Hi Nancy,


 RH> That was my thought. We'll be checking out a seafood place and a bbq
 RH> (NC style, pork) place in the near future. The bbq place is well known
 RH> around the area, seafood place is new-ish but been going long enough
 RH> that I think bugs should be worked out.

 NB> They both sound good...  

We checked out the seafood place last night with Rachel and decided
agaist reccomending it for the picnic. They billed the fried seafood as
Calabash style which means it has a very light coating of flour on it. I
ordered the regular (could have gotten jumbo for $2. more) shrimp and
scallops, sides of potato salad and cole slaw. Steve had oysters and
flounder with clam chowder and cole slaw; Rachel had clam strips with
fried okra and french fries.

All of the breading was heavier than other places where we've had
Calabash style seafood--not as heavy as a lot of places do theirs but
still, much heavier than it should have been in our opinion. The cole
slaw was ok, chopped but not super fine like some places do. We like a
coarser cut. Steve's clam chowder was the New England style, made with
milk. Coastal NC has a unique style of chowder (similar to Manhatten but
no tomato) that would have gone well with the meal. My potato salad had
a pronounced mustard taste to it, should have been more subtle. Neither
my shrimp not scallops were as melt in your mouth tender (latter were
almost tough) as I have had elsewhere.

Rachel chowed down on the hush puppies when they came out so didn't
finish all of her fries and clams. We tried some clams; they seemed to
be on the tough side. Steve said his flounder was good but I don't
recall what he said about the oysters. On the plus side, servings were
quite generous.

It's a very small place, only about a dozen tables. I asked (before we
got our meal), and they do take reservations but I think we'll look
elsewhere. I didn't check out to see if they served (or if you could
BYO) alcohol, forgot to as it's not our "thing". They serve pepsi
products.

Strike One!

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