Guide to Seafood Options During Lake County Restaurant Week 2023
By: Jeff Randolph 04/10/2023
In Lake County, we have a nautical appetite. Maybe it’s because many of us fish for sport in over 75 lakes that Lake County offers. Or it’s just because seafood is delicious, healthy, and nourishing.
Many eateries participating in Lake County Restaurant Week specialize in fish, shellfish, and more.
Lake County Restaurant Week: Ten Days to Savor allows diners to CHECK IN TO WIN. The contest features various foodie prizes and a chance to win an overnight/theatre package at Lincolnshire Marriott Resort, Marriott Theatre and Three Embers Restaurant or Wright's Brew & Bistro, a cooking class at The Joyful Gourmet in Libertyville, and a gift card to a participating eatery.
Don’t look port because these dining options provide the starboard way to feast on seafood for Lake County Restaurant Week. Let's look at seafood options during Lake County Restaurant Week 2023. Tag your food pictures with #LakeCountyRW and/or #LetsGoLakeCounty at a participating eatery.
Seafood Option
- Shrimp Pad Thai - fresh lemon, thail basil, cilantro, eggs, sprouts, peanuts, rice noodles
Seafood Option
- Faroe Island Salmon with dill buerre blanc or BBQ sauce and white rice
- Shrimp and Grits - Southern style BBQ shrimp atop creany smoked cheddar grits with a sweet and spice pork belly candy.
Seafood Option
- Fried calamari
- Crab cake
- Grilled Salmon with chipotle sauce and roasted beets
Seafood Option
- Lemon Poached Salmon - turmeric-infused Israeli couscous, roasted sweet peppers, and squash
Seafood Option
- Wild Caught Filet of Branzino (Sea Bass)
Seafood Option
- Shrimp, Pork, and Chinese Chive Dumplings
- Shrimp, Sweet Corn, and Chinese Chive Dumplings
Seafood Option
- Lobster, fish, crab cakes and more
Seafood Option
- Camarones Rancheros Suizos – Twelve plump shrimp simmered in a tomato sauce with onions, garlic, poblano peppers and spices. Topped with melted cheese.
- Filete de Huachinango al Mojo de Ajo – Red snapper fillet with garlic and herbs. Served with Mexican rice and a salad.
- Camarones Al Ajillo – Twelve plump shrimp cooked in our special garlic sauce, served with rice and a salad.
- Filete de Huachinango al Mojo de Ajo – Red snapper fillet with garlic and herbs. Served with Mexican rice and a salad.
- Camarones Rancheros Suizos – Twelve plump shrimp simmered in a tomato sauce with onions, garlic, poblano peppers and spices. Topped with melted cheese.
- Camarones Al Ajillo – Twelve plump shrimp cooked in our special garlic sauce, served with rice and a salad.
Seafood Option
- Barbecue Scottish Salmon Filet - mushrooms, baarbecue glaze
- Miso Glazed Chliean Sea Bass - sauteed with sesame-orange spinach, arugula, pickled red onion
Seafood Option
Seadfood Option
- Cedar Plank Salmon
- Pan Seared Sea Bass
Seafood Option
- Surf and Turf - Blackened grilled New York Strip topped with Cajun shrimp, potato and vegetable medley
Seafood Option
- Detroit-style Seafood Deep Dish Square Pizza
Seafood Option
- Gobernador Tacos - spieced grilled shrimp with chees, grilled onions and peppers, served with chipotle salsa on the side
Seafood Option
- Tuna Tartare Bites- Ahi tuna, avocado, cucumber, mango salsa, mini tart shells, wasabi aioli, sriracha
- Garlic Butter Shrimp- shrimp, butter garlic crostini
Seafood Option
- Grilled Salmon- eggplant puree, pineapple-avocado salad, green harissa
Seafood Option
- Salmon Cakes with Roasted Corn Relish
- Saltados de Mariscos - stir fried shrimp, scallops, squid, onions, tomatoes and peppers in garlic soy over jasmine rice
Seafood Option
- 8 oz. pan-seared Chilean Sea Bass with shrimp dill sauce, risotto, grilled asparagus, baby carrots
Seafood Option
- Glazed Salmon - sweet mustard glazed grilled salmon served with mashed potatoes and broccoli.
- Celtic Shrimp - Large shrimp double-skewered, drizzled with whiskey apricot preserve glaze, baby arugula with lemon viniagrette. Served with white rice.
Seafood Option
- Lobster Gouda Pasta
- Cajun Seafood Pasta
Seafood Option
- Firecracker Shrimp - tempura shrimp tossed with sriracha aioli, sliced jalapenos, sliced radishes
- Bronzed Halibut - heirloom tomato salad, baby frisee lettuce, jalapeno and lemon vinegar
Seafood Option
- Texas Style Redfish - a Cajun dry rubbed filet roasted with pico de gallo over rice pilaf, topped with tortilla strips and garnished with vegetable
Seafood Option
- Seafood Bisque - butter poached lobster, sherry
- Miso Glazed Salmon - stewed rhubarb and bok choy served with jasmine rice
Seafood Option
- Grilled or baked cod dinner
Seafood Option
- Shrimp and Crab Bisque
- Open-faced Mediterranean Salmon Sandwich
- Fresh Fish of the Day
For Instagrammable cuisines in Lake County Restaurant Week continue here.
To learn about all of the participating restaurants in the foodie festival, click here.
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