Long time no blog! I’ve been very busy sitting on the couch, clearly. A couple of weekends ago we went up to Point Pleasant for the seafood festival! Cook’s aunt insisted I had to see it at least once. Cook’s parents said it’s terrible and the lines are insane. So I didn’t really know what to expect, lol.
Luckily, as we are late risers in general, we made it to the festival at 2ish, and the lines were not as dreadful as I’d feared. There were all kinds of booths selling all sorts of things–in fact what sold me into going was that there was a stand that sold Lego minifigs. We didn’t end up buying any of them, but it was so great to see such a stand outside of a fan convention!
The saddest thing that Cook noted was that it used to be set up so that from far away you could see the entrance to the fair, which was a cute petting zoo. It would get all the kids excited and made it feel very welcoming and warm. This year, at both entrances to the fair were large (garbage?) trucks, parked to form a blockade for safety. We also saw SWAT officers roaming the crowd. While appreciated, it was sad to know public events have come to this. 😦
Now back to happier things–food! There were 5-6 local restaurants that had booths serving lobster roll, but I didn’t actually get any. Why? Because one of the stands had a BOMB lobster mac ‘n cheese and after I ate that I did not have any room left for anything else. I figured at least I now knew there were all these local places that had good lobster rolls, so in time I’ll hit them all up. There was also a stand with freshly shucked oysters, a sushi place selling hand rolls, and this awesome-looking seafood paella.
The mug was mine to keep! Except it was really heavy to carry around later so I semi-regretted it. I thought the lobster was just a bit on top, but there was actually plenty throughout. #worthit
There were, of course, options for non-seafoodies like Cook, who got a very tasty meatball sandwich. We also overheard some girls who were talking about one of the booths with wine tasting. She was very proud of the hat they gave out as a gift there lol.
All in all a fun and tasty time, and it introduced me to a few local seafood restaurants that I definitely want to try now. Hooray for food! And yes, the title of this blog is the official name of the festival, which just gets the “chicken of the sea” jingle stuck in my head…
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