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| - Riddle me this, why would a guy who doesn't much care for most fish and has a shellfish allergy come to Red Lobster? Well, I like the cheddar bay biscuits, Ceasar salad and garlic mashed potatoes. I used to get the shrimp scampi before I developed this pescky allergy.
No, there is not much food here at Red Lobster for me to eat but I can usually find something aside from the items mentioned above. Today I went for lunch and got a create your own lunch of fried clams, chicken strips and mashed potatoes. Of course the cheddar bay biscuits are complimentary as is a salad.
I went with Italian dressing on a regular side salad this time rather than my regular Ceasar. I've got to say, it was damn good. Like a raspberry vinegrette. The biscuits were amazing today too. Crispy on the outside. Soft and fluffy on the inside. Buttery. Garlicy. Cheesey. Delicious. The clams were good but its hard to mess them up. They are served with tartar sauce but I asked for cocktail sauce. I used both. I love a good cocktail sauce and it is my go to for fried clams but the tartar sauce was great too. Lightly sweet. I would love it on a fish sandwich. The chicken fingers were average. I realize this is Red Lobster and not Raising Caine's so I'll give them a pass. The honey mustard they serve with it was good but like the clams, its hard to mess up. And finally on to the the potatoes. I usually love the potatoes from here. Today, though, they were dense, dry and heavy. I like that they were left a little lumpy but they could have been creamier.
I don't come to Red Lobster very often given my limited options. But I do stop in here and there. Its a little pricy when you consider what I get is pretty well average. $3.50 for an iced tea seems a lot. And almost $7 for a piece of cheese cake had me running to BK for dessert. But the service was good, fast and friendly.
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