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Boston food guide: Lobster rolls, clam chowder, historic eateries
Boston food guide: Lobster rolls, clam chowder, historic eateries
The Hindu has published a guide to eating in Boston, focusing on the city’s signature dishes: lobster rolls and clam chowder. The article highlights Harvest at Harvard Square, Legal Sea Foods’ Harbourside…
The Story in Brief
The Hindu has published a guide to eating in Boston, focusing on the city’s signature dishes: lobster rolls and clam chowder. The article highlights Harvest at Harvard Square, Legal Sea Foods’ Harbourside restaurant, and the historic Union Oyster House, which has been open since 1826. The guide notes that Boston hosted seven matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, including a quarter-final, at Gillette Stadium. It also recommends the Connecticut-style lobster roll, served warm with butter, and the Maine-style, served cold with mayonnaise. The Union Oyster House, a National Historic Landmark, once served US presidents including John F. Kennedy.
The Indian Opinion
Food guides often paint Boston as a city of overpriced seafood and tourist traps. The Hindu’s piece shows a more layered reality: the same bowl of clam chowder can be found at a Michelin-honoured restaurant or a 200-year-old oyster bar. The real test for a visitor is not whether to order lobster, but which style, Maine or Connecticut, and whether the cornbread at Union Oyster House lives up to the hype. That is a question only a hungry traveller can answer.
Source: thehindu.com
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