Eichenkrantz. Just as the name suggests. #100.

OK - while we are a bit behind on the foodie blog, better start now and catch up later. Tonight Heather, Kent & Sara ventured to Eichenkrantz for good, authentic German food. For German food. On our way in, we passed four people on their way out and that was the last person we saw in the restaurant (besides our very cool server who filled us in on all the goods, bads, and histories of the restaurant). Its 75 year old owner (apparently cantankerous - he passed through - hard to tell), bought the restaurant 20 years ago. He's not German. Doesn't like German food. Still figuring that out. But, it will be open as long as he's with us!

Kent was most adventurous with the pork chop. Sara and Heather split (shocking!) a dumpling and a shrimp with angel hair pasta, mushrooms and tomatoes. Sara took the plunge and ordered the red cabbage (served hot. odd.) which was delicious with the dumpling. Food was fine. Atmosphere was empty and kitschy. The strudel was pretty good after the meal (what would be a German meal without strudel!).

Not the best item on the list, but not the worst. Now, would it make our top 100, that is the question!

#49 Sanders' Corner

#49 - Oct 24 - Sanders' Corner

Sara, Tim & Heather drove up to the Loch Raven Reservoir to enjoy a nice breakfast on a lovely autumn afternoon. It was worth the drive - lots of leaves and a pretty setting. Of course, Heather & Sara split a couple of things. Part sweet, part savory, a Greek omelette and blueberry pancakes. Lots of food, all in all a solid meal at a family run restaurant. Think it used to be a blacksmith or general store or something.

#53 - Greg's Bagels

Greg's Bagels - #53 - at Sara's house - 10/23

Sara, Heather and special foodie guest Sara's Mom enjoyed these amazing morsels. Sesame, wheat and Double Stout bagels accompanied by apricot puree, apricot cream cheese and seasonal pumpkin preserve. Yummy stuff! Can't believe it took this long to try these. Definitely worth going back. The place itself is quite cool lots of interesting bagel choices, cream cheese flavors and amazing sounding sandwiches.

#61 - Gunnings green pepper rings

10/11/10

Yes, that really is fried green pepper rings dusted with powdered sugar. And, yes, it does taste as awful as you would think! Out of the whole order, we ate about 1 between the four of us. Sara, Tom, Eric (new to foodie outings, based on this, might be his one and only) and Heather. It was certainly an interesting way to "christen" Tom's new house. Ironic that Sara and Heather brought the gnarly fried food while Tom and Eric were WAY more civilized. We all enjoyed Eric's heirloom tomato, mozzarella stacks topped with a bit of jalapeno.

Gunning's, aside from the green pepper rings, is a place definitely worth going back to. It's a huge crab place and looks like fun. We still don't exactly understand how this fried horridness made the 100 things foodie list. It's certainly not making our list. It's Heather's bottom item, Sara is still sticking with the softshell crab sandwich as the worst.

#99, #68 and #64 - Towson (area)

#99 - Sushi in Towson, #68 - Andy Nelson's BBQ and #64 - Late Night Bel Loc Diner

10/15/10

Ryan, Donya, Sara and Heather headed out to Towson for some foodie fun. Started with sushi at Sushi Hana (oops, no photos) - Donya said "best avocado roll ever"! Pretty good stuff. Didn't want to fill up too much, because we had two more stops. From there it was off to Andy Nelson's BBQ (they were closing at 9pm and it was getting close). Swooped in, ordered some turkey and beer bbq and of course, potato wedges. Really a pleasant surprise! That was some tasty bbq and the yellow sauce was to die for. Highly recommend it. Then, a brief stop at Hi-Tops for a drink before hitting the Bel-Loc. (And getting the driving tour of Ryan's 'hood. We now know where he takes his drycleaning, gets his car washed, picks up his meds, mom's car place, you get the idea!

The list said "late night at Bel-Loc" but when we arrived around 10:30, we saw it closed at 11pm, so we fulfilled that piece of it. It was the type of place that greets you with the strong aroma and smokiness of years of greasy food being cooked and the waitresses that have been there as well. Hons flowed throughout the dining experience. Our waitress was a little disappointed when the ladies only shared 1 piece of pie. She said she was going to compliment us and call us the Kardashian sisters, but then thought better of it. Although Ryan did get brownie points for his rootbeer float, that he consumed sip by sip from a very small spoon!

After all that suburban fun we decided to call it a night.

#58 - Bull /oyster roast at a VFW, fire hall, etc

#58 Bull Roast

10/22/10

This one brought us to the far away land of Timonium and the fairgrounds. We needed two cars because we had such a big crew! It was a fundraiser for the Fallen Firefighters of Baltimore County. Held in the 4H Building - lots of tables, a beer truck (serve yourself) and some BBQ and pasta salad & potato salad for the vegetarians. And of course, cake. We enjoyed our beer from buckets (see left pic) - Yuengling and Miller Lite. Seated you'll see Gautam, Sara, Linwood, Jeff (newcomer), Kate and Kent. Heather is taking the photo. A fun time was had by all, sadly, no one else there really talked to us. Ok, we sort of looked like the city kids attending a function, but we came by the event legitimately from a BSSC notification. Food, well, it wasn't really about the food! Kate and Linwood did tear it up on the dance floor.

Naron Candy #75

OK. One of the most elusive items on the list. We had researched this and learned that popular candy companies Naron and Mary Sue had merged in 1996. The merger didn't go so well, and Naron-Mary Sue was sold in 2001. Since then, the Naron had been dropped from the name, the website and pretty much from all of Baltimore. We didn't even know how to find them. Until we entered a back part of the market to a fun candy stand. And, what do we see, but a sign saying "Naron Candy Box". We asked at the stand where they confirmed it was Baltimore's "famous" candy. Mission accomplished! (and the truffles were amazing too!)

The question still stands why its on the list if the company doesn't truly exist anymore, but at least we found it so it still exists somewhere!