Ingredient
Clam
Sixteen of the kitchens we read put clam on the menu, on 31 plates. Fifteen of them turn up under appetizer, and it comes as a basket more often than anything else, on three.
In the neighbourhood: Sauced chicken and the steamer pot
From 40 menus · clam is on 31 plates · How we read them
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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
Clam, steamed or fried
Our reading of the menus puts it steamed at eleven kitchens and fried at three; one do both: Higgins Crab House (128th St).
On both sides: Higgins Crab House (128th St).
How it comes
The forms it turns up in, most first.
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
How it's cooked
How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.
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The journey of clam
The same 31 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.
| Ring | Commonest | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| How it's cooked | steamed | 15 |
| How it comes | soup | 3 |
| Where on the menu | appetizer | 8 |
| Other | 20 other steps, added up | 37 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 30 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| steamed | — | — | 15 |
| steamed | not stated | — | 11 |
| steamed | not stated | appetizer | 8 |
| steamed | not stated | not stated | 2 |
| steamed | not stated | entree | 1 |
| steamed | platter | — | 2 |
| steamed | platter | appetizer | 1 |
| steamed | platter | not stated | 1 |
| steamed | steamer-pot | — | 2 |
| steamed | steamer-pot | not stated | 2 |
| fried | — | — | 5 |
| fried | not stated | — | 4 |
| fried | not stated | appetizer | 2 |
| fried | not stated | entree | 2 |
| fried | side | — | 1 |
| fried | side | side | 1 |
| breaded | — | — | 3 |
| breaded | not stated | — | 3 |
| breaded | not stated | entree | 2 |
| breaded | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| raw | — | — | 3 |
| raw | not stated | — | 3 |
| raw | not stated | appetizer | 2 |
| raw | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| simmered | — | — | 3 |
| simmered | soup | — | 3 |
| simmered | soup | not stated | 2 |
| simmered | soup | appetizer | 1 |
| sauteed | — | — | 2 |
| sauteed | not stated | — | 1 |
| sauteed | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| sauteed | pasta | — | 1 |
| sauteed | pasta | entree | 1 |
Travels with
What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.
- Shrimp3read by scriptall Shrimpdistinctive
- Strip3read by scriptall Stripdistinctive
- Bacon2read by scriptall Bacon
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- Butter2read by scriptall Butterdistinctive
- Crab2read by scriptall Crab
- Cream2all Creamdistinctive
- Mussel2read by scriptall Musseldistinctive
- Pork2read by scriptall Pork
Dishes
Our reading of the menu turns up steamed, soft crab and crab.
Our reading of the menu lists: turkey, oyster, chicken filet.
Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.
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Our reading of the menu lists egg, duck and folded.
Our reading of the menu turns up Our Tartar Sauce, crabmeat and crabcake.
Our reading of the menu turns up diced, cabbage and flounder.
Known for: tempura, corn, crema.
Boiled, baby back rib and baked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
Our reading of the menu turns up meat, birria beef taco and blu crab dip.
Our reading of the menu lists broiled, crumbled and crab.
Our reading of the menu lists: jerk, breast, wrapped.
The menu leans on country-fried, kaiser and tartar.
Where on the island
The 16 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk | 1 | boardwalk |
| Lower Midtown | 3 | bayside · inland |
| Midtown | 2 | bayside · inland |
| Uptown | 1 | inland |
| North OC | 3 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 5 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 1 | harbor |