Wine, Cupcakes, & Crepes in Harford & Cecil Counties

Last Saturday one of my good friends came down from the NYC area and we spent the day cruising wineries and eating delicious food. Our winery tour included Mount Felix, Dove Valley, and Turkey Point. Others that had been on our list included Terrapin Station and The Winery at Elk Manor, but we were told that the former had been bought out by the latter, but the latter was currently remodeling their tasting room and not open for business. We'll have to go back!

For lunch we visited a place called The Lunchbox, formerly Sweet Devotions, that offered both crepes (a Lee favorite) and cupcakes. A match made in heaven. I was particularly excited about their cupcake of the month, only offered on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, which was a Watermelon Breeze. Watermelon has long been one of my favorite flavors/scents ever, so I couldn't wait to try this! It was a watermelon cake filled with chocolate chips and topped with a watermelon buttercream. I really enjoyed this cupcake. I thought it had enough of the watermelon flavor and the chocolate chips paired perfectly. I also chose a Banana Cream Pie cupcake, made with what I think was a vanilla cake filled with banana cream and topped with a thick whipped cream frosting, a Nilla wafer, and dusted with graham crackers. Just like the traditional pie and really good! Both cupcakes were moist.

I also chose the Shrimp Salad crepe, filled with shrimp, onions, celery, Old Bay, and Mayo and there was an addition of what appeared to possibly be romaine lettuce that was not listed on the original ingredients. All savory crepes are also served with a side salad with ranch dressing. I have to say, I think the onions and celery were missing and replaced with the lettuce, or they must have been very finely chopped. The typical shrimp salad dressing was very prominent and good, I just wish there had been a little more filler. As far as the side salad goes, it was very good but could be problematic for those who do not like ranch dressing if you don't know that that's what is served on it. I'm sure it can be easily remedied though. Lee enjoyed a sweet crepe with blueberries, lemon curd, and whipped cream.

At dinner time we found ourselves in the town of Northeast, MD, a small town with a cute little main street not far from the water. It was also home to the Turkey Point tasting room. We opted to eat at Woody's Crabhouse, mostly because of the large crowd present, which usually indicates a good place. We also jump at any opportunity to eat seafood.

Woody's is your typical Maryland crabhouse, very simple with paper on the tables and old fishing decor everywhere. We both got the single broiled crabcake platter, mine with hushpuppies and a Caesar salad, Lee's with corn and broccoli. The crabcakes were pretty meaty without a lot of filler, key to a good Maryland crabcake. The vegetables were fresh and I loved the hushpuppies, one of my favorite seafood sides, which were served with a honey butter.