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When I ran out of leftover fresh lobster salad, I made a Lobster Roll Plus: Lobster salad dressed with Dijon mustard and non-fat Greek yogurt, instead of mayonnaise and butter; smoked wild sockeye salmon and hard boiled egg -- all on a toasted whole-grain roll spread with pesto and a yogurt sauce.
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I had plenty of leftover fresh lobster salad for our first Lobster Roll, which I split with my wife. I spread basil pesto on the toasted halves of a whole-grain roll, piled lobster on organic spring mix; and topped it with homemade tzatziki, a non-fat Greek yogurt sauce with shredded cucumber, garlic, extra-virgin olive, lemon juice and dill.
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-- HACKENSACK, N.J.
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
Who doesn't love lobster? Especially now during the August bounty, when retail prices drop, then dip some more.
The lobster roll?
Not so much, because I can do without all of that saturated fat in the mayonnaise-and-butter dressing, and I'm no fan of stuffing lobster salad in a pedestrian hot dog bun.
In fact, I'm happy with a splash of fresh lemon juice over the meat from a whole lobster.
But when making lobster salad, I've come up with a delicious dressing I also use on canned fish salad (tuna, salmon and sardines), and Alaskan King Crab legs:
Dijon mustard, non-fat Greek yogurt, fresh lemon juice, Organic No-Salt Seasoning (from Costco Wholesale) and cumin, all to taste.
I also add diced sweet peppers and shallots or scallions; and fresh mint, basil and oregano from my garden.
To make the sandwiches, I sliced and toasted Whole-Grain Burger Buns from Balthazar Bakery at 214 S. Dean St. in Englewood.
The Basil Pesto also came from Costco.
To make the lobster salad last Sunday, I picked up three live lobsters from ShopRite, Forest Avenue and Route 4 in Paramus, for $5.99 a pound with a store card.
This Sunday, the price dips to $5.77 a pound at the Paramus store and other ShopRites.
They are called "new shell" lobsters, because they shed their old shells in order to grow, the ShopRite fishmonger said.
We enjoyed the same low prices on lobster last August: Coaxing sweet lobster out of their shells
The fine-dining restaurant on the 101st floor of the World Trade Center is likely the only one in Manhattan where you have to pay a hefty cover charge to get in.
One Dine, as the restaurant is called, isn't a club.
Instead, it is part of One World Observatory, and you can't eat there unless you pay for admission to the venue on the highest floors of the skyscraper, which tops out at 1,776 feet.
On Tuesday, an overcast day with rain in the early afternoon, that was $34 for adults and $32 for seniors. I had to buy tickets in advance for a specific day and time.
There are two other food options, One Mix with "handcrafted" small plates and cocktails; and One Cafe with soup, salads and sandwiches eaten standing up at high tables.
The restaurant, bar and cafe seem like an afterthought.
One Dine doesn't come close to the size or the grandeur of Windows on the World, the fine-dining restaurant on the 107th floor of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attack.
I had lunch at One Dine on Tuesday with my wife and son, and we enjoyed our food, which is priced on par with other fine-dining restaurants in the city.
However, One Dine wasn't taking part in Manhattan's Summer Restaurant Week promotion (3-course lunches for $29, plus tax and tip).
Plus, an 18% gratuity is automatically added to all One Dine bills.
We took an express bus to midtown Manhattan from northern New Jersey, where we live, then switched to the subway (E train to the last stop, World Trade Center).
The subway is connected to the incredible World Trade Center Transportation Hub, capped by the "Oculus," and you can enter the skyscraper without going outside, which I don't recommend.
You have to see the building from the street to really appreciate the experience of racing to the top in a high-speed elevator, and emerging on the observatory floors.
One of the best parts are movie-like images with sound on three sides of the elevator's interior that change rapidly, showing lower Manhattan from the 1500s (ground floor) to the present (102nd floor).
See: YouTube video
One World Observatory at One World Trade Center, 285 Fulton St., New York, N.Y.; 1-844-696-1776.
Web site: See Forever (if it's not raining)
But when making lobster salad, I've come up with a delicious dressing I also use on canned fish salad (tuna, salmon and sardines), and Alaskan King Crab legs:
Dijon mustard, non-fat Greek yogurt, fresh lemon juice, Organic No-Salt Seasoning (from Costco Wholesale) and cumin, all to taste.
I also add diced sweet peppers and shallots or scallions; and fresh mint, basil and oregano from my garden.
To make the sandwiches, I sliced and toasted Whole-Grain Burger Buns from Balthazar Bakery at 214 S. Dean St. in Englewood.
The Basil Pesto also came from Costco.
To make the lobster salad last Sunday, I picked up three live lobsters from ShopRite, Forest Avenue and Route 4 in Paramus, for $5.99 a pound with a store card.
This Sunday, the price dips to $5.77 a pound at the Paramus store and other ShopRites.
They are called "new shell" lobsters, because they shed their old shells in order to grow, the ShopRite fishmonger said.
We enjoyed the same low prices on lobster last August: Coaxing sweet lobster out of their shells
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| Where the lobsters are in the Paramus ShopRite. |
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| Last Sunday, I cooked the three 1.5-pound lobsters in boiling water in a large covered pot for 14 minutes, as the ShopRite cooking guide suggested, and the new shells cracked easily. |
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| The lobsters, which weighed a total of 4.5 pounds, yielded 1 pound of lobster salad, above, including the portion I had for dinner, below. |
Lunch on the 101st floor
One Dine, as the restaurant is called, isn't a club.
Instead, it is part of One World Observatory, and you can't eat there unless you pay for admission to the venue on the highest floors of the skyscraper, which tops out at 1,776 feet.
On Tuesday, an overcast day with rain in the early afternoon, that was $34 for adults and $32 for seniors. I had to buy tickets in advance for a specific day and time.
There are two other food options, One Mix with "handcrafted" small plates and cocktails; and One Cafe with soup, salads and sandwiches eaten standing up at high tables.
The restaurant, bar and cafe seem like an afterthought.
One Dine doesn't come close to the size or the grandeur of Windows on the World, the fine-dining restaurant on the 107th floor of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attack.
I had lunch at One Dine on Tuesday with my wife and son, and we enjoyed our food, which is priced on par with other fine-dining restaurants in the city.
However, One Dine wasn't taking part in Manhattan's Summer Restaurant Week promotion (3-course lunches for $29, plus tax and tip).
Plus, an 18% gratuity is automatically added to all One Dine bills.
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I loved a lunch special at One Dine on Tuesday, this wonderful Seafood Bouillabaisse (shrimp, bay scallops and swordfish) with Summer Vegetables ($32), but the swordfish was hard to detect. When I asked a server, she said it was a small piece of swordfish that probably "cooked away."
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My wife enjoyed the OWO Burger with Applewood Smoked Bacon, America Cheese, OWO Sauce and Fries ($26). My son's Steak & Frites came with Sauce Bearnaise and Oven-Dried Tomatoes ($28).
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My wife and son shared an appetizer of Spiced Chicken Wings with Hawaiian Pineapple Glaze ($16), but we sent back the first batch when she found blood near the bone of one of the wings.
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| One Dine on an overcast day. On Tuesday, we saw Robin Roberts, anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, seated at table with a half-dozen other people, enjoying a long lunch with champagne and wine. |
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| The dining room of Windows on the World in photos by Wayne Eastep, above, and New York Magazine, below. |
If you go ...
We took an express bus to midtown Manhattan from northern New Jersey, where we live, then switched to the subway (E train to the last stop, World Trade Center).
The subway is connected to the incredible World Trade Center Transportation Hub, capped by the "Oculus," and you can enter the skyscraper without going outside, which I don't recommend.
You have to see the building from the street to really appreciate the experience of racing to the top in a high-speed elevator, and emerging on the observatory floors.
One of the best parts are movie-like images with sound on three sides of the elevator's interior that change rapidly, showing lower Manhattan from the 1500s (ground floor) to the present (102nd floor).
See: YouTube video
Details
One World Observatory at One World Trade Center, 285 Fulton St., New York, N.Y.; 1-844-696-1776.
Web site: See Forever (if it's not raining)
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| The transportation hub, which connects the PATH commuter railroad to the New York City subway system, also is a shopping mall with restaurants. At 800,000 square feet, the structure is only the third largest transportation center in the city, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. |
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| The Oculus, as seen from One World Observatory, was designed to resemble a dove (a symbol of peace) spreading its wings. |
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| The mighty Hudson River. |
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| An odd-looking apartment tower in lower Manhattan. |
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| The Statue of Liberty, left, and Ellis Island. |
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| The Jersey City waterfront. |
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| The official Port Authority photo of One World Trade Center. |
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