Maryland Crab Soup
Beer Battered Fish (Cod I think)
These were taken from my Motorola DROID! Nice quality =)
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Showing posts with label AJ. Show all posts
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Michael's Pub (2009.12.28)
Over due pictures...here they are...This is the first of a series of restaurant.com outings.
Maryland Crab Soup
Beer Battered Fish (Cod I think)
These were taken from my Motorola DROID! Nice quality =)
Maryland Crab Soup
Beer Battered Fish (Cod I think)
These were taken from my Motorola DROID! Nice quality =)
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Copeland's (2009.07.25)
...of New Orleans. Today was the closing ceremony for one of the summer programs AJ runs. It went really well, the presentations were really good and their projects were pretty successful. =) We grabbed lunch at Copeland's of New Orleans in Columbia after the ceremony. It's near the Columbia Mall which is pretty close to AJ's house and my work place. At first we were going to go to King's Contrivance but they don't open for lunch on Saturdays!! AJ wanted to get the salad she got last time. Cravings...lol!
Anyway, we ended up at Copeland's. The service was interesting. AJ's napkin was filled with crumbs. It wrapped the utensils and on the outside were some crumbs, but more when it was opened. Ew. Our server was no where to be found because she zoomed away as soon as she gave us the salad (AJ got a side salad, no pic of that) and we each got biscuits with our orders (no pic of those either).
The lunch entree I got was called Tomato Basil Chicken. Fresh grilled chicken breast served alongside angel hair pasta, tossed with plum tomatoes, fresh basil, olive oil, a touch of garlic butter and topped with Parmesan Cheese. I asked for no cheese of course. When the waitress brought it to us, she said "with extra cheese." Everyone likes to joke...so funny, haha. I've gotten it with cheese when I asked for none, so I wasn't surprised, just wasteful, that's all.
AJ got the Pasta Shrimp Copeland which was tender shrimp, sauteed garlic, mushrooms, and fresh herbs, served over angel hair pasta. I thought about getting it since it had "Copeland" in the name - ought to be pretty good, since it's named after the restaurant, but I'm not a big fan of mushrooms. After seeing AJ'd dish, I'm glad I didn't get it, lots of mushrooms. Though it looked pretty good, a bit smaller portion than the dish I had, at least it looked that way.
Before we ordered our entrees, AJ was already looking for the dessert menu. One didn't exist so after we finished the entree, we asked for one. Surprising that we both had some room in our stomachs!! I got the Original Cheesecake Napolean. I like cheesecake and I got Napolean-style before and was rather interesting to me. The concept anyway. Is' cheesecake stuffed between pudding cake with a dab of whipped cream. It was pretty good. Tpudding cake and cheesecake mix tasted really good. Sweet with with tinge of cheesecake to balance the flavor out.
AJ got the white chocolete bread pudding. I like chocolate. I told her the story of the PoBoy Bread Pudding from the NO trip. Anyway, it looked like pretty good bread pudding, AJ liked it. I'm not sure I can switch to normal bread pudding after having the PoBoy version of it though.
Total cost = 8.29 + 9.99 + 5.99 + 6.99 + 2 (side salad) + tax + tip = approx $40 total
/*This is the first entry where I linked to so many other posts!*/
Anyway, we ended up at Copeland's. The service was interesting. AJ's napkin was filled with crumbs. It wrapped the utensils and on the outside were some crumbs, but more when it was opened. Ew. Our server was no where to be found because she zoomed away as soon as she gave us the salad (AJ got a side salad, no pic of that) and we each got biscuits with our orders (no pic of those either).
The lunch entree I got was called Tomato Basil Chicken. Fresh grilled chicken breast served alongside angel hair pasta, tossed with plum tomatoes, fresh basil, olive oil, a touch of garlic butter and topped with Parmesan Cheese. I asked for no cheese of course. When the waitress brought it to us, she said "with extra cheese." Everyone likes to joke...so funny, haha. I've gotten it with cheese when I asked for none, so I wasn't surprised, just wasteful, that's all.
AJ got the Pasta Shrimp Copeland which was tender shrimp, sauteed garlic, mushrooms, and fresh herbs, served over angel hair pasta. I thought about getting it since it had "Copeland" in the name - ought to be pretty good, since it's named after the restaurant, but I'm not a big fan of mushrooms. After seeing AJ'd dish, I'm glad I didn't get it, lots of mushrooms. Though it looked pretty good, a bit smaller portion than the dish I had, at least it looked that way.
Before we ordered our entrees, AJ was already looking for the dessert menu. One didn't exist so after we finished the entree, we asked for one. Surprising that we both had some room in our stomachs!! I got the Original Cheesecake Napolean. I like cheesecake and I got Napolean-style before and was rather interesting to me. The concept anyway. Is' cheesecake stuffed between pudding cake with a dab of whipped cream. It was pretty good. Tpudding cake and cheesecake mix tasted really good. Sweet with with tinge of cheesecake to balance the flavor out.
AJ got the white chocolete bread pudding. I like chocolate. I told her the story of the PoBoy Bread Pudding from the NO trip. Anyway, it looked like pretty good bread pudding, AJ liked it. I'm not sure I can switch to normal bread pudding after having the PoBoy version of it though.
Total cost = 8.29 + 9.99 + 5.99 + 6.99 + 2 (side salad) + tax + tip = approx $40 total
/*This is the first entry where I linked to so many other posts!*/
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
King's Contrivance
Today was lunch with AJ, after almost 2 months since the last time. (I don't care that we've seen each other at least 4-5 times in between, it doesn't count unless it's lunch, right, haha).
I had pitched Applebee's since TKN sent me the link to the 2 for 20 deal (E did too earlier that same day but via IM). Anyhow, AJ always has other plan on her mind. She calls at 12:15 as she's leaving campus to tell me it's Howard County's R-wk. Of course. LOL. So I'm googling as she drives. Apparently I mumble (what a surprise). I chose King's Contrivance because I recognized it from a list of 20-30 restaurants that were participating in R-wk. It's located close to her house so I figured it should work for both of us. The address is: 10150 Shaker Drive, Columbia, MD 21046.
Well, as it turns out, they only serve R-wk items for dinner. Fun. AJ said I'm putting a hole in her wallet...yes, I know. You're telling the person who ate out several times over the course of a few days...ha.
Anyways, on to the food. We both got Maryland Crab Soup. I was halfway through mine before I remembered to take pictures. So this is my half-eaten Maryland Crab Soup. I never had it before (yes, I was born in MD...your point?) and it tasted pretty good. It actually reminds of me of Vegetable Soup with pieces of crab thrown in them. Yes, that's what it looked like too since the crabs were on the bottom and pearly white, not like it had been cooked with in the soup. It was good though. I bit salty, but I think I like my soups light, not American style salty... It has assorted veggies: carrots, corn, beans, tomatoes, onions, cabbage (I think, I forget)...and whatever you can decipher from the picture. =)
Then I ordered a Jumbo Lump Crabcake with remoulade sauce, coleslaw and roasted Yukon gold potatoes. Let's start one by one. The crabcake was excellent. Actually it's about as good as G&M's crabcake, a bit smaller, but they have bigger chunks and not as many shells. The downside is this didn't taste as fresh, like it had been frozen for awhile, unlike G&M's who make them fresh. The remoulade sauce tasted like tartar sauce to me...It goes with seafood so it wasn't bad. The potatoes could've used some seasoning or ketchup, but the "tartar sauce" worked for me. And finally the "coleslaw." I forgot that was part of the entree and I told AJ it was a mix between salsa and coleslaw. It had a strange taste that I couldn't figure out. I kep picking at it and trying it various times. I couldn't get over the strange taste. The fact that coleslaw has tomatoes, spring onions and white onions baffle me... Overall I enjoyed it alot.
This was AJ's entree: Chesapeake Caesar Salad with shrimp, scallops and crab meat sauteed with Old Bay over a layer of romaine lettuce and tomatoes. The two things sticking out on the sides are napa (my guess)...AJ didn't like those. I've never had them raw like that so I wouldn't know. It looked pretty good, a very good assortment of seafood and on romaine vs some other strange veggie. I can't remember the last time I had caesar sauce, I just remember it's made from anchovies or something random like that. I'd say it was a good entree, AJ cleared her plate. (Sidenote: She will clean her plate regardless, but I trust her opinion since we seem to try/eat similar things - except the cheese thing).
Total Price: Soup $6 + Entree $17 + tax + tip = $29
AJ's salad and soup came to be the same price as well.
I had pitched Applebee's since TKN sent me the link to the 2 for 20 deal (E did too earlier that same day but via IM). Anyhow, AJ always has other plan on her mind. She calls at 12:15 as she's leaving campus to tell me it's Howard County's R-wk. Of course. LOL. So I'm googling as she drives. Apparently I mumble (what a surprise). I chose King's Contrivance because I recognized it from a list of 20-30 restaurants that were participating in R-wk. It's located close to her house so I figured it should work for both of us. The address is: 10150 Shaker Drive, Columbia, MD 21046.
Well, as it turns out, they only serve R-wk items for dinner. Fun. AJ said I'm putting a hole in her wallet...yes, I know. You're telling the person who ate out several times over the course of a few days...ha.
Anyways, on to the food. We both got Maryland Crab Soup. I was halfway through mine before I remembered to take pictures. So this is my half-eaten Maryland Crab Soup. I never had it before (yes, I was born in MD...your point?) and it tasted pretty good. It actually reminds of me of Vegetable Soup with pieces of crab thrown in them. Yes, that's what it looked like too since the crabs were on the bottom and pearly white, not like it had been cooked with in the soup. It was good though. I bit salty, but I think I like my soups light, not American style salty... It has assorted veggies: carrots, corn, beans, tomatoes, onions, cabbage (I think, I forget)...and whatever you can decipher from the picture. =)
Then I ordered a Jumbo Lump Crabcake with remoulade sauce, coleslaw and roasted Yukon gold potatoes. Let's start one by one. The crabcake was excellent. Actually it's about as good as G&M's crabcake, a bit smaller, but they have bigger chunks and not as many shells. The downside is this didn't taste as fresh, like it had been frozen for awhile, unlike G&M's who make them fresh. The remoulade sauce tasted like tartar sauce to me...It goes with seafood so it wasn't bad. The potatoes could've used some seasoning or ketchup, but the "tartar sauce" worked for me. And finally the "coleslaw." I forgot that was part of the entree and I told AJ it was a mix between salsa and coleslaw. It had a strange taste that I couldn't figure out. I kep picking at it and trying it various times. I couldn't get over the strange taste. The fact that coleslaw has tomatoes, spring onions and white onions baffle me... Overall I enjoyed it alot.
This was AJ's entree: Chesapeake Caesar Salad with shrimp, scallops and crab meat sauteed with Old Bay over a layer of romaine lettuce and tomatoes. The two things sticking out on the sides are napa (my guess)...AJ didn't like those. I've never had them raw like that so I wouldn't know. It looked pretty good, a very good assortment of seafood and on romaine vs some other strange veggie. I can't remember the last time I had caesar sauce, I just remember it's made from anchovies or something random like that. I'd say it was a good entree, AJ cleared her plate. (Sidenote: She will clean her plate regardless, but I trust her opinion since we seem to try/eat similar things - except the cheese thing).
Total Price: Soup $6 + Entree $17 + tax + tip = $29
AJ's salad and soup came to be the same price as well.
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