Cooke's Seafood, Orleans

May 30, 2011 A simple pleasure whenever we visit the Cape, Cooke's Seafood is a fun little place to get something quick to eat.  We have probably stopped in here about six or seven times.  This restaurant has several things going for it.  They have a straightforward menu, with lots of known quantities on that menu.  The food is simple, and well prepared.

On this occasion we ordered clam strips, grilled swordfish and a side salad.   I tried the side salad and it was nothing special, except for one thing: fresh tomatoes.  The best tomatoes I have had this calendar year made up for an otherwise very middle of the road salad.  The iceberg lettuce was fresh, with no sign of wilting, but those tomatoes were great!  They served it with a packet of Newman's Own, which is usually pretty good salad dressing, so the salad was simple but fulfilling.

Our food arrived.  You can see mine below.  It follows the theme of simple, but delicious, although the fish could have stood to been taken off of the heat a minute or two sooner.

Grilled Swordfish (click to enlarge)

Mrs. Alphageek's food is pictured below, and it stole the show.  I know you can probably pay more for your fried clams, but it would be hard to get better clams.  I thought here onion ring was really good, so get some if you like onion rings.

Fried Clams (click to enlarge)

We left Cooke's Seafood, satisfied as usual.  We always find this a great little stop while out on the Cape.


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 May 31, 2011 We had a couple of great sandwiches here, while waiting for a train.  We had a few minutes to spare, so we each ordered up a sandwich.  This is a more short, hard hitting review than usual, but I did not get the camera out while we were enjoying our lunch.

Mrs. Alphageek had a buffalo chicken wrap.  I took a sample and can report that it was a great little wrap, and the sauce had that little something that makes it delicious.

I had a turkey sandwich on some kind of whole grain bread, that Mrs. Alphageek ordered for me.  I had some lettuce, tomato and some mustard and it was a great little sandwich.

Everything tasted especially fresh and I can report that this is a great place to get a quick bite to eat.  I have had coffee here on previous visits and I can report that you should get your coffee here before you get on the acela.


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