Boston lobster with French butter sauce: Fancy? Yes. Worth it? Also yes.
Lobster with pasta in a butter sauce? Sounded heavy. Sounded expensive. Sounded like something I’d order only if someone else was paying. But it was a special occasion. So I went for it. The plate arrived. A whole lobster, split open, nestled on a bed of fettuccine. The sauce was pale gold, glistening, coating every …