This was from Television Without Pity's review of the latest "Top Chef" episode in which lobster with vanilla creme seems to be the latest craze in Florida. The site made a reference to lobster ice cream made in Maine.
B&BCE also makes really excellent chocolates, and truffles the size of a squash ball, though I strongly recommend against buying anything there during Maine's off-season -- the time I did this, pretty much everything I got was grainy, and flavorless. (I assume they just don't sell enough during the winter to keep their stock fresh.)
Two people made a lobster/vanilla dish--one in the Quickfire, and Sandee (who was eliminated). Doesn't change the fact that the dish is popping up in restaurants.
and she got sent home because it 'wasn't barbeque', not because it wasn't good; they did say that it was tasty, just completely not the challenge she'd been asked to compete in.
primary source, Padma'a blog (http://www.bravotv.com/blog/padmalakshmi/2007/06/summer_soups_and_barbecues.php?page=4):
The chefs did a fantastic job overall and I can’t say I disliked any of the dishes but the most disappointing performance was Sandee since she did not actually grill anything and sadly this cost her the competition. I was sorry to see Sandee go, she seemed to have a lot of heart and great enthusiasm and I believe had she had a little more experience as a chef and listened to the requirements of the challenge more, she wouldn’t have risked serving something that wasn’t actually grilled or barbecued.
I kind of hoped that they would both be booted but it was Sandee who came up short. Her decision to poach the lobster and then just heat it on the grill did not impress the judges who were looking for a real barbecue dish.
I'm honestly not misremembering this.
(so once from a judge, knowing they don't air all the reasons, and once from just a viewer. it was the poaching/reheating instead of bbq that lost that for her, not the food)
yes, i know that is what lost it for her. but on the show itself, which i've watched several times, including today, they criticized the food itself as well.
Getting off topic. The purpose of the "Top Chef" reference was because the commentary mentioned lobster ice cream which would be one step up from the dish in question.
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Date: 2007-06-26 06:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-26 06:48 pm (UTC)B&BCE also makes really excellent chocolates, and truffles the size of a squash ball, though I strongly recommend against buying anything there during Maine's off-season -- the time I did this, pretty much everything I got was grainy, and flavorless. (I assume they just don't sell enough during the winter to keep their stock fresh.)
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Date: 2007-06-26 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-26 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-26 07:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-26 07:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-26 08:44 pm (UTC)Secondary sourcefrom film.com (http://www.film.com/tv/story/chillinandgrillinsandeegoesupinflamesontopchef/13982602/15220595):I'm honestly not misremembering this.
(so once from a judge, knowing they don't air all the reasons, and once from just a viewer. it was the poaching/reheating instead of bbq that lost that for her, not the food)
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Date: 2007-06-26 08:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-26 09:01 pm (UTC)