If you can go and explore a new place anywhere in America in 3 days, where would it be? Well, we chose Providence, Rhode Island! It's largely because my high school senior daughter wanted to do a campus tour of the Brown University. We arrived on Saturday night, toured the campus guided by one of her friends who is a Brown sophomore on Sunday, and came back on Monday. It's about 6-hr flight from LAX to Rhode Island international airport and I swear it has the best airport restroom in the world with big-pieced granite walls and fresh flowers in the small vases at the sinks, a practice that reminds me of Chick-Fil-A, not sure whether there is any association, LOL! Perhaps, I should do a separate review for the airport itself! LOL!
Thanks for your kind patience, now onto the lobster bread roll!
When we asked our Uber driver what was a must-try local cuisine/food, he responded without hesitation: lobster roll and clam chowder. We yelped and compared, of course, and decided to try Dune Brothers, so glad we did!
Since we have a whole day to explore Brown University, we strolled to RISD museum which took us ~12 min and then another ~12 min to Dune Brothers. It's located adjacent to a bus stop.
We would have ordered more food to try but it's just the two of us and our stomachs were still on California time and one glass of protein drink is usually my breakfast, so when we arrived at 1130am ( Dune opens at 11am), we were not terribly hungry.
Dune is an open air cafe/food-truck-like diner. Upon arrival, you would be greeted by the red umbrella covered wooden tables and benches seating atop of a sea of broken but smooth white sea shell pieces extending to a patch of green grass area. The venue is about 2/3 of the size of a basketball court. And there was even live music by a couple with beautiful voices and great guitar skills adding more loveliness to this dining experience. I could visualize parties renting this place for special events!
The lobster roll, yum! Highly recommended! $39 before tax was well spent, the lobster meat portions were generous and the companied brioche bread was a perfect match. My daughter devoured it! The fries were with good flavor too!
I pondered and decided on its whole fish which came in a big round tin dish, beautifully paired with pieces of pears and tomatoes. The fish was fresh and grilled to perfection!
Knowing where the restroom is always important to me: port-a-potty is on site or walk to the nearby office buildings.
I am dying to try the other items on the menu, whether my kid becomes a Brunonian, I shall return!
To make things better, there was a Sunday flea market across the street from Dune and that's where we spent our post- meal leisure time before heading back to the university. read more