Sep 03 2007
MC Perkins Cove – spectacular ocean views with excellent American food
While on vacation in picturesque Ogunquit, Maine, we discovered a delectable restaurant called MC Perkins Cove. Nestled among the quaint shops in this beach town’s marina, also known as Perkins Cove, MC is a refreshing newcomer to this popular vacation spot and the sister restaurant to Arrows, one of America’s top fifty restaurants. Founded by award-winning chefs Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier, MC will not disappoint your taste buds.
For starters, we feasted on “Fried shrimp skewers with a carrot daikon salad and a Vietnamese dipping sauce” and “Cockle clams with roasted tomatoes, dark beer, thyme, prosciutto crisps, and focaccia”. These dishes were delicious! To be honest, we could have stopped there. The portions were quite generous. For our main meals, we enjoyed the “MC lobster mac and cheese” and “Sesame crusted deep fried Rainbow trout with Chinese fermented black beans, tomatoes, scallions, rice wine and garden herbs”. The trout was the real winner for the evening. I don’t normally like whole fish plates, but this one stands out. The fish just melted in your mouth. Accompanied by “Mark’s Mom’s corn custard”, this meal is hard to beat. The Lobster “mac and cheese” was good and had a respectable amount of lobster in it. However, it was not the best macaroni and cheese I’ve had — that award goes to 44 & X Hell’s Kitchen in NYC. And while the combination sounds decadent, I think it’s better to keep the lobster separate from the macaroni and cheese. The delicate flavor of the lobster gets lost in the creme fraiche, cheese and bread crumbs. This was the second time I was drawn in by a meal of this description. MC’s variation on this dish is, however, better than the one I tried at Norma’s, a restaurant located in the Le Parker Meridian Hotel in NYC. Overall, we really enjoyed this dinning experience and would highly recommend it. If you’re in the area, it’s located at 111 Perkins Cove Road, Ogunquit, ME (Tel: 207-646-6263). We hope you enjoy it too!
