Union Oyster House in Boston

Boston is the capital town of Massachusetts which is full of history, culture and with high living standard. In addition, there are many outstanding universities in Boston, such as Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). However, there must be some amazing restaurants in Boston. Before talking about the restaurant, what kind of ingredient will come up in your mind when people talk about Boston? I guess in Taiwan, 99% of people will give “lobsters” as their answers. As a result, the restaurant I’m going to introduce is famous with its lobster cousins. 

Quincy Market in Boston

Union Oyster House was founded in 1826. It have already stood on the Union street of Boston for more than 150 years. Union Oyster House is the restaurant which has the longest history in United States. Due to its long age, in 2003 the Union Oyster House even was designated as a national historical landmark. Besides, John. F Kennedy was a regular customer of Union Oyster House. 

After the brief introduction of the restaurant, it turns to the food here. The top 3 popular cousins in Union Oyster House are boiled lobster, oyster and clam chowder. In this essay, I will mainly focus on lobsters, the well-known ingredient in Boston. First, I’m going to introduce the nutrition of lobsters. One lobster contains 18.9% of protein in its body. Comparing to chicken, beef or pork, lobsters contain only 0.2% of unsaturated fat, which benefits human’s bodies. Besides, lobsters are abundant with vitamin A, C, B12 and minerals. In consequence, lobsters are truly an awesome ingredient ! 

Menu of Union Oyster House 

In Union Oyster House, they have 2 ways to cook lobsters. The first one is boil and the other one is bake. I will recommend people to order boiled lobster because it contains more water inside the lobster. Hence, the boiled lobsters taste more tender and juicier. However, if you are a person who can live without seasonings, don’t worry! They also provide some melted butter to let customer eat with boiled lobsters. On the other hand, although the baked lobster taste drier and saltier, many people think they smell better. Besides the cooking way, the other key of delicious seafood cousin is whether the ingredients are fresh or not. We don’t need to worry about this part in Union Oyster House because they will keep all lobsters alive until customers order it. 

Boiled Lobster

Baked Lobster

Furthermore, eating lobster won’t make us full. Wetter. As a Taiwan still need some sides. When ordering a lobster, customer can also choose their own sides. There are 3 choices, rice, French fries and cake with butter. As a Taiwanese, I’m sure I won’t enjoy American rice cooking way too much. Nonetheless, after arriving USA, I ate French fries almost every meal, so I chose cake with butter as my side. The cake is spongy, salty which tasting good with butter on it.

Cake with Butter

At the end, I want to share which clothes customers should wear when eating in Union Oyster House. Actually, we don’t need to wear formal suits or dresses, but, we should never forget the sport culture in Boston. For example, they have Rex Socks in baseball game and Celtics in basketball game. Last time, when I visited here, I forgot it. As a fans of New York Yankees, I even wear the hat with Yankees’ logo. When I dropped a spoon on the ground, the man sitting in next table kidded me that it is all because I wear Yankees’ hat in Boston. Therefore, if you don’t like Red Socks , maybe just wear a common t-shirt when dining in Union Oyster House!

Don't wear Yankees' Hat in Boston !