Lunch at Artscape with your restaurant critic
This is the third year I've gone to Artscape for lunch on opening day. I was sorry to hear there wouldn't be anything new in the food line this year like the green food court last year, but I was looking forward to my crab cake.
Weather report: 93 degrees and overcast. It might as well have been raining it was so humid.
I bought lunch at Sherri's Crab Cakes stand this year: "World's Greatest Concession Crab Cakes."
Armed with a crab cake ($7) and a lemonade ($3), I headed for someplace to sit. ...
Every seat everywhere was taken, except for an orange bench that said "doubt" on it. It was empty. Doubt is what I do best, so I sat down and ate my crab cake and thought about the vendor telling me the crab cake had 75 to 80 percent lump crab meat in it and no filler, just mayonnaise to hold it together.
Then it started to rain in earnest, so I abandoned my plan to visit the green food court and headed back to the office.
Comments
Hmm...sounds like the crab cake didn't live up to your craving.
Posted by: Lissa | July 17, 2009 2:02 PM
Does "75 to 80 percent lump crab meat in it and no filler, just mayonnaise to hold it together." mean that it is 20 - 25% mayonnaise?
Posted by: Retired in Elkridge | July 17, 2009 3:12 PM
uhhhhh... it could also mean that the remaining 20-25% is backfin or claw.
Posted by: unbelievaboh | July 17, 2009 3:24 PM
Was it Maryland crab or the dreaded Asian stuff?
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | July 17, 2009 3:33 PM
EL, the Sandbox waits with bated breath. Did the crab cake measure up to your standards for a "Maryland crab cake"?
It was OK. :-) EL
Posted by: hmpstd | July 17, 2009 3:41 PM
Artscape food priority list, depending on how many days I go:
Italian sausage with peppers and onions and the fries that are like boardwalk fries. Always good.
BBQ (pit beef (ha!) or pulled pork or whatever looks good), again with the fries. Usually pretty good.
Cheap Crabcake (again with the fries). It's nice to have a cheap crabcake every so often but it's been hit and miss at Artscape.
And I find one of the Maryland beer stands.
Posted by: Bourbon Girl | July 17, 2009 7:55 PM
The picture makes Artscape look like a carnival in a strip mall parking lot or what we called a homecoming back in southern Illinois.
Bourbon Girl, Kasper wrote last year that he couldn't find Maryland beer at Artscape. If you find it let us know the location.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | July 18, 2009 7:47 AM
EEL - There used to be one right near the stage at the top of the Mt. Royal hill, on the right as you walk up the hill.
But I didn't go last year. And I'm sure Kasper would have found the Maryland beer if it was there. Very disappointing.
Posted by: Bourbon Girl | July 18, 2009 10:51 AM
BG, Check out Kasper on Tap for an update on the beer situation. Sounds bad for beer lovers.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | July 18, 2009 4:43 PM
On Sunday, we stumbled on Jay's Shave Ice and loved it. I like the local snowball, but Jay's had the snow texture that I loved when we visited Hawaii.
Does anyone know if Jay's appears any other than Artscape? Other fairs? They said they closed their store in Timonium.
Posted by: HowCHow | July 20, 2009 3:33 PM