Chowder Up Seafood

If you thought you can’t get a delicious, fresh lobster roll in Rochester for $ 10, you thought RIGHT.
This is not a lobster roll. This is an oversized, soggy hot dog bun roll filled with (not much) questionable lobster meat and topped with a generous helping of cole slaw.
Cole slaw? On a lobster roll? Yeah, you read that right. I knew the second I laid eyes on this two-​handed atrocity that I made a bad decision. Anyone who has ever had a real lobster roll would be appalled by this thing. Hell, you can get a GREAT one from Wegmans for the same price.
Here’s the thing: a good lobster roll doesn’t need much to be good. FRESH lobster is already delicious on it’s own. It should have tender chunks of sweet lobster meat on a buttered roll. Maybe a little mayo for dressing, depending on your preference. That’s it! Lord, I wish more places understood that when it comes to seafood, less is more!
This sandwich was so gross I actually lost my appetite a few bites in and couldn’t finish it. I have to acknowledge Chowder Up Seafood for the rare achievement of making me less hungry.

I was SUPER excited to get a lobster roll this summer at the Food Truck Rodeo. $ 10…I thought would be well worth it. WRONG. First of all, it was obviously pre-​made, since they slung it to me wrapped in tin foil about 5 seconds after I ordered. Second, it was tiny and served in a soggy hot dog roll. Third, there was barely any meat and lots of mayonnaise-​y coleslaw all over it. Total rip off. I had a better one from the prepared food case at Pittsford Wegmans for the exact same price. Buttered New England roll and it came with a TON of real lobster. Get it right.

Had Chowder and «crab» Sandwich. Did not like either. The chowder was thin, no signs of cream and oddly spiced and I bit into a shell :-(. Crab had, well, no crab in it, it was the flaked pollack. Wow, did I feel cheated.

*LOBSTER ROLL REVIEW*
I went to the food truck rodeo tonight and quite honestly almost jizzed my pants when I saw these guys had lobster rolls on the menu. And then again when I saw they were a mere $ 10. Maybe I’d get two…
15 minutes and $ 10 later I was stuffed and sorely disappointed. Stuffed because I am broke and a glutton (not a good combo) so I was determined to finish the whole roll despite its poor quality:
— The roll was soggy and not toasted.
— The meat wasn’t super fresh (tasted a bit fishy) and was cut weirdly.
— Cole slaw on top… no thanks.
— No butter?! Didn’t even know that was legal.
I refused to let my friend have a bite since this would be her first. Your first time is supposed to be special! And this would have been a damn tragedy.
It was a loss, but as the saying goes– you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take!

Really amazing clam chowder… thick, chunky and riddled with chewy clams… flavorful creamy base with potatoes, some delicious herbs, tarragon, sage or something… yum, so delicious. Definitely gonna hit this cart again. Crab sandwhich was decent and very large, but made with imitation krab legs… had I know, prob would not have ordered. Surprising since the delicious lobster roll was overflowing with large chunks of flavorful real lobster, so generous that the bun imploded under the weight and moisture of it all. Messy and delicious.

The chowduh is good but I want a Connecticut style roll… Please!!!

I was so excited at the prospect of a Lobster Roll. I had great ones in Maine and at the Crab Shack (the original). Sadly this one was A) pricey and B) what my kids and I refer to as Crobster, the fake shellfish sold in the market. Good chowder and I may give the fish taco a try, but this roll had never seen a Lobster.

So the Rochester Mobile Food Coalition had a rally in Henrietta this past Saturday and there were about 6 trucks/​carts present including Chowder Up. Now I have seen CU at the Market on occasion as well as the FTR’s last year. I LOVE seafood, but I am also poor. As you may guess this causes no end of problems in my first world life. I usually buy seafood and cook it at home but I have wanted to try CU for a while now. When I saw them at the RMFCR I decided to check out their prices. I have always gotten an expensive vibe from their beat up old camper and just assumed I was too poor for just about any of their options.
Turns out I was right, lol just kidding! While their Crab Roll and Lobster Roll are $ 8-​$ 10 the also have Clam Chowder starting at $ 5, now three dimensionally it isn’t a terribly big serving, however it does weigh in at 8 ounces so it’s pretty dense. I can afford $ 5, and I am glad I can because that was some DAMN fine chowda !!
Most places serve a thick white soup, theres a few potatoes and there’s a few chewy pieces we recognise as clams but that’s about the run of the mill chowder? Now maybe you’ve had your self some high class chowder, chowder that had sophisticated flavors, tasted like it was fresh from the ocean, and started off as made stock made from virgin tears? Maybe you have.
This chowder would still ROCK THAT CHOWDERS WORLD! I don’t even think they should be able to legally call it chowder because it isn’t. It’s more like a Tagine, maybe call it Heavenly Salad or something. There is no soup in what you are served, you get tender chunks of potatoes and clams that are not just random chewy bits but are like fresh from shell CLAMS. The picture of the soup in the photos must have been their other soup or a one off because this stuff is way thicker. If you like sea food, if you LOVE clam chowder, it’s worth the $ 5 to try this stuff. I promise!

Horrible! Over priced and my husband got sick from the chowder. Never again!

I was pretty underwhelmed. I had a lobster roll and a fish taco. The lobster roll was very good, but I didnt like the fish taco. My biggest complaint is that everything is so expensive, and not worth the price. I will have to try the chowder at some point.

I was lucky enough to find this truck at the recent Food Truck Rodeo. Really tasty Lobster Roll and great Gluten Free Clam Chowder. The chowder was the perfect (hot) temperature and had lots of good sized clams, not overwhelmed by potatoes and well seasoned. The lobster roll bun was super fresh and chewy and lobster pieces were surprisingly large meaty chunks and seasoned with a slightly peppery spread, definitely not over mayo-​ed like lesser quality rolls. I liked their version of using cabbage instead of lettuce or slaw, gave it a crisp but not bitter crunchiness. Like having a Maine coast diner lunch delivered, by truck.