From sea to sandwich: In search of the best lobster roll ever

In Portland, ME, the lobster industry is more than a livelihood. It's a way of life. Now it's getting real. We just got our lobsters. Look at that. It's it's heavy. We went off about 15 miles off the coast of Maine to catch these. You don't get fresher, more locally sourced lobster than that. Nestled on Portland's waterfront, the Harbour Fish Market has been supplying seafood to Portland restaurants and customers for over 50 years. The lobsters are so fresh they can come from the ocean and be on your plate within minutes. Great job. I got a new job. You get a lot of tourists that come in here that don't have the ability to cook when they get home, so we offer the option of we will cook them and have them chilled for the consumer. I'm on this, the hunt for the perfect lobster roll. So I feel like we're on to something here. You're getting close, you're getting close. He wasn't wrong 'cause just a couple of blocks away, that hand picked lobster meat ends up here at the High Roller Lobster Company where its Co owners have spent years redefining a main classic. We grew up right over the bridge in South Portland and we decided that there wasn't anyone really specializing in lobster rolls. To differentiate ourselves, we made a few different sauce options, my Mayo, jalapeno Mayo, red pepper Mayo, a lobster butter and since then we've added more and more flavours to our menu. But I think that's really what allows you to kind of choose your own adventure when you're having a lobster roll that's a piece of art, It's a no frills, kind of a diner vibe restaurant, but you're getting a really elevated food product. And I feel like that's a lot of what Portland is. It's like pretty quaint, it's picturesque, but the food and drink scene is off the charts. Every time I come back to Portland, ME, like, I appreciate something different about it, whether it's the lack of traffic or how fresh the air is or how clean our water tastes, or how many amazing restaurants there are that you can go to on any day of the week.