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CheapEatsinCharmCity

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  • Birthday 08/13/1976

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  1. Some good cheap eats: Pizza: Pasta Mista, Fortunato Brothers Burger Brothers have the best onion rings I've had in the Baltimore area. Sushi Hana has my favorite roll of all time: The Bruce Roll. However, the pieces are huge and stuffing a single piece in your mouth is akin to trying to bite a tennis ball. http://cheapeatsincharmcity.com
  2. Company to match funds raised to help Share Our Strength® end childhood hunger in America BALTIMORE, MD—Employees of the Domino® Sugar Baltimore plant will host a bake sale on Wednesday, July 21st at the Inner Harbor from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., as part of Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale® campaign to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. The event will be held on the corner of Light St. and E. Pratt St. on McKeldin Square, where Domino® Sugar employees will offer a variety of donated baked goods to raise funds. As a major sponsor of Share Our Strength, Domino® Sugar has agreed to match contributions raised at the Baltimore bake sale dollar for dollar. Success of this event will be measured not only by the dollar amount of funds raised, but also by the number of people who become aware of the seriousness of our nation’s hunger epidemic among children. WHAT: Domino® Sugar & Share Our Strength® Great American Bake Sale WHEN/WHERE: Wednesday, July 21st from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. McKeldin Square - Intersection of E. Pratt St. and Light St. Baltimore, MD 21202
  3. Originally written February 21st, 2010.... When it’s this cold, there’s nothing better than a good hot soup as you feel the warm broth course through your body all the way to the fingers. And when I think of a good hot soup, I think Vietnamese. I had Mekong Delta on my wish list for several weeks and decided today was the day to go. We intentionally timed our visit for around 3pm in order to miss the lunch rush and be out before the dinner crowd started to form. The dining area was empty and we were attended to immediately right near the front windows with the full view of Saratoga Street (not that Saratoga Street boasts anything spectacular to view). The simple décor and the family element of the restaurant I found quite charming. The father seated and served us, the mother calling out from an unseen area behind the counter, and the son working on his math and reading at a table in the far corner of the dining room. At one point, the boy called out, “Daddy, can you help me?” and since we were the only customers, he sat down and worked on story problems. I knew what I wanted before I arrived: the seafood soup. My fiancée browsed the menu for a few minutes and decided on the lemon grass beef with vermicelli. To begin, we had shrimp and pork summer rolls that came with the most amazing peanut sauce. Summer rolls – you can see the pork and shrimp running along the inside of the thin wrapping. Cool and refreshing with the crisp cilantro flavor taking center stage, they would make a nice summer treat. Make sure to use every drop of the strong peanut sauce, it’s very addicting. Seafood Soup – Menu item H2 was my choice. Full of cilantro and the aroma of garlic, this soup did not disappoint. I added a small bit of the chili sauce because I always like a little bite to my food, but was careful not to detract from the overall flavor. This dish came with sprouts, basil, and large deep green slices of jalapeño, and a wedge of lime. I tore, not plucked, the basil leaves and stirred them in the broth along with the bean sprouts. The soup had scallops, shrimp, and lumps of crab floating around the bowl, much more seafood than anyone could expect for $8.95. This soup is so good, it will make you want to forgo any sense of manners and lift the bowl to your lips to sip down the last drops the spoon cannot get. The clear noodles and bean sprouts help give the soup some bulk for appetite appeasement. Lemongrass beef with vermicelli – Rice can be substituted for the vermicelli if desired. The beef was savory and the lemongrass flavor definitely shined and the fish sauce added a nice tang to start off each bite. These two dishes are great for anyone who may be shy to try Vietnamese food. Obviously, as shown by length of descriptions, we both agreed the seafood soup was the preferred selection. Will we go again? Definitely. We will still time our visits to avoid meal crowds because we’ve read that due to it being a single family operation, the service can be slow when there’s a full house.
  4. My favorite roll is the "Bruce" roll. One of the most expensive rolls on the menu, but it is large and filling. You can never go wrong with shrimp tempura, avocado, then drizzled with eel sauce.
  5. Abbey Burger Bistro offers great and unique burgers for only $9.50. It pays to be a little adventurous when dining. There are people out there who don't venture much further than popcorn shrimp, burgers, and pepperoni pizza. For the unadventurous in Baltimore, Abbey Burger Bistro is a good place to begin your journey into the diversity of dishes this city has to offer. The smell of sizzling burger patties will reach you and possibly pull you from your path if another destination was in mind. For the culinary conservative, go ahead an order a well-done burger with nothing but a slice of cheese, or even some bacon if you're determined to really challenge yourself, but you'll be missing the real magic of Abbey Burger Bistro. Some selections may make some recoil at first, such as the peanut butter burger, but the mixture of the dry, sweet, peanut butter with the salty bacon, and the juicy roseda beef create such an amazing merging of flavors in every bite. Those who want a taste of breakfast will find the Harry's Bistro Burger with bacon, roseda beef, sunny side up egg, and melted cheddar resting inside a nicely toasted English muffin. The flavor of this burger transcends words. For those who aren't immediately drawn to one of the selections, they have a build-a-burger checklist. Be careful, piling on the toppings will also pile on the bill. The sides, apart from homemade potato chips, come at an extra cost, but are worthwhile. The thick, cakey breading on the onion rings and the crispy exterior combined with the soft, sweet center of the sweet potato fries should not be passed up. Finally, they have amazing beers on tap. Two highly recommended selections are Ommegang Hennepin and Magners Irish Cider. The Ommegang Hennepin has a sour-citrus flavor slightly reminiscent of Blue Moon. The spicy finish gives the feeling of autumn and evoked a 'sit around a campfire on a chilly night' feeling. Magners is a bit on the dry side and is for anyone who finds Woodchuck too sweet. A place as wonderful as this requires several visits to sample every temptation found on the food and drink menus.
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