Recently, my madré got a sweet deal from a coworker on a beach house in Sea Isle City located on the Jersey shore. So General, 10 other friends, and I decided to shack up for a weekend in April and try to replicate all the events of "The Jersey Shore" in two days. Seeing this as another opportunity to expand our culinary horizons, we took many pictures of the local cuisine. Here's a review of our trip.
On the first morning of our trip, we woke up in our musty, moist cabin feeling quite generous. Using some pancake batter, frozen strawberries/blueberries, whipped cream, and a waffle iron, we made waffles with fruit topping for the rest of the crew. Apparently these did NOT hit the spot, as an hour later we wound up at a Mexican restaurant named Red Sky Cafe. Sounds dreamy, huh?
Well, despite being expensive, the food was intolerably mediocre. I ordered a chicken relleno, which was wholly forgettable, seeing as how I've forgotten about it...wholly. The General ordered blue-corn encrusted crabcakes, which sounds good, but unfortunately were falling apart at the seams and were un-enhanced by the accompanying spicy sauce. He cried for Maryland that night. The only dish that we wound up liking were a friend's pork carnitas, but going 1-for-10 is not a great batting average.
Chicken Relleno
Blue Corn Encrusted Crabcakes
In order to redeem ourselves, we planned a birthday dinner for a friend at a local seafood restaurant (name unknown...sorry...might be "Carmen's"). This place was actually pretty good. I had some mussels for an appetizer, followed by some pasta with scallops. As for the General, he chowed down on some more linguini with seafood. While it didn't make me play "Under The Sea" on a flute, the dishes were flavorful and satisfying. Even better, it was a BYOB. Too bad we can't remember the name. This is unforgivable. I blame the General, and you should, too.
(BTW, to sex up the night, we went to a bar next door where we ran into the "Real Desperate Housewives of New Jersey!")
Various Seafood Dishes
Overall Trip Rating: 3.5/5 Desperate Housewives (Rating is for food, NOT for the amazing time we had with all our friends...awwww :-*)
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