Cracker Barrel Eastern Shore

We have been wishing for a Cracker Barrel within 30-45 minutes drive.  Since the billboard announcement of the opening for Fall 2008, we have been patiently waiting for the day.  After a long time, they opened November 18, 2008.  We had dinner there last weekend and they were packed! Thankfully, we were seated right away.

Service was good but just like any other newly opened restaurant, it takes sometime for the whole crew to be in tip top running condition.  We are used to the very fast Cracker Barrel service and 15 minutes wait for the food seemed longer.  I’m sure they’ll be fine after a while.

The new location is: 115 Blue Jay Court, Stevensville, MD 21666   Phone: (410) 643-3841.   Do be careful though after taking exit 38A because the new round about is very tiny.

They are doing very well since they opened.  I do expect this location will be extremely busy during the peak beach season.

Congratulations to Maryland’s Team @ the Solar Decathlon 2007!

The Solar Decathlon winners were announced today and among 20  deserving universities chosen world wide to compete by the US Department of Energy, University of Maryland won 2nd place beating Cornell, MIT, Duke and other universities! I should have known about this earlier this week so that I could have at least made my way to Washington DC to cheer for MD! Congratulations to the First Prize winners from Germany: Technische Universität Darmstadt. I like made in Germany stuff too! [Read more...]

Hunan Manor in Columbia, Maryland

chinese6.jpg I’ve been meaning to set-up a food blog but I decided to put it in this blog since maintaining different blogs is a full time deal. My husband and I are usually frugal with alot of things by average working American standards but when it comes to food we look for high quality with reasonable prices. We enjoy all sorts of dishes brought from all over the world to our highly diverse area.

One of our favorite restaurants is Hunan Manor in Columbia, Maryland(about 20 minutes drive), they have excellent food and have very attentive wait staff. Very comfortable and welcoming ambiance completes a wonderful dining experience. An added bonus for the kids: a huge salt-water aquarium. We couldn’t ask for more for the reasonable prices they offer. We recently took a family friend for a long overdue birthday treat.

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