Crab cakes at the World?

[MommaPooh217]

It's hard to find a place for good steamed crabs these days where the crabs are only steamed with Old Bay. A lot of places are using the Old Bay along with this nasty, almost rock salt.

Mickeyluver,
Have you ever been down to "The Crab Claw" crab house in St Michael's on the Eastern Shore ? They have great steamed crabs and the don't use the rock salt just good ol' Old Bay. Last time we were there in summer 06 DFam and I went throught 7 dozen Large #1 males and the price was very reasonable although I can't remember what it was per dozen at the time. Hmmm maybe I'll talk DH into going for Father's Day .

Blessed Be,
Tina

 

[Uncleromulus]

Laurabelle:
That's the pic I remembered!!
What a real crabcake should look like.

 

[laurabelle]

Well a big "How ya doin' Hon!" to all you MD Disers!

 

[PoohFan97]

From the restaurants I'll try, 4 are serving it:

Captain Jack
Kona Cafe
Wolfgang Puck Cafe
Citricos (but I've got my eye on something else here)

Which restaurant serves a good crab cake?

I've just discovered and skimmed through this thread, and I didn't see anyone mention the crab cakes at Wolfgang Puck Cafe. I tried them (12/06) and liked them a lot. They're not the jumbo-lump-with-little-binder type, but they taste great. There's a photo here:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1300567

In Baltimore I like the crab cakes from Kooper's at Fell's Point. That has the big lumps of meat and hardly any filler, and it's broiled.

These two places have entirely different crab cakes, but I like both. I haven't been to Kona for dinner, but we'll be there on our next trip, and the crab cakes are a definite for me!

 

[Uncleromulus]

Time I should report on how we did crabcakes at our house when I was a kid in Baltimore.
We always got "special" crabmeat. Mom would make them up very flat. Then put in a slab of Esskay lard (or maybe Crisco) into the frying pan. She'd then fry them to within an inch of their lives. Out they'd come onto some paper towels to drain. Then my dad would take his finger and put a little indentation in the middle of each crabcake. Into which he'd pour some Worstershire sauce. Then he'd take some plain yellow mustard and spread it over each crabcake. Then put them between plain Saltine crackers.
And that's how we ate our crabcakes.
Good?? Looking back at it now--maybe not

 

[MEM]

I spent many summers on Delmarva as a child and adult and I like to think I know a good crabcake. Having said that, I have tried most of them on Disney property and by far the best one was at the Yacht Club Galley.

 

[grammy58]

OK, I've never had crab cakes but LOVE crab, and after a look at the menus, I've found many restaurants offer this dish. I understand it is crab meat (the REAL stuff I hope) mixed with crumbs and herbs, then fried? Now, this is something I would like to try during my trip, if I can eat good ones, otherwise I'll wait for a trip in New England, don't want to ruin a first taste! From the restaurants I'll try, 4 are serving it:

Captain Jack
Kona Cafe
Wolfgang Puck Cafe
Citricos (but I've got my eye on something else here)

Which restaurant serves a good crab cake?

I am from New England and had some at Jacks last Nov. Delicious . Im going to disney this october and back to Jacks for the crab cakes. came with a slaw that was out of this world.

 

[shovan]

You really cannot judge WDW restaurants (except perhaps Citricos) on the Florida factor in their cuisine -- most of the chefs are NOT native Floridians, and they don't use traditional Florida recipes, either. (Those of us who like Florida seafood know better than to look forward to it at WDW -- they serve very few native species for some bizarre reason -- you would THINK a chef would go for the freshest ingredients possible and save money on shipping, but mostly you would be wrong about that. Actually its a problem all over Orlando -- you would think those folks had never heard of a shrimp truck! )

I can remember the first time I encountered a "Yankee" crabcake (with Apologies to you Maryland folks -- from a Louisiana perspective you are pretty far north!) I was waiting tables at the LSU Faculty club, and our new chef was from Boston. He was quite good, but he had to be actively taught how to alter his recipes so that the locals would like them. While everyone liked the texture of the broiled cakes and the generous amount of crab, they thought they were way too bland until he more than doubled the seasoning in them. (He used Old Bay -- but he didn't use near enough of it for our tastes.)

WDW's restaurants predominantly serve the tourist market, and they tend to keep things a bit on the bland side because conventional wisdom in the hospitality industry is that you have to cater to the broadest possible customer base. American palates have supposedly gotten a bit more daring in the last 20 years or so, but resort food is still catching up.

Well said! I don't head to WDW & expect to get seafood that compares to what we have at home. Not that we can't find good food, but it is going to be different. I don't head there & order fried seafood, or gumbo, etc., couldn't even find a fried softshell crab even if I wanted to! If I was a Marylander, I wouldn't go to Disney and order or expect to find great crab cakes.

 

[disprincess86]

YES Wolfgang's crab cakes are good! I don't like much there beside the crab cakes and the desserts but just those two things are worth checking out the restaurant for!!! Don't get me started on their key lime pie...

 

[Cass]

I ordered crab cakes at Narcoosees and honestly, it was disgusting. I had one bite and left the rest. They were so bad I can't even pinpoint what was wrong.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I've had the crab cakes at Kona and Citricos. Citricos crab cakes, (I assume we're talking about the gateu,) is one of my favorite things on Disney property. The ones at Kona are very good too, I'll be getting them at Kona in October. I also may try Wolfgang Puck's.

 

[ncsastudent]

OMGsh I am just so shocked to hear people not liking the cakes and narcoossees. I mean, to each his own I guess, it's just that i thought they were so delicious!

 

[Tink3Belle]

Crabcakes in Maryland rule so if they aren't made with real lump crabmeat - count me out I am very picky. My granddad had a seafood restaurant in NJ. They were great - also great is Bobby Chez! Just crabmeat llittle filler.

 

[maraki527]

I have had the crab cakes at Kona's and enjoyed them and I dont even care for them that much

 

[nanadeb]

The best crabcake I have had was at Shula's in Norfolk, VA. Pure heaven and almost no filler at all. It was so delicately flavored that I didn't use the lemon for fear of loosing the taste. There's a Shula's in the Dolphin or the Swan. Can't remember which.
Great food. Big tab.