More Crab Cakes Please...

Last Saturday was a rainy, dreary day and by three o'clock we were suffering from a bit of cabin fever.  On a whim, we decided to drive up and explore Baltimore.  My distance perception is a bit off here.  From Kansas City it took 2-4 hours to drive to the nearest big city and the drive was usually very uneventful.   I tend to forget that from here we can drive to D.C. in 20 minutes and to Baltimore in 45 minutes!  Not to mention - Richmond in 2 hours, Philadelphia in 3 hrs, Atlantic City (the Las Vegas of the East) in 4 hours and New York in 4.5 hours.  We definitely have a lot of exploring to do.

We made our way to Baltimore and the first item on the agenda was to find the Charm City Cakes bakery.  I'm a big fan of the Food Network show "Ace of Cakes" which features the hilarious characters that work at Charm City Cakes.  

Unfortunately the bakery was closed.  Otherwise I would've had to resist the urge to knock on the door like a crazy woman and beg to meet Duff!  We looked into what it would cost to order one of their cakes and found out that they require a minimum order of $1,000.  Unless it's frosted with real gold sprinkles on top...I don't think I could part with that much money for one little cake! 

Next up we headed over to the Inner Harbor marina in search of some legendary Chesapeake Bay blue crab cakes.  The truck driver from North American Van Lines that delivered our stuff was a Baltimore native and talked about crab cakes for an hour when he was at our home.  We strolled around the harbor for awhile and decided on The Rusty Scupper restaurant. (Seen here on the right with the red sign.)

 

The crab cakes I've had in the past have been patty-like and fried crispy.  Granted, most of the seafood in the Midwest is a week old by the time it gets there so maybe frying it is the best option for flavor.  These were other-worldly.  Plump little cakes full of delicious chunks of moist blue crab meat.  
This photo does not do them justice.  All I have to say is - "More crab cakes please!"

A very full and happy Josh.

To celebrate our birthdays today, we're going to Old Town Alexandria, VA for a night out.  

Happy Birthday to us!