Like in the south, fried chicken, biscuits, and sweet tea just don't taste the same anywhere else!

 

MAC

 

MAC