My Top 10 Meals Of 2014

10) Wakin’ Bakin’ - New Orleans, LA

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and this fresh, delicious and homemade meal made my day.

 

9) Fins & Things Caribbean Seafood Bar & Grill - Sunrise, FL

Caribbean and seafood, these are two of my favorite things!

  

8) Swine Southern Table & Bar - Coral Gables, FL

A salad shouldn't be anyone's favorite meal, but cornbread as croutons made it delish. Plus it was a great start to an even better meal.

7) SAIA Sushi Asian Grill - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Sushi is everywhere; some good, some bad. However, it is hardly ever memorable and this was.

6) Pincho Factory - Coral Gables, FL

A tasty twist on the original burger. Plus a shout out to my South Florida roots.

5) Machiya - Miami, FL

Ramen became a craze, just like cronuts and many others but this right here surpasses the frenzy.

4) Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill - Miami, FL

Happiest hour! Drink are fresh and the food is spectacular.

3) Yardbird Southern Table & Bar Restaurant - Miami Beach, FL

Miami Beach is for tourists, but food like the Old School easily becomes a favorite even among locals.

2) LP Steamers - Baltimore, MD

I am in love with seafood (the true reason I could never be vegetarian, plus the fact that I love bacon). I wish I had some of these right now.

 

1) Gott's Roadside - Napa Valley, CA

Simple but so so good! I could eat these Ahi Poke Crispy Tacos everyday for the rest of my life.

Visit Baltimore: Faidley's Seafood, Inner Harbour and LP Steamers

My Baltimore trip felt like an episode of Anthony Bourdain's layover show. We landed, picked up our rental car, then headed straight to Lexington marketplace to Faidley's Seafood for some Crab cakes and beer.

 

It's a unique place and not the sort of place your would expect to find some meaty cakes (or maybe you would), but regardless the crab cakes were big and tasty.
 

 

Afterwards we headed to Inner Harbour where most of the attractions like the ships, museums and shops are located.

 

Truthfully that is not really my idea of fun, eating food is, so we left there and ended up at LP Steamers so I can continue by crab obsession and get some whole steamed crab.

 

While waiting we had some hush puppies.
 

 

I also had a couple of fresh clams.
 

 

I was sad there wasn't any female crabs, but I loved it anyways. I have always been a little turned off by the overly salty taste of old bay seasoning so I was pleasantly surprised and thoroughly impressed by their seasoning that incorporated a combination of spices (including sugar) that created an ever greater mix.

If Baltimore is great for anything its crab, crab and more crab!

 

Faidley's Seafood

203 N Paca St, Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 727-4898

www.faidleyscrabcakes.com

 

LP Steamers

1100 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD 21230(410) 576-9294

www.locustpointsteamers.com