WEBVTT - Bonus Episode! Traveling Eats With Matt: The Maine Course 0:00:02.640 --> 0:00:05.040 Hi, I'm Matt and I'm Brad. This is park Landia, 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:08.080 a production of I Heart Radio. We sold our lofts 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:10.800 in Chicago, moved into an RV. Now we're talking in 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.600 the country full time, exploring America's national parks with our 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:17.000 dog Finn, and we're excited to bring you another bonus 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:24.079 episode of traveling Eats with Matt. A special place in 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:27.120 my heart for this because again, I get to live 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:31.080 vicuriously through you most of the time, but in these situations, 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.800 now we get to travel together and do it together 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:38.200 and eat all these amazing things together. Yes, and excited 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:42.800 is an understatement, because this week is very nostalgic. It's 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:46.720 about Maine, a state that I grew up visiting frequently. 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.319 I grew up in New Hampshire, so Maine was right 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:51.760 in our backyard. I would go to the beaches there 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:53.880 all the time. I would road trip through it in 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:57.680 the summers. And these are some of the most I 0:00:57.680 --> 0:01:00.960 mean some of the most iconic American flavor and dishes 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.360 you'll find here. And they're wonderful things like blueberries and 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:08.640 lobster and whoopy pies and shellfish of all sorts and 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:11.000 and so much more, and and for me, I was 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:14.200 just coming in as a newbie. I've never been to Maine. Um, 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:18.200 I get to explore it through their food in their 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:21.680 national parks, and I'm just loving it because I get 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:25.160 to again reap the rewards. So we have two different 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:32.520 perspectives here and fresh fresh first main experience fresh lobster, yes, 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:34.920 and we really took full advantage. So I want to 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.360 back up and first talk about my my nostalgia with me. 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:42.240 And so I grew up like New Hampshire's coastline is 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:45.760 really minimal and not all that great, but Maine is 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:47.640 right there, so we would always just drive over. It 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:49.760 took like an hour to get to Maine, and we 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:52.680 go to beaches like Old Orchard Beach, York Beach, and 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:56.800 Wells Beach and a whole lineup of others. And I 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.280 just remember not only swimming and going on like the 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:02.160 boardwalks and stuff like that, but just the foods that 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.960 came with it, like feasting on lobster, whether it's lobster 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.520 rolls or just like whole lobsters that you you know, 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:12.920 rip apart and it's like yeah, right, And then things 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:16.960 like blueberry pancakes and blueberry pie of course, with all 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:21.640 the whip cream and whoopee pies, which I grew up 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.880 like spoiled by my proximity to whoopee pies, assuming that 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:28.400 they're just abundant everywhere and they're not really about the 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.080 tricky thing about it about growing up, You're like, I 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:32.919 just think that this is everywhere. Yeah, I mean to 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:35.560 be able to get it anywhere, and it's just not it. Yeah, 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:38.720 it's so hard. Sucks. That's a hard part about traveling. 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:41.000 You don't get any normalcy, but you get all these 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.959 new experiences, right, It's a wind lose win win win 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.920 win win win situation. Well, it does make me appreciate 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:49.639 them more. I guess, like I fully took whoopy pies 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.760 for granted growing up, and now when I am in Maine, 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:57.400 I am super excited and it's like I'm experiencing them 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.160 for the first time all over again, which is a 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.800 great thing. So we would also as a kid, and 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.000 I actually did this this past year or two, but 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.560 a tradition was road tripping up from New Hampshire all 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:10.600 the way to Prince Ederad Island in Canada, and that 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:15.000 means obviously driving right through Maine for several hours. Yeah, 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:17.720 and so we would spend like one week every summer 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.720 in Printederated Island. But one of my favorite memories from 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.120 that road trip was we would always stop at this 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:27.560 restaurant slash truck stop called Dyes Arts in Bangor. They 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:30.440 actually have a few locations in Maine. It's like a 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:35.800 little mini restaurants slash truck stop chain, but it's shockingly 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.520 good food for being like in a truck stop. It's 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:43.160 this like these like rich homae recipes in this really comforting, 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:47.320 warm dining space with thinks, like all the main things 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:52.880 like blueberry french toast and then lobster and like baked 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:57.280 pasta dishes and sandwiches and huge chocolate woopy pies with 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.720 marshmallow filling. Huge. They're huge. They look like cakes. They 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.760 come in like a variety of sizes, but they you know, 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:05.720 they look like layer cakes more so than just like 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:08.400 can we go, let's go, let's just fly there for 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.880 this because you're the way you describe it, I need 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.400 to have this experience. I haven't You've yet to share 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:16.680 this experience with me. I know I wanted to go 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:18.480 back to Diazearts when we were you and I were 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.719 there this fall, but kind of right out of time. Um, 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.360 there's a lot to eat, man, I can't criminal into 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:28.160 one one trip, I guess, but this is something So 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.400 that was no soldier, that's all long, kid, But I 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:35.440 actually learned something new and exciting about main cooking and 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:40.760 main like recipe traditions. So my dad's girlfriend, Gail is 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:43.720 from me, and she actually has like dual heritage or 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:47.040 dual citizenship between Canada Maine because she's from Northern Maine, 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:52.640 which is Acadian culture, like French Acadian culture, which is 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:54.719 a whole like kind of world in realm in and 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:58.880 of itself, especially food wise. And I learned from her 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:03.320 all about these dishes called plois p l o y 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:07.760 e s, And they are these thin buck wheat pancakes. 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.200 Basically they look kind of like crepes or like a 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.000 really like a flattened English muffin more so is how 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:18.800 I describe them. And they're real simple. They're made with 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.239 buck wheat flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder and water. 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.640 Traditionally it makes like a thin crape like batter and 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:30.160 then you prepare them on ungreased iron grittles and doesn't 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:32.560 take long to cooks is the batter so thin, and 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:35.680 they're so thin, so they're done when they kind of 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.080 start to bubble and get a little bit of golden 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:42.280 brown underneath, and then they're served traditional the whole variety 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.400 of things. They can be dipped in chicken stews, chicken soups, 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:48.880 or served with maple syrup or even peanut butter. But 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:54.640 the most traditional thing in Acadian culture is something called crypton, 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:59.120 and that is a savory like ground pork patte made 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.280 with onions and spices blended into it, like cinnamon, not 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:07.320 meg allspice, ginger, and it's nice and thick, hardy aromatic 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:11.320 spread that you serve and eat with poise, so you 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.400 have like a little bit of spicy and fragrant, like 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:18.839 a little bit of sweet nuttiness from the pancakes here where. 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.159 I just want to leave this room and go onto 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.960 a plane and go every you're describing, because like I 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.400 just want to travel. Yeah, I want to travel there. 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:28.919 I want to eat it and then I want to 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:31.200 come back. Um, so if you can give me a day, 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.920 we'll pick this up. I mean, I mean, I want 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.320 to explore this region because I have never really spent 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.320 time in the Acadian portion of main which is like 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:44.479 the far northern along the Canada border, and you can't 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:46.760 find it, Like I never saw Poise or Creton like 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.240 along the coast by any means, I've never even heard 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.880 of them. But you can find them in restaurants that 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:56.640 like Long Lake Sporting Club and Dollies and here in 0:06:56.680 --> 0:07:00.760 this part of the country there you just you with everything. 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.680 They're used kind of in place of bread employer, and 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:06.360 you can do a lot with them. But I'm so 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:08.760 I'm so into it, so interested that I'm like, oh, 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:10.920 Maine has so much already. I didn't know there's this 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:14.720 whole like subculture that I I'm just learning about it, right, 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:20.000 It's more than just Lopstism. So but getting back to 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:24.120 the coast, which is kind of my main thing, you know, 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:27.040 it's like my heartfelt memories and everything that I crave 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:31.200 all the time. Was like, Portland is the main city 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.960 of the biggest city in Maine, and what an incredible 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:37.720 foods foods in that city has. It's amazing. You and 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:41.160 I were there somewhat recently because my brother got married. 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:44.320 Just as how to Portland just a couple of months 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.760 in the past from the time of this recording, so 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:49.920 we were there in the fall, beautiful time to be 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:53.480 in Maine, and we're able to get more of a 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.960 recent taste, like for me, like revisiting some of those 0:07:56.960 --> 0:08:00.440 flavors and you experiencing it for the first time and 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.520 some of the highlights I think we're There's this bakery 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:06.240 there at this famous bakery in Portland called Two Fat 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:10.520 Cats Bakery, and it's this rustic little shop, super fragrant, 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:13.280 like you start to you get this waft of like 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.320 pie crust room as soon as you're approaching the door, 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:18.080 and then you just get enveloped with it and it 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:23.360 feels like you're in like this little cottage kitchen. Yeah, 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:27.000 just thinking about it really, And they have things all 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:30.400 sorts of goodies, but like blueberry pie and burbon pecan 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:34.160 pie and seasonal things like New England bog pie, which 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:38.400 is wild main blueberries and cranberries with oat crumble and 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.720 some flecks of bittersweet chocolate as well. It sounds great, 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:48.000 like I've not had that sounds great. Yeah, I'm like 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:51.120 my mouth is filling with saliva. They also have layer 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:54.720 cakes and cupcakes and of course what peepies. They're known 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.600 for what pepies? I think in particular and rightfully so, 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:01.480 because they are wonderful. They have the classic, which is 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.679 two chocolate cakes with marshmallow buttercream filling, and then they 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:06.960 do seasonal things like in the summer they have lemon 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:10.720 zucchini woopee pies with blueberry filling. They also have pumpkin 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:16.640 woopee pies in the fall with maple filling. Love it, Yeah, 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:22.240 I'm like tearing up um. And then my favorite, like 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:25.480 coffee shop, which is somewhat of doesn't really do this 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:29.080 place justice because it's really a full fledged, incredible bakery. 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.880 It's called Tandem Coffee and Bakery, and they have a 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:33.880 couple of locations, but the one that I love the 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:37.360 most is housed in a former gas station, which is 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:40.760 just the coolest thing. Looks really cool, It's fun to 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:44.760 go there and hang out. But their pastry assortment is 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:47.280 mind blowing, just the amount of products that we're able 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:50.600 to create and innovate with because these aren't these are 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:54.760 not traditional stuff you see just at every comic place cafe. 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:58.080 They have things like cornmeal cake with berries and ricotta, 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:02.840 and squashed cakes with on butter cream cheese, and chocolate 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:06.240 horses shot a cream pie corn and red chili scones. 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.640 Love it. The biscuits are amazing to just you can 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:11.520 get the biscuit by itself and that's great, but they 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.240 also serve it with butter. You can basically it's like 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:16.720 they give it so much butter. That's basically a biscuit 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:21.880 butter sandwich, which I'm gonna yeah, I feel like I 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.480 need a moment. Just give me a couple of again, 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:35.400 like trying to breath, right, gosh, sorry. You know, there 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:40.280 was a caterer at Brian and Whitney's wedding and that 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:44.200 was okay amazing. I mean their food at their wedding 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:48.560 was just the best. Brian Whitney, great job on that wedding. 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.520 It was the perfect wedding. Uh. And that's not just 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.320 because I was your Dane minister or bat with Matt 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:57.520 was the best man, you know, the best, the best man. 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:01.400 But yeah, but they had one of the most acclaimed 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.880 restaurants in Portland, like do the catering in this place 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.640 is called even Tide Oyster Company. Their their main restaurants 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:13.040 right downtown Portland and totally worthwhile because obviously Maine and 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:17.000 coastal Maine is very well regarded for its seafood, not 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.640 just a lobster and lobster rolls, which they have plenty 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.160 of that here. They are known for their brown butter 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:26.360 lobster rolls in particular, but Even Tide does a ton 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:28.880 with some of the best oysters you'll probably ever slurp 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.400 in your life, as well as like little neck clams 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:36.400 and crab claws, clam chowder New England style, of course, 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:40.520 the only style worth mentioning. They have lobster stew, and 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.880 then if you want oysters in cooked form, you can 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:47.079 get fried oyster buns as well. And then I think 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.280 a fun option would be to bring a group go 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:51.880 to Even Tide and then do one of the family 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:56.280 style lobster bakes and that comes with a corner copia 0:11:56.480 --> 0:12:01.840 like with Whole Maine lobster steamer, clams, hustles, potatoes, salt 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:07.080 pork knock worse in steam tuns. It's a lot to 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.559 take you just not fair. It's just not fair because 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:11.360 I mean, I've had it, so it is fair in 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:14.360 that aspect, but that I want it right now and 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:17.000 I'm way too far away to go get it. I 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:21.160 know it's it's hard, well, but it's just one of 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.040 those places that you absolutely have to go to. Its 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:27.040 very destination worthy and then swinging back in the direction 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:31.240 of sweeter things. And well, also on the topic of 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:34.800 Brian and Whitney's amazing wedding, they had donuts from this 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.280 place called Holy Donut. Like instead of a wedding cake, 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:41.160 they had this tiered stack of donuts. And Holy Donut 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:45.040 is a local institution. Some of the best donuts I've 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:47.080 ever tasted in my life. And I'm not just saying 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.679 that because I just remember they brought out the donuts. 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:51.680 Everyone was dancing, so they didn't even get to like 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.520 cut their donut or their cake, you know that aspect, 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.440 And so they boxed them all up, you know, and 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.440 then they put them back in the kitchen. And I remember, 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:03.000 like later into the wedding party, like sneaking into the 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:06.280 kitchen just eat donuts. And I had literally fed Whitney 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.760 a donut because she didn't want to touch it because 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.760 she was still in her wedding dress. You know. He 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:17.520 was stunning. But the cool thing about Holy Doughnut is 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.120 how they make their dough and stuff, and they incorporate 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:26.079 main potatoes into their dough. It's mashed local potatoes, and 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:30.080 I I mean, how perfect, how incredible, and it adds 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.840 a really great texture. It's they're soft. I remember these 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:36.319 donuts were so soft and fluffy and light, even though 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:40.400 the flavors kind of sound hawgier than they are. And 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:44.880 they're all topped with like the most vibrant glazes and frostings, 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.320 and they're just their eye candy and then also just 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.240 literal candy for your mouth because they're so good. I 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.720 love a good donut, and we talked about my old 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:57.040 fashioned donuts in Chicago, but you know, these donuts might 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:00.720 have kicked the I mean hard hard to top, especially 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:06.520 when they come in flavors like maple in blueberry glaze, chai, pomegranate, 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:08.920 and then they also do in addition to like Maine 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:12.559 potato donuts that do sweet potato donuts, and then they 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:16.600 come in flavor with like ginger. So yeah, I would 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:21.160 eat Swo potatoes like wa do that pretty much. She 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:24.320 was with him here where I am just eating nothing 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.800 about Swoo potatoes in every form. You are listening to 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:42.680 Parklandia from my Heart Radio. Portland also has a really 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.480 great bar scene to which we're kind of starting to 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:50.600 bronte and One of the biggest surprises there that I 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.760 that we discovered was this adorable little cocktail bar called 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.840 jewel Box, And the name itself is just the cutest 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.960 thing ever put This place was really interesting. I've never 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.920 seemed to core like this, like a lot of vintage knickknacks, 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:07.960 soaring ceiling, like bright pink colors and purples, the whole 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:12.200 like luck was very It looked like promage vintage prompt, 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:15.560 but like not TACKI really enough. Like normally if a 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.400 bar went for like a prom theme, it would be 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:21.560 uncomfortable and bizarre. But this was this works hip story, 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.920 hipster vintage prom And there was two floors. There was 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:27.920 like the main bar area with the tall sailing and 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.400 then there's you go upstairs to a lofted area, which 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:34.120 was so cool, which is great. Um when we went there. 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.160 We went there at the wedding party. There was like 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.400 probably thirty people that all met up here, took over 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.560 the bar, and we go upstairs and you know, there's 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:43.800 people on their like dates and things like that, and 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:45.640 then all of a sudden you just see them start 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:48.400 to leave because they're like what is going on? And 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.400 more and more family members get up there and then 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:52.440 I remember the last group leaving and we all just 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.200 kind of looked at each other and started cheering because 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:58.120 because we took it over, which was wrong and it was, 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:00.080 but it was funny to us, and really we do 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:03.320 feel sorry for everyone who had to leave um because 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:07.280 we were just weird and familiesque environment we turned it 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:11.840 was like basically if National Lampoons like Christmas fan case 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:18.040 occasion took over the upper floor of this place. But yeah, yeah, 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.680 it was a fun time and the cocktails were really good, 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.440 very they tended to be really strong, but like so 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:27.320 flavorful and really interesting combinations as well. And right now 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.360 and when we were there, they had things like the 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:33.440 Fall Fashion, which is barrel aged gin anti chili liquere, 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:37.920 apple cider syrup in orange bitters to like a spicy 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:40.920 kind of apply version of an old Fashioned, and then 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:46.880 the Aged Discovery, which has absinthe, raspberry liquor, all spice liquor, 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:51.560 aquavy lemon juice, and campari, like very robust flavors I've 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.960 never seen. I've never had like absinthe and aquavy in 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.440 kampari together, for instance, but it all works. They do 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:01.400 really bold things here and the results are really exciting 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:08.440 and great. I love main I mean, yeah, I fell 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:10.399 in love with Portland and if it didn't get cold, 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:14.840 probably try to move there. But yeah, I'm trying to 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:19.440 stay away from cold. Yeah. And then if you continued 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:22.080 up the coast as you shed because a Katie National 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:26.040 Park is up the coast, there's this lovely little seaside 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:29.320 town called bar Harbor and that's the entry town to Acadia. 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:34.439 And it's this island town, small city with tons and 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:38.960 tons of great independent restaurants and cafes, coffee shops, bars, 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:43.880 all of that, and unsurprisingly, seafood is the star here 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:47.040 at all of these there's so much yeah, and there's 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.439 like we didn't get too much time here, which is 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:52.080 really sad. I would love to. I mean, this is 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:53.680 the place that it would be great to like kind 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:56.600 of buckle down and like hang out for a few 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.520 days and just go to a Kadia back up when 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:03.840 it's not cold and like forty degrees right, good option. Yeah, 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:06.000 because a lot of the restaurants here are seasonal to 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.560 which makes sense because it does get so cold and 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:12.399 tourism drops off because a lot of a Katia is 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:14.919 not accessible in the winter, so you have a lot 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:18.480 of like lobster centric restaurants like Stumins Lobster Pound and 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:21.439 Rose Eating Lobster and a bunch of other settle clothes 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:23.680 for they'll take like a winter break, you know, which 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:25.280 is nice. Oh yeah. And then there was that one 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:30.320 coffee shop, the Independent, which was so great. Um you 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:32.040 know because when we were there was forty degrees. It 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:35.199 was perfect. But they had some sandwiches and other like 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:42.040 bakery items and perfect, perfect little shop. Yeah, it reminded 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:45.000 me of Central Perk in Friends. It kind of yeah, 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:48.520 not as like fancy, like you know, there's not like 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.600 a lounge chair there, but it definitely had that like 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.320 you know, the owners there, you know, or you know, 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:57.720 the main people are there and they're not like trying 0:18:57.760 --> 0:19:01.320 to be something, They're just trying to do great quality 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:04.840 food and coffee. It was really good. And yeah I 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:09.119 had blueberry coffee cake of course, because yeah this again 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:14.160 blueberry everything everywhere and I'm all about it. And then yeah, 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:16.800 Bar Harber's just dotted with these really nice cozy places 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:20.760 like the chart Room, just like the best like kind 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:24.239 of quintessential nautical vibes. It feels like you're in like 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:28.359 a sailor's I don't know, ship or something like the 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:32.159 hull of a ship with like salmon and mc damier 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:36.359 crusted halibit like main crab cakes and then the thirsty 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:42.200 whale like lively, warm, rustic pub lobster rolls and chowder. 0:19:42.320 --> 0:19:45.320 And is this where I had the lobster bisk? I 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:49.080 don't think so. No, I remember that lobster bisinks. But 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:51.080 I'm sure you can get lobster bisk almost anywhere. You 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:54.320 probably need to whale. You can get lobster best lobster rolls. 0:19:54.720 --> 0:19:58.399 But I love a good solid lobster bisk, like I 0:19:58.400 --> 0:20:00.840 I forget how much I love it and until I 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:04.520 go to somewhere like Maine and get some beautiful lobster risk. Yeah, 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:06.320 well this is the place to eat it and go 0:20:06.400 --> 0:20:11.200 lobster crazy bar Harbor, Portland, the coast. We have a yeah, 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:13.760 I mean, we have a lot to explore here. I'm 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:16.320 still very you to go to northern Maine and just 0:20:16.400 --> 0:20:18.240 to go back to all of this. And I think 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:20.399 the beautiful thing here is like showing that Maine is 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:23.679 a lot more than just lobsters and blueberries. Yeah it is. 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:29.560 It's whoopy pies, it's ploys. It's diverse, it's um you knew, 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:33.600 it's um inventing things and it's trying things differently. It's 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:36.399 just a beautiful place to go and explore all these 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:40.320 magnificent foods. Yes, I seriously cannot wait to go back, 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:47.000 but I'm leaving now because I'm hungry. Yeah. Same. You've 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:50.399 been listening to park Landia, a show about national parks Parkland. 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:53.480 It's a production of My Heart Radio created by Matt Carrouac, 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:57.720 Brad Carouac and Christopher hasiotis produced and edited by Mike John's. 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:01.960 Our executive producer is Christopher hasiotis our researcher. 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