May 11, 2014, Camden Yards (Baltimore). Orioles vs Astros, and Ryleigh's Oyster House Federal Hill.

On May 11, 2014, I was gearing up for the Orioles game vs the Astros at Camden Yards.  I was looking forward to see the O's first Sunday home win and the O's maintain their winning streak. I decided upon pre-gaming at Ryleigh's Oyster (http://www.ryleighs.com) house in Federal Hill by the Cross Street Market a short 10 minute walk from the ballpark down Hamburg St.  I've been to Ryleigh's before so I knew what to expect, great seafood. Ryleigh's Oyster house is a little on the pricer side (around $15-$20) a plate but is expected with quality seafood.

View of Score Board

My first go to ordering was of course the Orange Crush.  The best Orange Crush in Baltimore!!!

Ryleigh's Orange Crush

The Orange Crush was around $8, I believe on happy hour they can be had for $5. I also learned Ryleigh's has happy hour on monday till 10PM, and has some awesome $5 chef plates each weekday (which I have experienced in the past...and they are awesome...last time I had bacon wrapped scallops on asparagus for $5). After quenching my thirst, I decided to give the fried oyster tacos. I'm a big fan of raw oysters, and do like fried oysters (i prefer them raw though). So people afraid of trying raw oysters may prefer the fired variety. 

Fried Oyster Tacos

The fried oyster tacos were excellent. I was surprised at the size of the fried oysters, normally fired oysters are significantly smaller than the raw variety, but not in theses tacos. The tacos were garnished in a mango/pineapple salsa, avocado and a sauce. The appetizer was $11, and defiantly worth a try for any oyster fan.

Being that Ryleigh's specializes in seafood, I decided my entree should be the seared ahi sushi grade tuna at $20.

Seared Ahi tuna

The seared tuna was also excellent.  It was served on top of beans, salsa, a sauce and had some garnish as well.  My only complaint would be you didn't get a ton of tuna with the entree (it was good but if you are really hungry you'll probably need more food). 

Ryleigh's has some other offerings on the cheaper side if you want a sandwich and not a full on entree.  I've never had bad food at this place to date, and their Oysters are excellent (they normally carry around 6-20 different Oyster varieties depending on the season, I personally like to stick to the blue points or choptank oysters).

After filling up with food we headed over to the game.  Being Mother's day it was packed (and they were giving out free hats to the first 25,000 females). The gates took longer than normal to get in (I normally always carry a backpack with me the back check took longer than normal...If you don't have a bag use the express lanes they are quicker since you won't stop at the bag check table...although I see plenty of people enjoy waiting in the long bag check line that have no bags...).

The game started off poor for the Orioles.  Tillman was pitching for the Orioles and gave up 3 runs in the first inning. The O's scored 2 runs in the bottom of the third, but then gave up another 2 runs in the 7th inning.

The final score was 5-2 Astros.  The O's 5 game win streak ended, but their streak of not winning a home sunday game continues....