I am no longer in Seattle, but Seattle is still RAWKING. My trip is completed but the memories remain.
Dinner at Cellars: a nice Italian restaurant/bar with some really cool dishes. The menu reads like a code-switching wet dream, Italian and English nestled together like exotic lovers on cream colored sheets.
CALAMARI:Herb breaded squid sautéed with garlic & lemon over tomato sauce.
PAPPARDELLE AL SUGO DI CHINGIALE
(Wild Boar, with wide pasta)
CREMA CATALANA
(Italian style Creme Brulee)
Had a great time at Cellars that night. The Truffle Lady showed up with friends to celebrate her brothers birthday and invited me to hang out for the evening. Very nice peoples.
Dinner at Duke's Chowder House: where I had of all things, chowder. Five types of chowder to be exact.
In order counter clockwise from the bottom center: Clam, Lobster Pernod, Cajun Chicken Corn, Northwest Seafood, and Dungeness Crab & Bourbon.
My favorite was the Norhtwest Seafood. It had big chunks of Halibut that were fabulous.
Duke's boasts is "Undefeated Champion Seattle Chowder Cook-Off". I wasn't impressed. There is a huge difference to me in Northwest vs New England clam chowder. So far the best I have ever had was at Mr Dooleys Boston Tavern. Give it a shot when you are in Boston. Overall Duke's was not bad for a chain.
Lunch at Salumi: Separate post on the way.
Lunch with the gang at Pam's Kitchen: Pam's is a Trinidadian-Caribbean restaurant which it seems to me is serving mostly Indian dishes. The Goat Roti is absolutely fantastic. Tender and a little spicy and very satisfying.
The flatbread in the basket is killer. Roti is the word for flatbread is a number of languages.
Some customers are just cooler than others.
It was Halloween. Just to explain weird blonde on the left.
Saturday I got to spend the day at Pike Place Market again. Breakfast was a pecan roll and coffee from Cinnamon Works and a BBQ Pork Humbow from Mee Sum Pastry.
You know the bbq spare ribs that are ubiquitous to the average Chinese restaurant? Imagine that pork made into something with the consistency of Tuna salad, folded up into a fluffy wheat bun. Like ummm pork on a bun. In a bun. A bun wrapped around pork... You get the picture.
I wandered around the market for the rest of the day. I don't think I came anywhere close to seeing it all. I can say that I am extremely jealous of the Seattlites who get to shop at this market whenever that want.
Nashville's farmers market is getting better but there is something truly unique about Pike Place Market.
If you are interested here is a link to the rest of the pictures I snapped at the market. Enjoy.
Cheers
Chris
