The Veranda, an oceanfront restaurant with strong Nordic influences, uses wild-harvested, hyper-seasonal ingredients, a few molecular gastronomy techniques, and freshly caught seafood to create masterful expressions of flavor. By doing so, this exquisite restaurant takes diners on a tasting tour along Maine’s breathtaking rocky coastline, through beautiful meadows, and finally into Maine’s dense majestic forests. Here’s why it was one of my favorite meals I’ve ever had.