http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/(c) Roadfood.com Discussion Board30I went to Pandl's Bayside tonight with X1 and ChuckL and had a great meal: oysters, crsip-fried calamari, clam chowder, tender and flaky haddock fish fry, oniony potato pancakes, made-from-scratch applesauce. The restaurant is closing for good on Sundayhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=552993Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:34:05 GMTchesapeake blue claws are only available july to september, so, any other time of year, they come from somewhere south. and those just don't have the same taste as those from the chesapeake - even if old bay seasoning is used on themhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=551288Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:50:37 GMTBaffin Bay is just south of Corpus Christi along the coast and has some of the best flounder, redfish and spec fishing in the state. We have had several discussions on seafood along the Texas coast from Brownsville to Beaumont ihttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=551226Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:07:56 GMTThere's a new small industry of crab fishing in the Hudson River in Rockland County just a few miles north of the George Washington Bridge. Amazingly, there's no restaurant that I've heard of in that area that offers the local crabs on their menu. So, thhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=551205Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:21 GMTI recently traveled to Ocean City MD and discovered the one of the best crab house restaraunts on the eastern seabord-The Old Mill Crab house! I've been going to Ocean City for years and this place has the best crabs I've ever eaten. They are the lhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=551167Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:35:59 GMThttp://www.thestar.com/living/food/article/720586--comeback-codhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=550821Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:51:24 GMTEverything is going up but $17 is like dope or something. That's way too much. What, is it some kind of sacrificial, holy fish or something?http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=550407Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:23:34 GMTI believe there is a Baffin Bay off the west coast of Padre Island.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=550334Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:45:30 GMTI am not sure if there is a Baffin Bay in Texas,unless it's named for the one in Canada. You might Google them,I think they have a website. There is also Snoopy's in Corpus Christi,near one of the bridges, they too have a website as does Clear Sprihttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=550321Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:18:42 GMTWithin sight of Baffin Bay? Considering the fact that Baffin Bay is between northernmost Canada and Greenland, you must have fantastic vision. http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=550305Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:24:01 GMTThe anemic list of Texas seafood entries in the Roadfoods compendium of restaurants (only 3, and one of them a catfish joint!) did not include the best seafood restaurant I have ever experienced in Texas. And that would include a very large sample.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=550303Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:17:08 GMTThanks Mland i had never heard of it but it became my regular breakfast item at Boss Tweed's up until i went To China to work. What a miracle i been posting reading long enough to see seafarer be wrong about something lohttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=549339Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:27:58 GMTFDA to ban sale of raw oysters from Gulf of Mexico NEW ORLEANS – "Federal officials plan to ban sales of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico unless the shellfish ahttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=549302Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:21:54 GMT sounds like a great place! will have to check it out...also wonder why there are no steamers on west coast? But there are, many of them. Eastern softshells are prevalenthttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548727Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:43:03 GMTTo me, after nearly 80 years of eating European, East, and Gulf Coast oysters, I find the Pacific Coast oysters I have sampled to have an alien metalic ( maybe coppery) taste. The ones I've had have been fat and plump and briny - but there's that backgrohttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548718Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:55:45 GMTAlthough you can just swallow since they are soft, it is preferable to chew to realize the flavor and texture a quality oyster provides. There may be some grit but cleaning and rinsing the shells will help along with removing pieces of shell that may&nbshttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548674Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:18:06 GMTI have a question - the only time I had an oyster was at a fish and chips place. It was deep fried and I spit it out. Raw oysters, I've always had it in my mind that you let them slide down your throat. That's not true,http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548562Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:03:30 GMTNow they put up a daily price menu with more stuff - for california guy, steamers (soft-shell clams? I can't imagine) for $16. and other stuff I've never heard of - Countneck clams, Permaquid oysters?? Oh, man I can't wait til next month!!http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548559Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:59:24 GMTWe had a wonderful day trip to Baltimore today!  Thank you all for your help.  We went to Faidley's and G&M .....Crabcake at Faidley's was out of this world..  I will report in a trip report with pics later.. Lexington Market was a wonderful experienhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548522Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:44:39 GMT Todays article in the paper, www.starnewsonline Read it and weep. I tend to agree with the writer of the newspaper article. I usually skip oysters during the monthhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548449Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:52:00 GMTTodays article in the paper, www.starnewsonline Read it and weep.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548443Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:57:04 GMTThanks Michael!  Maybe we will hit up both of them.  Those are some wonderful pictures. Too bad you and Jane could not meet up with us.http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548187Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:32:28 GMTYou guys are all the best!  Thanks for the info........We have be thinking of you all tomorrow as we induldge!!!http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548185Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:29:03 GMT Thanks Michael. Now I have to have crabcakes for lunch! And there is no way it will be as good as those. I just happen to have a G&M crabcake inhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548179Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:04:31 GMTI'd hit G & M and just eat crabcakes and cream of crab soup for about 4 hours, and then get back on the plane. You can practically walk there from the airport. http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548174Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:46:41 GMTI agree, the Lexington Market has a fantastic atmosphere, although I prefer the crabcakes at G & Mhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548171Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:34:04 GMTThanks Michael. Now I have to have crabcakes for lunch! And there is no way it will be as good as those. http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548163Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:38:41 GMTI would be hard-pressed to say which is better, G&M or Faidley's. As previous posters have noted, the Lexington Market is great for local color, G&M more civil and polite. Here is a pair at G&M: http://i388.photobucket.com/albhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548161Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:26:15 GMTFaidleys is great and the Lexington Market is an interesting place; its one of those places you should see once. The atmosphere at the Lexington is pretty good and there's lots to see. But if you're coming just for the crabcakes, and nothing else, then Ihttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548153Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:59:52 GMT Right choice, IMO. Plus, the Lexington Market has all kinds of other good things to eat (like Berger's Bakery layer cakes). I enjoyed your article on Baltimore crabcakes in the latest (andhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=548151Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:50:09 GMT