East Ocean City Restaurant Review:
When the elapsed time between the final swim of a fish and your first bite of it is as little as fifteen minutes, there isn't much a cook needs to do to produce an impressive meal. But that's a double-edged sword: simple, well-cooked food is some of the hardest to execute. East Ocean City lives and dies (or should we say dives?) by these principles. Sure, you will encounter all of the...
"Fantastic seafood" "fresh" "out of the tank" is the lure that makes this Chinatown Cantonese a longtime stop for "excellent" chow at a relatively "cheap" price; while it's "not fine dining", cognoscenti "come for the food, not the service" or "casual" decor.
When the elapsed time between the final swim of a fish and your first bite is as little as fifteen minutes, there isn't much a cook needs to do to produce a fabulous meal. But that's a double-edged sword: Simple, well-cooked food is some of the hardest to execute. East Ocean City lives and dies by these principles. Up front, tanks teem with catfish, shrimp, crabs and lobsters. Order one off the...
Don't get too attached to the inhabitants of the fish tanks here -- they might turn up on your plate. Tanks make up one wall of the high-ceilinged space, decorated with lots of glass and other hard surfaces that make it rather noisy. The comprehensive menu offers a huge range of dishes, but, as the name indicates, seafood is the focus. It's fresh, delicious, and carefully prepared. One...