So Saturday night, I was ideally staring out the window, ponder what to make for dinner… when I spotted the Red Hook Lobster truck! They are the latest Truck in the DC food cart scene, serving up delicious Lobster & Shrimp rolls. I rushed over to Twitter to find their destination (hashtag = @redhooklobster ) and learned that they were going to be landing in Adams Morgan in 10 minutes. After a bit of frantic page refreshes, I got their final location and ran over, camera in hand… only to find myself at the back of a very long line.

Somehow in the time it took me to get around the corner, a line about 50 people deep had formed. Luckily it was moving, and a very motivational Wendy from the Truck kept things light hearted. We learned that they have two styles of lobster rolls. The first is a traditional Maine style roll, with chunks of lobster lightly dressed in a house-made lemon mayo and served cold. The other is a Connecticut style roll, where the lobster quickly sautéed and dished up warm with a butter sauce. Most importantly, both are served in a authentic, New England style, top-split bun from JJ Nissen, which is lightly buttered and toasted. I also unfortunately learned that they were all out of whoopie pies, which in my opinion justifies a trip back sometime.

It took about 30 minutes of waiting to get to the front of the line. I got a pair of traditional lobster rolls, for Carolyn and myself, and a bag of Cape Cod chips. We ate out on a stoop, which is just in range of the baby monitor, and had some watermelon. Take it from a couple of New Englanders, that is some lobster and a great way to spend a Saturday night. My photo even made it up on to their Facebook page!