Good Friday is tomorrow and for those observing, it’s a time to abstain from meat. You could go vegetarian, but instead, we recommend fish, glorious fish. Good Friday is a time to keep it simple, food wise, so instead of defaulting to our usual endorsements of lobster stuffed with pancetta and truffles*, we’ve hunted down three relatively unadorned, yet excellent, picks from the sea.
•Visit Great Bay for the pan-seared Kona snapper with white rice risotto, roasted shallots, and baby carrots. It’s delicious, but still earthy.
•All the food at Mare is organic, so you can feel good about treating the earth well. Try the sauteed halibut, which comes with preserved lemon, kalamata olives, and chantarelle mushrooms for a taste of the Mediterranean on a cold day.
•One of Boston’s simplest and best fish preparations can be found at Yankee Lobster: a piece of salmon, broiled to perfection, and served unadorned, except for a wedge of lemon. Excellent.
*: Note: this is not, to the best of our knowledge, a real dish.
Great Bay [Official Site]
Mare [Official Site]
Yankee Lobster [Official Site]
[Photo: Tesco]
