[laryb]

Anyone familiar with seafood in New Bedford or Fall River,Ma? Since New Bedford is one of the largest fishing ports in the country, we were brought up on fish and chips, scallops, fried clams, clam boils, etc. Seemed like every neighborhood in those 2 cities had a small seafood restaurant or Portuguese restaurant. Nothing like an order of Portuguese style fish and chips (fried and served with sauteed onions and peppers with a light red broth), a bowl of clam chowder, and a stuffie (stuffed quahog)! One thing I would love to see down here is clam cakes. The places we've been to serve hush puppies, and I bet they could figure out a clam cake. Now with that being said, We've found some really good seafood around here. We enjoyed the whole belly fried clams, shrimp and scallops at Sam St John on 441, and the fried shrimp and scallops at Fishermans Cove in Inverness on 44, are top shelf. Not like home, but pretty close. And just because their not like home, it doesn't mean not as good, just a little different. But like some have said, there's nothing like that cold water Atlantic haddock, and fresh cod makes for fish and chips every bit as good!