Today was the day that we went on a food tour around the Old Port area of Portland and we stuffed ourselves silly! The tour was really great and we spent the whole morning wandering town, snacking, and learning a little history too.
We started off at a store called Vervacious and sampled mead, lobster on a cracker, and mango with chocolate balsamic and curry balsamic.
From there, we walked to a nice local cheese shop and sampled various cheeses (a couple of raw cow's milk and a goat cheese).
After getting our fill of cheese, we walked to Stonewall Kitchen where we ate fresh scones with Maine blueberry jam. We even returned here after the tour to stock up on food-related souvenirs!
Next, we walked to the harbor to visit Harbor Fish Market where we looked at lobsters and sampled maple-glazed smoked trout on a cracker. It was really tasty and fresh (even Jennifer liked it!).
We walked by Standard Baking Company (which we visited for breakfast the next day) and stopped by Dean's Sweets to taste some nice chocolates (including a Needham that is made with potatoes). My favorite was the maple chocolate.
Still on a sweet kick, we walked to Two Fat Cats Bakery to try a whoopie pie and it was so good and fluffy!
We finished our tour at the Shipyard Brewery where we sampled a variety of beers and, my favorite, root beers! This food tour was a really great way to spend our morning and I would highly recommend it to anyone.
After a quick little pizza lunch at Otto, we had to say goodbye to Michele and Jeremy -- they were on their way to Boston. Jennifer, Erin, and I relaxed at the hotel for the rest of the afternoon (and did a little souvenir shopping) until dinner. We ate our first real lobster meal at the Portland Lobster Company and it was FANTASTIC! Hands-down this was the best lobster that I have ever eaten. We each had a lobster roll and shared a full lobster meal -- it was pretty fun cracking open the lobster. My favorite meat was in the claws.
As if we weren't stuffed enough, we popped in to a nearby ice cream parlor where we couldn't pass up delicious fresh ice cream made with local Maine blueberries. It was really great and creamy.
And so ended our fantastic day o' food!
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