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Does anyone here eat seafood, shellfish and mollusks specifically? Since my takedown in January I've been weary of eating the above, but I went to a wedding last night and the cocktail hour had a raw bar. Being a lover of oysters and clams, I was tempted and decided to have a few along with some shrimp. I'm pleased to say that I had no issues and was happy I was able to eat something I hadn't in awhile. Has anyone else found that those types of seafood go down relatively easy?

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CT, I was just in Mystic this past weekend.  The lobster roll looks great!  Is that a pretzel that it’s on?   We ate at Noah’s in the Stonington Borough.  Tuesday, we went for a boat ride from Essex to Greenport, Long Island and I had shrimp tacos at Claudio’s.  I never have problems with seafood.  Those oysters look great.  We usually go to  Matunuck Oyster House in Rhode Island for our Oyster dinners.

CTB23,

Unfortunately I took that pic at such an angle that you cannot see the actual lobster roll but it wasn't served on a pretzel but the usual lobster roll. It's kind of hidden by all the lobster meat.

OK two last pics and it was the absolute best seafood meal of the summer. My father and I on July 31 took the ferry from Bridgeport, CT to Port Jefferson, NY. In Port Jefferson we found the most wonderful little seafood-Italian restaurant called Pasta Pasta. My entree was a seafood ravioli stuffed with crayfish, crabmeat and shrimp in a creamy Cajun sauce topped with scallops and andouille sausage and asparagus. Tasted like fine haute cuisine:

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CT, definitely going to Red 36.  We will probably plan a couple of days once summer is over and Mystic isn’t so busy!  That lobster roll looks fantastic as well as the oysters.

I was at Red 36 on July 17, it was crazy busy that day. It's located a little outside of downtown Mystic, around a 10-15 minute walk. You go over the Mystic River drawbridge, walk one block down, take a right and then it's 3 blocks down (on the Mystic River). Red 36 has an enormous parking lot so you can park there, or if it's a nice day park at the municipal lot and walk over, although parking in Red 36's lot appears to be free so you might want to dump the car there.

My friends and I are planning a trip back to Mystic this fall as well. While I was there I took note of Bank and Bridge, the new microbrewery that opened up in early July  (next to Mystic Pizza where Julia Roberts once waited on tables) . So we are going to stop there next visit and then probably back to Red 36 for more seafood.

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CTBarrister, what's your favorite beverage to wash that all down with? I like a nice cold amber ale with my oysters.

The answer to that depends on where I am and what is on the menu. Generally speaking the answer would be white wine (Chardonnay or Riesling), although I have washed raw oysters and clams on the half shell down with beer. My taste in beer runs to high alcohol content saisons and fruited sours.

Yeah Red 36 is kind of hidden and a little ways out of the downtown, so it isn't as visible to the tourist foot traffic, yet it's huge and very crowded. I am glad to hear you enjoyed it!!! As a matter of interest I will be in Mystic Saturday with my father and a friend of mine who is coming up from New York City and staying at my place for the weekend. Our plan is to visit the Mystic Seaport and Aquarium and then we will probably have lunch at Red 36.Fortunately the weather looks like it will cool off a bit on Saturday.

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I never had a problem with steak, roast beef or any red meat with one exception: steak tartare in Montreal in 2014. Steak tartare is shaved raw steak mixed with a pepper sauce. It's raw meat, and is like a shaved sushi of raw red meat and then mixed and marinated with a red pepper sauce. It's very popular in Montreal and I tried it. I was nauseous within 45 minutes and had dry heaves (which was really weird and I never actually puked). The nausea was eventually alleviated by drinking ginger ale at the suggestion of my dinner companions. I was later told by knowledgeable locals that steak tartare can be difficult to digest for some people. However I never had the same issue with rare roast beef, which of course is different than totally raw/uncooked.

I have no problem with any seafood cooked or raw. The group of guys I went to dinner with last wanted to order ceviche, but I don't care for it. So we settled on raw oysters instead. I don't mind raw oysters or sushi but for some reason I never really cared for ceviche.

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5CEB8D54-5BEB-474C-B9E9-C0FC327374A2Here is another J Pouch-friendly seafood: stuffed clams at The Fisherman in Groton, Connecticut. As you can see from the pic they are served here on a bed of red sea salt. While this makes for a decorative dish, it's a terrible idea from a practical standpoint, because I found that chunks of the clam stuffing would fall off my fork and into the dish, becoming coated with the salt. The clams really did not need any salt at all and were quite tasty.

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