Ingredient
Lobster
Thirteen of the kitchens we read put lobster on the menu, on 31 plates. Sixteen of them turn up under entree, and it comes as a platter more often than anything else, on four.
From 40 menus · lobster is on 31 plates · How we read them
Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
How it comes
The forms it turns up in, most first.
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
How it's cooked
How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.
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The journey of lobster
The same 31 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.
| Ring | Commonest | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| How it's cooked | broiled | 8 |
| How it comes | platter | 3 |
| Where on the menu | entree | 3 |
| Other | 30 other steps, added up | 47 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 16 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| broiled | — | — | 8 |
| broiled | not stated | — | 5 |
| broiled | not stated | entree | 3 |
| broiled | not stated | not stated | 2 |
| broiled | platter | — | 3 |
| broiled | platter | entree | 2 |
| broiled | platter | not stated | 1 |
| fried | — | — | 3 |
| fried | not stated | — | 1 |
| fried | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| fried | platter | — | 1 |
| fried | platter | entree | 1 |
| fried | small-plate | — | 1 |
| fried | small-plate | appetizer | 1 |
| steamed | — | — | 3 |
| steamed | platter | — | 2 |
| steamed | platter | entree | 2 |
| steamed | not stated | — | 1 |
| steamed | not stated | entree | 1 |
| stuffed | — | — | 3 |
| stuffed | not stated | — | 3 |
| stuffed | not stated | entree | 3 |
| baked | — | — | 2 |
| baked | dip | — | 1 |
| baked | dip | appetizer | 1 |
| baked | entree-plate | — | 1 |
| baked | entree-plate | entree | 1 |
| simmered | — | — | 2 |
| simmered | soup | — | 2 |
| simmered | soup | entree | 1 |
| simmered | soup | not stated | 1 |
| boiled | — | — | 1 |
| boiled | pasta | — | 1 |
| boiled | pasta | entree | 1 |
| chilled | — | — | 1 |
| chilled | sandwich | — | 1 |
| chilled | sandwich | not stated | 1 |
| other ways | — | — | 4 |
| grilled | — | — | 1 |
| poached | — | — | 1 |
| seared | — | — | 1 |
| tempura | — | — | 1 |
Travels with
What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.
Dishes
Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.
Known for: tempura, corn, crema.
Our reading of the menu lists egg, duck and folded.
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Our reading of the menu lists broiled, crumbled and crab.
Our reading of the menu turns up braised, linguine and evoo.
Our reading of the menu turns up Our Tartar Sauce, crabmeat and crabcake.
Our reading of the menu turns up meat, birria beef taco and blu crab dip.
Boiled, baby back rib and baked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
Our reading of the menu turns up steamed, soft crab and crab.
The menu leans on country-fried, kaiser and tartar.
Where on the island
The 13 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Midtown | 3 | bayside · inland |
| Midtown | 2 | bayside · oceanfront |
| Uptown | 2 | inland |
| North OC | 1 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 4 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 1 | harbor |