Comments on: Certe’s Lobster Roll is $9 (For One Day Only) http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/ Food Adventures for Your Urban Lunch Hour Fri, 25 May 2012 21:25:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: wayne http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-2/#comment-215749 wayne Fri, 22 May 2009 20:33:52 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215749 It's cool that Certe cares enough to participate & respond to ML blasting. Good on ya, Certe It’s cool that Certe cares enough to participate & respond to ML blasting. Good on ya, Certe

]]> By: Certe http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-2/#comment-215748 Certe Fri, 22 May 2009 20:14:01 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215748 We would like to apologize to everyone who was disappointed by the Lobster ‘Roll’ Special. In the future we hope to prevent this by providing a more thorough explanation of our food items when featuring them as specials. The special was done to honor loyalists of the sandwich- we have regular customers who order it every Friday. In this assumption, we isolated new customers and neglected to familiarize you with our style of the sandwich. It is a lobster salad and it is a wrapped sandwich, we make it with our home made flat bread. We had no intention of being deceptive in this manner. In terms of ingredients, corn is often used as a compliment to lobster. In the future there will be no onions in the ‘corn salsa’ that is put in the sandwich. As always, we appreciate feedback from the Midtown Lunch Community. Please e-mail your favorite lobster roll from the area to Marketing@certenyc.com, we will duplicate the most popular sandwich and offer a “classic version” on special, this July 3rd for the same price of $8.95 Please continue to visit our café, share your opinion and as always- be passionate about lunch! Thank You, Chef Edward and the staff at Cer te We would like to apologize to everyone who was disappointed by the Lobster ‘Roll’ Special. In the future we hope to prevent this by providing a more thorough explanation of our food items when featuring them as specials. The special was done to honor loyalists of the sandwich- we have regular customers who order it every Friday. In this assumption, we isolated new customers and neglected to familiarize you with our style of the sandwich.

It is a lobster salad and it is a wrapped sandwich, we make it with our home made flat bread. We had no intention of being deceptive in this manner. In terms of ingredients, corn is often used as a compliment to lobster. In the future there will be no onions in the ‘corn salsa’ that is put in the sandwich.

As always, we appreciate feedback from the Midtown Lunch Community. Please e-mail your favorite lobster roll from the area to Marketing@certenyc.com, we will duplicate the most popular sandwich and offer a “classic version” on special, this July 3rd for the same price of $8.95

Please continue to visit our café, share your opinion and as always- be passionate about lunch!

Thank You,
Chef Edward and the staff at Cer te

]]> By: Chip Beef http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-2/#comment-215739 Chip Beef Fri, 22 May 2009 18:23:57 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215739 Props to those who benefitted from our collective misery, and upgraded to the roll. Knowing this, I feel that the unfortunate early adopters have not toiled in vain. The mere fact that they laughed about serving a "lobster roll on a roll" makes me think they knew exactly what kind of shit they were pulling, here. Bastards. Now I'm going to have to hit Fairway this weekend for a proper under $10 lobsta roll (and coleslaw with no superfluous ingredients). Props to those who benefitted from our collective misery, and upgraded to the roll. Knowing this, I feel that the unfortunate early adopters have not toiled in vain.

The mere fact that they laughed about serving a “lobster roll on a roll” makes me think they knew exactly what kind of shit they were pulling, here. Bastards. Now I’m going to have to hit Fairway this weekend for a proper under $10 lobsta roll (and coleslaw with no superfluous ingredients).

]]> By: Dylan http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-2/#comment-215733 Dylan Fri, 22 May 2009 17:57:16 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215733 Ugh. I convinced two of my usually uncooperative coworkers to venture out with me--after ensuring them it wasn't yet another sketchy cart. The "roll," if it could be called, that is certainly full of filler. Dominating red onions. A bunch of corn. Blasphemous tomatoes. Even a hint of parsely. All of that said, I still enjoyed it. I was let down, to be sure, to find that it wouldn't be served on a buttery warm NE-style roll. But once I was over my initial dissapointment, I unwrapped it, emptied it into the container and made a serviceable lobster-on-a-sald lunch out of it. Maybe worth 7-8 bucks. 9.40 (with tax) was a tad much. Ugh.

I convinced two of my usually uncooperative coworkers to venture out with me–after ensuring them it wasn’t yet another sketchy cart.

The “roll,” if it could be called, that is certainly full of filler. Dominating red onions. A bunch of corn. Blasphemous tomatoes. Even a hint of parsely.

All of that said, I still enjoyed it. I was let down, to be sure, to find that it wouldn’t be served on a buttery warm NE-style roll. But once I was over my initial dissapointment, I unwrapped it, emptied it into the container and made a serviceable lobster-on-a-sald lunch out of it.

Maybe worth 7-8 bucks. 9.40 (with tax) was a tad much.

]]> By: win http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-1/#comment-215731 win Fri, 22 May 2009 17:29:27 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215731 Thanks to the early adopters I asked for my lobster on an actual roll and they obliged and had a chuckle ' one lobster roll on a roll ' - it was just ok, very meh: it is really a lobsterish salad on a roll (or wrap) and the lobster meat (what little there is of it) is totally overpowered by the onions. Thanks to the early adopters I asked for my lobster on an actual roll and they obliged and had a chuckle ‘ one lobster roll on a roll ‘ – it was just ok, very meh: it is really a lobsterish salad on a roll (or wrap) and the lobster meat (what little there is of it) is totally overpowered by the onions.

]]> By: brandeeno http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-1/#comment-215728 brandeeno Fri, 22 May 2009 17:28:00 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215728 oh and one other thing.... by the time i was done with the "roll" its self, half of the contents fell into the tupperware. haha ok, enough bad comments about these guys. oh and one other thing…. by the time i was done with the “roll” its self, half of the contents fell into the tupperware. haha

ok, enough bad comments about these guys.

]]> By: matt123 http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-1/#comment-215726 matt123 Fri, 22 May 2009 17:25:48 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215726 I saw sushiburger's comments about it being a wrap, and asked for it on a roll. It was tasty and fresh, but didnt really qualify as a lobster roll. I'm not sure the roll improved it at all either since that was just abother thing drowning out the lobster. Expect a corn salad sandwich w/ a little lobster as a garnish. I saw sushiburger’s comments about it being a wrap, and asked for it on a roll. It was tasty and fresh, but didnt really qualify as a lobster roll. I’m not sure the roll improved it at all either since that was just abother thing drowning out the lobster.

Expect a corn salad sandwich w/ a little lobster as a garnish.

]]> By: brandeeno http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-1/#comment-215725 brandeeno Fri, 22 May 2009 17:24:36 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215725 yeh, the onions totally overpowered cloppy, errrr i mean the lobster yeh, the onions totally overpowered cloppy, errrr i mean the lobster

]]> By: Moons http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-1/#comment-215722 Moons Fri, 22 May 2009 17:06:39 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215722 I think I may have been one of the first to order it today and when I saw them go into the back and bring out about 10 premade wraps, I immediately said "uh ohhhhh". So you can add another "what Chip Beef said" from me. All in all I did "like" it I guess, but the f-ing onions destroyed any chance of tasting lobster. I think I may have been one of the first to order it today and when I saw them go into the back and bring out about 10 premade wraps, I immediately said “uh ohhhhh”. So you can add another “what Chip Beef said” from me. All in all I did “like” it I guess, but the f-ing onions destroyed any chance of tasting lobster.

]]> By: brandeeno http://midtownlunch.com/2009/05/21/certes-lobster-is-roll-is-9-for-one-day-only/comment-page-1/#comment-215720 brandeeno Fri, 22 May 2009 16:57:41 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=6191#comment-215720 right right to everything the last 3 said... i just had it too. a lobster roll should be 95% lobster and 5% butter or other yummy fat. right right to everything the last 3 said… i just had it too. a lobster roll should be 95% lobster and 5% butter or other yummy fat.

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