My search for best crab cakes in Baltimore continues... One of the places I tried was Phillips, which someone had told me was an institution in Baltimore. I'm not sure how true that is, but the location was convenient and close to where my meeting was so we came in here for lunch. Despite having had crab cakes the night before, I chose to have crab cakes again - I figured, when in Baltimore... eat lots of crab! You can choose grilled or fried and everyone told me that grilled was better. The crab cakes were pretty good - I thought they were similar to the ones at McCormick & Schmick's - except the ones at Phillips were a little smaller. They were decent but nothing extraordinary. So where is the best crab cakes in Baltimore (at least on this trip)? Drum roll please...  After three straight meals of crab cakes, G & M was going to be the last place to try before I left town. It was a bit out of the way (close to Baltimore airport though) but good food is always worth traveling for. I was late for a meeting so I knew I wouldn't have time for a sit-down meal so I called ahead and ordered crab cakes for pick-up.
I walked through the restaurant side to get to the pick-up counter and the restaurant was packed at lunchtime. My order was already waiting by the time I got to the counter and the service was prompt. I couldn't wait to start eating them! When I opened up the carton I was shocked by how big the crab cakes were - they were the size of a baseball each! Whoever said size doesn't matter obviously wasn't talking about crab cakes! The crab cakes were full of lumps of crab and rightly flavored. It came with no sauce but none was needed. I wolfed down one and I was already getting full, but who was I kidding, I can never turn down a good crab cake.
So this concludes my search for best crab cake in Baltimore. My quest was fulfilled and I can't wait to come back to G & M again.Labels: baltimore, crab cakes |
To think I visit Maryland every year but never had crab cakes there. What a shame! I need to rectify the situation this year. The G&M crab cakes look so delicious!