Well it was bound to happen. Tonight we tried one of my hand picked and recommended restaurants and it was just meh. We went to the Island Creek Oyster Bar. The service was good. The environment was very nice. Loud and busy without being too loud or feeling crowded. The oysters were very good. The clam chowder was excellent, and we should have stopped there. We had their two signature dishes, Lobster Roe Noodles and Mrs. Bennet's seafood casserole. The noodles were nice, but nothing all that special and the other ingredients did not at all seem to go together. There were crunchy brussel sprouts. Good, but too strong for the subtle noodles. Lobster that was overcooked and rubbery, braised short ribs that were tasty but again too strong and altogether wrong for the delicate noodles. The seafood casserole had lobster, fish, and other seafood in a light sauce. The lobster was again overcooked, the fish was nice as was the scallop, but the sauce was too mild and had no definition and the rest of the dish was just plain. If I had been served it at Red Lobster I would have thought it an ok dish. For a specialty of the house in a restaurant like this it was just not good. They were out of the squash side dish we wanted and we ended up with Boston baked beans. I have had doctored canned beans that were better. I would not hesitate to go back and get soup and oysters, but the rest of the menu I would probably skip.
Tomorrow we head for Salem and with luck our choices for tomorrow will prove better. I am counting on having a lot of fun people watching. The weather should be good for it and from everything I am reading, Salem should be filled with interesting folks.
Go Bears!
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