What a great way to start the week- seeing 2 of my 4 kitty faces on Dining@Large. Thanks!! We did the 'stay at home' thing this weekend. I made lasagna on Saturday. With the left over supplies I made some sort of Lasagna 'eggroll' type creation. Despite having the exact same ingredients, they tasted different somehow? Good though, having them for lunch today!

Glad you got a chance to check out Blacksauce! They also show up at the Highlandtown Farmers Market in the summer, and Damian tells me he'll be serving up sandwiches at Cylburn's Market Day this year. I go to that every year but am glad now that my breakfast won't be an oatmeal cookie while I'm picking up new plants.

that biscuit looks ridiculous.

speaking of...friday night we went to Langermann's and they started the night off with a bread basket of good biscuits, and even better corn bread.

For entrees my girlfriend got the scallops that were really sweet and cooked to perfection. it came with a sweet potato hash, which i didn't try, but the scallops were worth it alone.

I went tradition southern and got the shrimp and grits, which i was told was the house specialty. It certainly wasn't the more traditional style i've recently become accustomed to, with the sauce being lighter looking and more buttery, but it was still really successful if not a tiny bit salty. it also came with thin slices of andoullie, which wasn't anything extraordinary, but blended nicely with the crab.

saturday for brunch we went to b&o. i got the duck confit hash, which was served in a cool iron dish and was really tasty, with a nice nutmeg/autumn type spice mixed in with the hash. maybe could of used a bit more duck, or maybe i'm being greedy. my girlfriend got the egg white omelet, which was light and wasn't exactly anything crazy, but was a good omelet i'm told.

saturday afternoon while walking around little italy we got some to-go samples from piedegrottas (everything looked really good, and the owners were extremely persuasive) as well as isabellas. the pasta with meatballs from piedegrottas was really good...that is until we tried the meatballs from isabellas...holy crap. some of the best i've had and made the pasta pale in comparison. note to self: get back there for a full meal.

sunday we decided to head back to b&o to try and get our money's worth on the $5 unlimited bloody's/mimosas and set up shop at the bar. i went for the "day after", two fried eggs with braised pork and beans. It was good, but personally it was a little too watered down and under seasoned. nothing a couple more mimosa's couldn't cure.

our bartender indulged us as we sipped on mimosas for a couple hours (i mean it WAS raining out, why the rush), and even turned us onto one of their amazing brunch drinks, the Morning Dew: a cucumber infused drink mixed with gin and st. germain. He gave us a small sample, and we instantly had to share one.

unfortunately we didn't make it to clarence's taste of new orleans this weekend, but maybe sometime soon.