The 5 Best Things I Ate in Ocean City

If you missed it, go read about what we did in Ocean City, New Jersey last week. Enjoy the absence of food photos while you’re there because below are the 5 best things I ate in Ocean City, in no particular order. We were told several times by Brian’s uncle and aunt that Ocean City is not known for having impressive food, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t enjoy what we had. We made sure to indulge in all the boardwalk favorites (gelato, frozen custard, smoothies, fries, taffy, funnel cake…), as well as a few other local establishments.

My mother believes that 95% of the photos I took on vacation were of food. I beg to differ but this post isn’t going to help my case.

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1. Taylor’s Pork Roll

Unless you’ve been reading Relishments since early in its life, you probably don’t know about my love of Taylor’s Pork Roll. 4 months after that post, I did in fact visit New Jersey with my husband on our way home from our honeymoon. We drove by my childhood home and stopped at the supermarket for pork roll because Brian had never tried it. And that wasn’t acceptable. Anyway, we discovered Hamburger Construction Company along the boardwalk our first day in Ocean City. I had a simple pork roll sandwich and Brian had a burger with a slice of pork roll on it. It tasted exactly the way it was supposed to.

2. Shriver’s Taffy

I’m from a town in Maine that boasts its own taffy factory, but I think my loyalties now lie elsewhere. Not only does Shriver’s Taffy come in a ridiculous number of flavors, including many unique ones such as hazelnut and white cranberry, but every flavor is delicious and the texture of the taffy is far superior to what I’m used to. I almost wish we’d bought more (oh, look, you can order online!).

3. Dot’s Pastry Shop

In the 4 days we were in Ocean City, we went to Dot’s twice. It’s the only place we went to twice. The pastries were delicious and they were cheap, around a dollar each. We were pleasantly surprised. The best pastries ever? Probably not-it’s the Jersey Shore, not France. But the donuts and croissants and danishes definitely hit the spot.

4. Cousins Restaurant

Friday was Brian’s birthday and we wanted to grab a meal somewhere nice-ish (in other words, not on the boardwalk). Brian’s family recommended Cousins Restaurant. Since Ocean City is a dry city and no restaurants serve alcohol, we channel our funds into food and we ordered an appetizer (tomato, basil, roasted peppers & fresh mozzarella served with a balsamic glaze), entrees (coconut-crusted tilapia and pasta & crabmeat) and dessert (cheesecake). Delicious. The wait staff was also extremely attentive and very nice. In fact, the waitress complimented me on my eyelashes, which has never happened in my entire life and may just go to show that this actually does work.

5. Mallon’s Sticky Buns
Mallon’s Sticky Buns came recommended by Brian’s dad. Silly me, I presumed that sticky buns would be round cinnamon buns, which aren’t high on my list of breakfast favorites. I was pleased to discover that’s not what Mallon’s offered; they serve a number of different flavors of sticky buns in a variety of flavors-apricot, blueberry, boysenberry, pineapple, etc. You can only order by the half dozen or dozen, so we walked out with 6 raspberry sticky buns. I was originally concerned that we wouldn’t be able to eat them all, but we managed (it did take us all day though). The buns were very sticky and heavy, but the fruit filling was delectable. (And they ship too!)

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Comments

suki says

June 29, 2011 at 7:35 pm

Those sticky buns sound delectable and maybe a little too sweet for my tastes, but I’m sure if I was in the same situation, I would’ve indulged. :)
sarah (sarah learns) says

June 30, 2011 at 9:10 am

oh my gosh, that tomato basil appetizer at cousins looks absolutely amazing! so does the taffy. it looks like you guys managed to eat well on your trip! :)
Jean King says

June 30, 2011 at 10:58 am

I completely love that you also take pictures of your food! I could really get into those sticky buns!!
Brian says

July 1, 2011 at 4:51 am

Mmmmm Dot’s. Enough said. Everyone go to Ocean City!!
Heather says

July 1, 2011 at 7:53 am

1. ummmmm – they have chocolate covered taffy on that website. WHY didnt I think of that!?!?

2. now i am SUPER DUPER interested in this Taylor’s Pork Roll business.

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