Y.U. Take Out

HOT DAMNNNN! Good and cheap eats. For whatever reason my recent trip to Downeast* Maine has featured a bevy of delightful cheap food. Y U (No?) Takeout was a sweet red cherry on the top of this food filled trip. As of this trip (⁰⁸⁄₁₅) they are running a 2 for $ 10 crab roll and chip special. You get 2 loaded up toasted crab rolls, a handful of kettle chips and a scoop of ‘slaw. I only ate the rolls, can’t comment on the ‘slaw, who has room for slaw when crab rolls are 2 for $ 10? Not me. The crabby filling was crab and just the right amount of may and no filler– no onion no celery to pollute the taste of crab. The finishing touch was a dusting of the traditional paprika.
I did get some dumplings to bring home to my wife, because I had to get something from the Korean side of the menu. 12 for around $ 6? Sold. Perfectly deep fried to crispy perfection. Lots of veggies all tasting fresh. Be aware they are meat free. They were good.
Yeah, it’s a shack on the side of the road. Clearly you have never done Maine seafood right if you are down on the seafood shack. It’s supposed to be dumpy. Money goes into the food, not the building, that’s how you know it is good.
I’ll be back to test out more of the Korean side of the menu.
*No matter what, anything south of Ellsworth is NOT DownEast Maine. In true Mainer fashion I believe that only Washington County is DownEast and everything else is just Northern Massachusetts.

Best bibimbap I’ve ever had and I’ve tasted a fair few. Ignore the haters and give this place a try. On our way back from Schoodic, we plan to savor some more of their menu items.

Terrible! This based on the clam chowder only, however after that I wouldn’t try anything else.
We paid $ 7 for a cup of clam chowder, which would have been fine except for the fact that it was pretty much cream broth, a few potatoes, and at most half a dozen small clam pieces. It wasn’t all that tasty anyway, so I’m not sure how much all that would have helped. Our cabin was far enough away that I didn’t bother going back to ask for a refund. Not trying to be mean, just hate getting ripped off for subpar food.

I’m from NYC and was staying nearby for vacation. I decided to check this place out on my way home to see if this place is as good as the city. I am glad I stopped at this place. The food was delicious and the staff were incredibly nice. I ordered a bibimbap, fried wontons (it was actually more like deep fried dumplings, but I’m not complaining), and a lobster roll. Although the bibimbap was delicious, it was a bit spicy (too spicy for me because I can’t handle spice) but I was able to finish it because it was good. It didn’t come with the carrots the sign said it would, but it was so delicious that I didn’t mind. The fried wontons (dumplings) were extremely delicious that I wanted more.
As a note, the fried wontons (dumplings) don’t have meat in it. My friend was disappointed in that, but I had failed to mention it to him since I know that Koreans don’t really put much meat in their fried dumplings unless it’s specified. So don’t expect meat in it.
Overall, despite its appearance, the food is delicious and I will definitely be going back. I would recommend this place to anyone who is a fan of Korean food or wants to try some in Maine, near the area.

great lil take out place for sure, authentic asian food, i believe the cook is korean. you will not find cheaper crabmeat anywhere else, crab rolls, crab cakes, and crab dip are all delisious. the owners buy crabs direct from local fisherman and process the meat themselves passing value and freshness on to the customer. they also do shrimp, scallops, lobster rolls and mussels. also a good location jus out of ellsworth and bar harbor so usually not a large crowd!

The building itself is a weary mishmash of old time ice cream stand and tired antique stand. Still, it has a kitschy look that could play well… if the food were good.
The service by a teenaged girl was OK at best. She just doesn’t know the finer points of being a welcoming host, informative ambassador, and gun ghost waitress. She writes down the order, collects cash and sends you on your way with barely a smile and nothing in the way of helpful advice. Still, she wasn’t mean.
My wife and 2 kids joined me and we ordered a lobster roll, clam chowder, Szechuan chicken (seeing as it’s an Asian owned stand — I figured they could get that right), a hot dog, and chicken tenders.
The lobster roll was a very small bun filled with standard ingredients. Way overpriced at $ 13 for such a skimpy portion. Overall, my wife said it was OK. In Maine, you can throw 10 shoes in the air and hit 8 places that can rock a good lobster roll with aplomb. Not here. The Szechuan chicken was just bad. It was frozen chicken the cheap Chinese joints buy by the 20# bag. The sauce was regular old sweet n sour sauce with a healthy amount of siracha added. It was just horrible. The chicken tenders — same thing… frozen factory breaded chicken that was barely seasoned if at all. The fries with it were, I’m sure, bought from the same restaurant food vendors that they got the other frozen garbage from. The hot dog was just that. A hot dog on a bun with fries — nothing inspired.
Finally, the clam chowder was the only thing that rescued this visit from one of the worst food experiences I’ve ever had. It had real clams in it (it’s comical that I even have to point that out), the potatoes were not a mushy mess, and the broth was a good clam and cream broth that wasn’t thickened up by some additive. It was actually good. Not great… but good.
That was one and only visit and while I may have not ordered from their culinary sweet spot, that food I spent $ 44 on was enough to keep me away. I’m not a reviewer at all because I’ve got better things to do. But this visit today was enough motivation for me to try and warn other visitors to the area to visit somewhere else.

Stopped at this adorable little shack while driving from Schoodic Point because we read about the possibility of kimchi lobster roll. The girl at the window said that they don’t serve it but that she could put a small side of kimchi in the box.
Lobster roll was tiny (but only $ 10) and pretty dressed up with mayo, but add the kimchi and OMG out of this world! The owners should take a hint and make this a thing because it is downright incredible. I thought the kimchi would overpower the lobster, but it somehow made a perfectly sweet salty crunchy complement.

Low quality food, unfriendly and condescending owners. I give places two or three tries before passing judgement, despite being unimpressed on my prior visit, I gave it another shot. They had their open sign up and had just taken an order at the window, I tried to order and his response was «oh, I guess you didn’t understand the CLOSED part». I pointed out that their open sign was up and he shrugged and said, «not my problem». Well, it is his problem now, as I’m reviewing this place poorly and will not return. I had wanted to try some of thier Korean food after being dissapointed by their other offerings (tiny gray hamburger and ridiculously small lobster rolls slathered in mayo.)

One of my happiest finds in Maine was this stand right across the road from a lovely yarn shop. I thought The L. was kidding when he said Korean American across the way but he was not. I immediately thought I had struck gold! After all it is painted a bright cheery yellow but I had my suspicions culinary delights were so close no matter the color, I could taste their spiciness on the Bay breeze.
We stopped by to have a look as it was Sunday and they were closed but promised whatever happy spirits were lurking about among their paper lanterns we would be back the next day to eat there at one of their picnic tables.
When we returned for lunch the next day I noticed there was no such item as a kimchi lobster roll on their board though they had traditional oceany Maine foods and Korean dishes. However they were willing to make a couple up for us. I was surprised that such an obvious delicacy would not be well, so obvious, but it should be despite the rather limited traditionally available offerings.
There are lobster rolls everywhere in Downeast ME but none as strikingly delicious as this. The contrast of crunchy spicy kimchi and the soft succulent perfectly cooked sweet lobster meat was Out Of This World!!! With no butter nor mayo the true flavors shone through like the beautiful autumn Maine sun above our heads. Other embellishments were simply not necessary. For either. We went back several times more over the course of our holiday and were as enamored each time.
Their stand is relatively new (such nice people) and will be closing soon for the season but I suspect come next year YU will be a, no THE!, destination stop for adventurous travelers around the Bah Habbah/​Bar Harbor area who wish to sample something extraordinary and uniquely YU. :)))))