House crab cake, spicy remoulade, lemon. $14
The Point Crab House & Grill, Arnold MD
This crab cake was awesome! The lump crab was very “lump” and the cake had very little filler. The spicy remoulade was also a nice change from the typical tartar sauce. Mmm…
Bloody Mary style, potato, fennel. $9
Rapp Session, Richmond VA
This was really good! I liked the spiciness of the bloody mary flavor, and it was actually a pretty sizable portion for the price. There was quite a few oysters in there too!
Cocktail sauce, mignonette, lemon. Half dozen $20
Boxing Room, San Francisco CA
Boxing Room has since closed since I last visit, but I’m finally getting around to posting these pics. I’m kinda sad that it closed because I liked the food there, and there aren’t many good cajun/creole restaurants in The City. Anyway, I’ve already tried its replacement, Barcino, but that’s for another time.
These Fanny Bay oysters were very tasty – bright, clean, fresh, briny, and cleanly shucked. I could’ve easily eaten a dozen on my own, but didn’t want to break the bank.
Flatbread and pimento cheese. Complimentary
Cocktail sauce and tartar sauce. Brunch buffet $29.99
Farmers Fishers Bakers, Washington DC
These were a pretty good start to brunch. Some of the pieces were a bit over-fried and dry, but I can’t deny a fried shrimp! 🙂
Rappahannock, Rochambeau, and Olde Salt oysters served with horseradish and mignonette. Happy hour, half off
Rapp Session, Richmond VA
These weren’t my favorite. They weren’t bright and briny like the West Coast oysters that I’m used too. These were on the milky side – not my thang.
Kohlrabi, szechuan lemon oil, dill. Tasting menu $95
Volt, Frederick MD
Mmm, this was delicious! And it wasn’t even on the tasting menu – they just brought it out as an extra. Not that I needed more food, I was getting pretty full at this point in the meal. I’m glad I tried this though. The rockfish was cooked beautifully, but I particularly liked the kohlrabi puree.
Mustard-fennel aioli, fresh apple and fennel slaw. Happy hour $11.755
Arnies Restaurant, Edmonds WA
This was good, but the crab cake was kinda small and it look pretty lonely on that big plate. (Who would eat that much aioli with a single, tiny crab cake anyway?) The apple fennel slaw was nice and refreshing though.
Three-chile sauce and napa slaw. Happy hour $9.25
Arnies Restaurant, Edmonds WA
The price has gone up $1 since my last visit, but I will say that this presentation looks cleaner than last time. And the shrimp also looked better, weren’t stuck together and over-sauced.
Dipped in savory beer batter, lightly fried and tossed in house made sriracha-lime aioli. $10
World of Beer, Reston VA
Apparently this location has since closed! Geez, I must be bad luck, lol! Anyway, these were pretty good. I liked the sriracha-lime aioli, and the beer batter was nice and light.
Large $6.25
L.P. Steamers, Baltimore MD
They didn’t have any jumbo crab that day so I had to settle for a large which meant less of a pay-off. I really didn’t like this crab. It was very dry and kinda salty. I much prefer the juicy dungeness crab on the West Coast.
Jicama slaw, tortilla. Happy hour $5
PassionFish, Reston VA
That one piece of fish was SO small! I almost laughed out loud when I saw it. I know that they’re trying to keep costs down for happy hour, but this was ridiculous! They also poured wine really lightly – lame.
Cocktail sauce, horseradish, lemon. Each $2.50
L.P. Steamers, Baltimore MD
Hmm, I wasn’t a fan of these. They were larger than I like, and they just weren’t cold enough. They also could have been shucked more neatly. There were quite few bits of broken shells in some of them.
Vittle Monster 