Mr. Raban's best writing, which is most of it, is succulent under a crusty exterior, like a fish baked in salt.
"It was succulent," Mr. Lee said.
It was succulent, juicy, tender and possibly the best steak I've ever eaten.
It was succulent, and admirably set off by wild mushrooms and risotto.
It was succulent and sweet, unlike a dish of rather difficult to eat short ribs stewed in soy and rock candy, whose description declared, "It is authentic".
The snowy white cod in the fish and chips was coated with a light beer batter, and the Cajun grilled fish (salmon, the night we tried it) was succulent and flaked at the touch of a fork.
The pork chop with sauce Robert was the best pork chop I've ever had: cooked sous-vide and finished on the grill, it was succulent, and the sauce, a demi-glace spiked with mustard, was amazing.
But enough of the theory – a good meatball, as any old mama will confirm, tastes way better than even the best of steaks: it is succulent and full of flavour, it doesn't dry out or toughen, and it's always good, if not even better, the next day.
It was sweet, it was succulent and it was $5 a veritable trifecta of lobster eating.
