In Plymouth, Massachusetts, after admiring the famous rock (that may or may not have been stepped on by the Pilgrims as they disembarked from the Mayflower...honestly, that's what the tour guide said), we were on the search for some good eats.
The Cabby Shack was recommended by the Tourist Center and it was only a short walk from said rock. That must have been lucky for the Pilgrims, too. They had to have been famished after that long voyage. So, in the spirit of the first settlers, and eager for lobster roll, we strolled on over.
Overlooking Plymouth Harbor, The Cabby Shack offers outdoor on-deck seating or an indoor dining room. Since the wait for an outside table was over 45 minutes when we arrived, we opted for the dining room. Although next to the bar area, the dining room seemed nice and fairly quiet, with standard 80's soft rock playing overhead at a reasonable volume. But...within minutes...the live band outside on the deck started competing with the radio inside in the dining room - and the cacophony of dueling tunes quickly became maddening.
Low blood sugar makes us cranky. Very, very cranky. Dear Cabby Shack management: Please, for the love of humanity, turn off the damned piped-in radio inside when you have live music playing outside. Your patrons will be grateful...and far less cranky.
Unfortunately for us, we were also disappointed when the waitress told us (loudly...so we could hear her) that their lobster roll was pre-made and therefore not available without mayonnaise (Okay, she probably didn't say "therefore," but who could tell over the din?). We prefer our lobster roll straight, á la Abbott's in Noank, Connecticut or Robert's Maine Grill in Kittery, Maine. And, although she offered to ask if the kitchen staff would be able to make a lobster roll without the mayo, she didn't appear hopeful. We declined...being far too hungry at that point to wait for someone to go out and catch a fresh lobster.
What? Was the alternative to wipe off the mayo from the pre-made lobster roll???
We ultimately decided to go with the Wicked Tuna and the Ginger Salmon-sation burgers with plans to each share half and they turned out to be excellent choices!
The Wicked Tuna burger was topped with cucumber wasabi and wakame (seaweed salad) and was cooked perfectly medium-well. The Ginger Salmon-sation burger, with ginger, cilantro, and green onions was just that...absolutely sensational. The accompanying sweet potato fries were average as far as sweet potato fries go.
You know what we would like to see? Sweet potato fry wedges offered on a menu instead of the usual stringy, greasy orange spuds. Don't great, big sweet potato wedges, sprinkled with fresh cracked pepper and sea salt on top sound absolutely delicious? How about getting on that after you turn down the music, Cabby Shack? Just remember whose idea it was. We'll be back, you know.
Make plans to visit The Cabby Shack to enjoy their wicked good seafood burgahs, or their famous lobster roll if you are a mayo-fan. Don't forget to bring earplugs.
And, send us a picture of your face in the giant lobster, will ya? Just don't bother to send us pictures of the rock. Once you've seen one weather-beaten slab that may or may not have been a part of American history, you've seen them all.
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