Tonight we went to the Keg Steakhouse for Lobster summer. Until August 19th, all Keg locations are offering a tempting variety of your favorite lobster dishes. The lobsters are shipped in from the Atlantic coast and there are five lobster menus to choose from.
The Keg is one of my favorite dining spots. I used to eat there every Sunday night but lately haven’t had time to go as often as I would like. I guess this is good thing. Dining at the Keg too often can add considerable weight to the body. Greg Morgan and his girlfriend Linda joined Sarah, Sally and myself for the Lobster Summer.
Steak & Half Lobster
This was my dish (Greg and Linda ordered the same). A tender top sirloin cooked medium rare, with a fresh half Atlantic lobster. Served with hot butter, lemon and a Caesar salad. Very few combinations go together as well as steak and lobster!
Whole Atlantic Lobster
Now this is what I’m talking about! Two pounds of sweet and succulent lobster, served with hot butter, lemon and a Caesar salad. Sarah couldn’t finish it so I had to help her. The lobsters at the Keg were very good. However, they’re not as good as the ones served at c restaurant.
Dinner for four (Sally doesn’t count) came to $220 with drinks and tip. I’m almost a little hesitant to post this dinning adventure because the last time I wrote about eating a lobster, some people got mad at me because I disrespected the lobster.
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mmm..nice nice…love the seafood
Me too, but why it’s so expensive :/
The Keg here are really great as well, ny favorite is steaming hot bread with the sweet butter. Yummo!
me too….I like seafood
I love a good lobster…but man that is an expensive dinner…was this for 4? You know, Monkfish is almost as good and a heck of a lot more reasonable hehe. Love me some steak and lobster though.
Yes it was for four. I love monkfish. Have you ever had a monkfish chowder? Mmmm!
We have A keg Steakhouse in Montreal,correct me if I’m wrong,but I think it was one of the 1st ones to open!!
Steven
John,
This is the kind of dinner I’m talking about! I posted about having steak and lobster and home for my mom’s 50th birthday on DevDad, but there is nothing better than going out for surf and turf at a good, upscale place.
DevDad
I love the Keg. I had the steak and lobster combo last summer. Which location did you go to? I prefer the food at the Granville Island one, despite it typically having the longest wait times.
The Keg at Ironwood.
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it is still expensive for 4 person..
but with your income online it is peanuts
I presumed..
I wish so cal had some good seafood. Looks like me, Danielle and Gary will have to settle for Southern California authentic Mexican food.
Hey John, I am on a really tight budget and looking at this is just making me salivate and pine for lobster! I once had a 13 course dinner in Japan – every course consisting of lobster! It was truly amazing. The only offputting part of the evening was the lobster sashimi where the poor live thing had its back cut open and slivers taken from it. Ewwww…. It moved everytime someone put there chopsticks near it. I declined to try.
I had that before. I even made a video of it. http://www.johnchow.com/playing-with-my-food/
It was delicious!
Aweee poor lobster, but they do taste good! :c) I still feel bad about how they cook them tho.
Oh plus, I’d like to win the Fourth Signed Copy of The 4-Hour Workweek.
Yeah the cooking part is nasty.
As is the post about the last time John had lobster – shocking!
Bah! That’s what they are there for.
Every one would like to win this
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OMG… It’s late, I’m hungry, and would love that food!
Haha,
-Sam from MarketMatador.com
Yeah, I’m definitely going to have to take an early lunch now. Thanks a lot John!
Yamee
I love lobster…and the Keg is awesome for its consistent food quality, time after time.
Mmmmm….lobster.
There’s something primal at looking your dinner right in the eye just before popping it into a nice big pot of boiling water
In germany we use to say: Mahlzeit!
Ich Lieben Seafood….
I Like Seafood…….
Seafood in German ?
I want to win because I want to eat lobsters
That certainly is one big feast!
I love my food but I don’t know if I could eat all that in one go – good effort!
You just have to have a bit of dedication and room enough in your waste-band lol.
I’m a vegetarian and I don’t eat lobsters…
At least lobsters and other animals can run (or swim)! You vegetarians just cut down those plants in the prime of their lives. How could you do that to such an innocent and defenseless living thing? You people disgust me!
Here’s my reply.
One of the things I find interesting about you: You eat really disgusting foot
Yuk! Pork and lobster. But nevermind, this is my fourth entry for the book, I would love to receive.
Looks delicious! Shame I wasn’t invited…
Steve
definitely
, good way to get a bunch more comments on an unrelated entry 
Totally agree, Rich. Is it evil or brilliant or both?
I don’t eat anything that comes from the water. I do enjoy reading though.
I’ll enter the 4 hour work week drawing via RSS.
Do you think you could outsource your posts without anyone knowing? If you haven’t already, the posts with spelling and typos I know are yours :-p
Yummy, but I would like the 4HWW much more!
I just had a 2 lb. lobster a couple nights ago. One of the nice things about living in New England
I read JohnChow’s full feed RSS
This one was dead, I guess.
As for the last lobster post, nothing to worry about: John is on top of the food chain. That’s how nature (God, the universe, etc) intended it.
Looks tasty… we don’t get food like that out in Japan
John,
What camera do you use to make pictures of all your food/restaurant endeavors?
I like to make pictures every time I dine at a restaurant but people always give me funny looks when I take the shot.
I use a Canon SD300 for the restaurant pics. It’s nice and small.
Steak and Lobster. Yummmm.
Now that’s a dinner to eat while reading a good book! Hmmm… maybe I can win a good book!
The dinner looks good, I’d have my steak cooked well done, though… I read the full feed rss
Me too!
And me.
No way! Medium-rare is the way to go.
IMO, well done is like partial RSS feeds, they are better than nothing but not nearly as good.
Readnig the full feed RSS does this post no justice. I want some of that surf and turf!
Delicious!
Must…Win….Boook..
Meee toooo.
I used to work for Keg Steakhouse in Seattle area… it was actually my first job, where I started in high school as a dishwasher, and was promoted to a management position when I was 20. I remember putting in 60-70 hour weeks (not quite 4!), but the food was fantastic… managers got to eat for free! I stuck it out for 4 years before it was time to move on.
Tag. I am in for the book
It looks very nice and 4 dishes for $220 is not bad price.
Thats disgusting. I’m a Veg.
You bastard! I bet you’ve even eaten artichoke hearts!
Looks del.icio.us
I enjoy the keg.
i love and hate your food posts…. i love them because they are always so great. i hate them because i cant easily get to bc to enjoy them.
oooo…. i good contest for you john: ‘win dinner with john chow in bc’ with round trip air fare and dinner with john chow
and enter me one more time for the book.
That’s actually a darn good idea! It would be interesting (and tasty) for sure.
S.W.A.T. broke into that lobsters house! DISRESPECTED his whole family!
How can you disrespect a lobster?
The lobster should be honored to be in John’s table
Here’s the fourth entry to the fourth contest.
I never tasted a lobster… I am kinda scared of prawns, lobsters and crabs…
I am happy with white healthly Chicken..
Btw this comment also doubles up as my 3rd entry for the Book..
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Yum! Er.. noth that I’ve ever eaten lobster or anythng, but it sure looks tastey
Maybe if I win the book, I’ll be able to taste lobster first hand! lol
Hungry
Oh, well. Here we go again.
yum yum lobster meal!
Which location did you go to? I think the Keg in Burnaby is really nice, they have a great view.
I miss Red Lobster. You would think living on the coast I would eat more seafood, but it’s still too expensive here in Townsville, Australia.
I love the Keg Steaks – Lobster just makes it far better!
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Lobster….hmmmmmmmmmmmm!
You know something John, I’m on a seafood diet; whenever I see food, I eat it!
My extra entry for the 4-Hour Workweek contest !
Where I live, “The Keg” is the big undergrad bar. Although every single time I’ve ever gone by there, it’s been completely empty.
P.S. reading the RSS has its advantages
Looks tasty!
I saw that red lobster, then ate at Red Lobster