Bytes: 880 X-Wren-Trace: eN/60tPKjceMjMjY1ZTb9sfeytzflZDb3ZOBjo6Fl8+Dl8yIn82ZgQ== Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:47:29 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.0.2.23 X-Complaints-To: [email removed] X-Trace: WReNphoon4 961598979 10.0.2.23 (Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:49:39 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:49:39 PDT Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu ne.food:11451 Professor wrote: >The Back Eddy is smoking their own barbecue this year, and with the cool >weather so far it has not been very crowded. Once it gets hot, the place >becomes terribly popular, and waiting to be seated is common. My advice is >to go now and beat the rush. > My wife and I ate at the Back Eddy last Friday night and had a great time. We split an amazing steamed mussels appetizer that used coconut milk among other things. She had the roasted codfish and I the fried seafood platter, which was very light on the batter and melt-in-your-mouth good. Next time though I must try the lobster pasta, their most popular dish. We were tempted by the raw bar platter, but at $45 it was a bit too steep for two. Stefan Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. Up to 100 minutes free! http://www.keen.com
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Tasting Notes: Jasper White's Summer Shack
I went with a friend to Jasper's Shack last week, and felt pretty much what everyone else has: it was OK, but not worth the money. Essentially, it's a fake "basic" seafood restaurant, at what seemed to me to be highly inflated prices. We both had one of the bluefish specials that actually came with side dishes (rice & salad), plus we split an appetizer of steamers. I had a glass of wine; my friend had a cup of chowder. Total price: $71. It made me long for a nice meal at Captain's Wharf in Coolidge Corner--or, for that matter, a meal at Clem & Ursie's in Provincetown, which is another "fancy" "shack," but with a huge menu, including some very good Portuguese stews. (I love that place. Other P'town favorites: The Commons (biggest outdoor dining area in town, I think); Cafe Edwige for breakfast; The Dancing Lobster is pretty good, though last time I was there I naively ordered a squid-prepared-in-its-own-ink dish, which the waiter said was "more like an olive oil sauce, less like a tomato-based sauce." I guess: very black and muddy, and when you dabbed your mouth, your napkin came away black and muddy. I mean, the stuff was really thick; definitely not the sort of thing to order on a date, unless one is dating a coprophiliac. (It tasted like not much, but maybe I'm not sophisticated enough.) I've had other very good meals there, and the service is always excellent (as it is at The Commons). Anyhow, the service at the Summer Shack was perfectly good, so maybe they're doing better on that score. The next night I ate at the Casablanca, and had a terrific meal (cod with a few fried clams and a sort of swiss chard moussaka) for about the same price--better ambience, of course, too. EMcC
To get to the Back Eddy from Boston's outerbelt, take Rt. 24 South past Fall River until you take Rt. 195 East and go just a couple of miles until you take Rt. 88 South. Once you've gone past Westport Point and over the bridge to Horseneck Beach take the first right where you'll see the sign for the Back Eddy. They're open for lunch too. Robert D. wrote: > > > > > > What I love most about the > > Back Eddy is the spectacular setting. > > Can someone give directions again please ! > >