In a world full of disappointing crab cakes that are more bread than crab, the Old Oyster Factory on Hilton Head Island stands as a beacon of hope.
Their crab cakes are what all crab cakes aspire to be: packed with sweet lump crab meat, perfectly seasoned, and held together with just enough binder to maintain structural integrity without turning into a bread patty with delusions of grandeur.
Let’s address the elephant in the room, or rather, the bread crumbs in the crab cake.
Too many restaurants seem to think that crab cakes are an opportunity to use up their stale bread and maybe, if you’re lucky, include some actual crab as a garnish…