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| - I remember sampling this place at its original location on the Eastside about a year ago. It has since expanded, fortunately much closer to home. It is as good as I remember it and then some.
It went from a small local joint to a hub for sports, great food and Maryland patronage. One of the head honcho's, I believe named Jay, was still on the front lines getting down. During our first meeting, he was kind enough to offer us deals on flying in bulk crawfish in from the south since we mentioned that we often threw crab and crawfish boil parties. In fact, all staff are very welcoming and good peoples. Not too mention, it's good to see some Pinoys competing in the industry that I have learned to be cornered by some old timers and my Viet homies, especially in Cali (ie. Boiling Crab, etc.)
The menu has expanded as well. Aside from the typical grinds from hush puppies, fish/chips, oysters and crab cakes, I noticed lots more added such as (real) crab dip and bacon wrapped scallops.
But the fact remains, this place is built on cornering the niche that no one else has in the valley, blue crab! Not just any old blue crab, Maryland style baby! Although some compassion about the work expended when eating crawfish and blue crab, it's all about the entire experience, not too mention, these crabs are streamed just above rare, I can just imagine Katsumoto uttering...perrrfecct #lastsamurai.
Topped with that Maryland spice and throw in the Filipino vinegar, and you got yourself a feast line no other. The trick is to get the large or jumbo female blue crab, that way when you pop em open, all the savory goodness can be enjoyed with a bowl of white steamed rice, gotta get yo starches in complete the meal. Booyahh! BTW, my wife says the (real) crab cakes here is one of the best she ever had [Drake voice].
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, happy hour starts at 2:00 p.m. and ruins until 6:00 p.m. what a way to put a cherry on the crab cake. I gotta go with the drafts for $3 a pop and the Crabby Mary is definitely a treat. Just know, this place is ran by Terps, yet no turtles are served in the menu. So if you root for the Ravens, the Terapins or anything else Marlylandish, roll through and be ready to get crackin'.
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