oystercakes and pancakes - View this location on map a faded sign at caroline's ( 850-653-8139) promises ''seafood and serenity'' -- and it doesn't get any better than at breakfast time. order your eggs with oystercakes or with spicy shrimp creole over buttermilk biscuits ($10.95 to $11.95). for the sweet tooth, there are puffy pecan pancakes ($5.50). through the cedar-framed windows, you can watch shrimp boats returning from their nightly run, slipping up the frothy blue apalachicola river. New York Times 123 water street, Apalachicola, FL Restaurant

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