I Love Clam Chowder

  Redeye Grill, NYC Overpriced, but generous, well balanced and well built, if not over-engineered, with some surprising extras, like a cher...

  This New England Clam Chowder had plenty of clams but was too mushy and salty to deserve a star, especially at this Connecticut near shore...

  This seafood soup was served at a seaside cafe "Konak" near the ferry on the Adalar (Princess Island) across Istanbul. The trip ...

  B-Ack Yard BBQ, Nantucket, MA This salty and thick number sticks to the classic recipe, done competently and with generous helping of clam...

Queequeg's , Nantucket, MA Fresh with plenty of clams, but a bit too thick and too boring for wanting to order it again. Try if you must...

  Spanky's Clam Shack , Hyannis, MA Classic thick, salty and mushy clam shack fare. Normally, it would not get even a half-a-star, BUT i...

New England Clam Chowder, home made from scratch, with extra calamari Good, but a bit too liquidy. Next time, add a pinch of rice flour ...

Original Joe's Westlake Too much salt destroyed this otherwise decent chowder with plenty of clams, good texture, creamy potatoes an...

CajunSea & Oyster Bar, NYC I didn't expect much when I ordered this cup of New England-style clam chowder in the Cajun place and...

The Grand Central Oyster Bar My guest, who never had New England clam chowder before, liked it, but it was not my cup of soup... Mushy, ...

Seafood Chowder at Artisan, Southport CT Artisan at Southport CT is not top-rated for no reason. This Seafood Chowder is my new three-s...

Pearl Restaurant and Bar, Westport CT This place opened recently in a location previously occupied by Splash, which was the first entry...

Legal Seafood, King of Prussia, PA Reasonably well balanced and well articulated! Which is surprising, for something produced at scale ...

Duke’s Seafood & Chowder- Bellevue I really wanted to like this "award-winning" entry... Sadly, mushy and salty, this offe...

Cafeteria at Microsoft Executive Conference Center The best chowder I ever had! Fresh, well balanced, plenty of clams, perfectly execute...

The Brixton, San Francisco Our West Coast correspondent reports " ... I have not had better. Ever... ". Out of brotherly love...

Bobby B's Seafood and Pizza Popular street spot at VH. The chowder is not as bad as one might expect from a popular fried food spo...

The Seafood Shanty, Edgartown, MA Better than I remember it to be years back, but not too inspiring or original. Half-a-star. Maybe.

The 41-70 Restaurant near Woods Hole, MA It was raining non-stop since we left home. Max and I secured the passage for the women and el...

The Bancroft, Burlington, MA One of the best tried in a long while and the reason I brought this blog back to live. Plenty of clams, not...

Lilly's Bistro, Louisville, KY Very convincing and not too bad. Goes exceptionally well with one of local's favorite cask-stre...

Jason's Beachside Grill Kings Beach, CA Glue-like and tasteless. No stars.

New England Clam Chowder as part of a three chowder sampler at Ed's Chowder House, Empire Hotel across Lincoln Center Two stars - ...

At George's Bistro, 3rd Ave, Santa Monica, CA Very fresh! Too bad it had almost no clams or anything seafoody... Still, 1 star fo...

Homemade Rhode Island Clam Chowder with Mushrooms Came out way too salty . Also, the kids complained about spices and parsley.

Lobster Corn Chowder at The Forge, Miami Beach Nice texture, but absolutely no flavor or taste ... Half-a-star for texture.

A cup of Rhode Island Chowder at Mystic Oyster Club's Treehouse One star for freshness and another star for the alfresco treehouse ...

While on tour of historic Newport with our friends, we sat down for seafood dinner at the famous Black Pearl. We were denied access to Commo...

The Sono Baking Company & Cafe at Westport Avoid.

Cross Eyed Claim Fresh, salty and heavy, it was heaven-sent to settle the stomach after nine hours in a rocking fishing boat. One star ...

Like almost all food at Fishermen's Wharf - a bit stale, a bit salty, a bit mushy... Avoid. No stars.

With Alik's family, Max and Leon at S.F.'s famous Fog City Diner . This Manila clam chowder was two-star good. The broth was m...

Remember - you heard it here for the first time! Curry Paste + Clam Chowder = Awesome Curry Clam Chowder. Before After

Utah is not exactly where one goes for clam chowders, so, mostly out of curiosity we ordered a cup at the Easy Street Brassiere. Not surpris...

Not sure why, but all sampled chowders seem to be much improved in comparison to the last year. From the thin and milky at Among the Flowers...

The store brand from Balducci was an utter disappointment. Overdone with everything under the sun, but quality clams and too salty. No stars...

We had a late Sunday lunch there. It wasn't our first choice, but all other places were already closed and even here, they served only f...

After making my own clam chowder in September, I somehow cooled off to the subject and stopped collecting new experiences. Though, we haven...

Today, I made the batch of chowder following the recipe from the previous post . Clam juice and chopped frozen clams came from Stew Leonard....

Here is a simple recipe from the " Cooking for Engineers " site. Published back in 2005 and still drawing comments and reviews (a...

And here it is - nicely balanced, served in a carton cup at the Quarterdeck Shack stand (behind Seafood Shanty) at the Edgartown Harbor. Eve...

At the acclaimed cafe "Among the Flowers" we tried the excellent sweet corn chowder (two stars) and the way too milky clam chowder...

On the way to MV, we stopped for dinner at Waterfront Grille in New Bedford, MA. While fresh and loaded, the chowder was too salty. Half-a-s...