restaurants
Monday, January 10th, 2005
I’m back at it and in force. We started out with breakfast at Cafe Besalu. I had a flaky caramelized onion and gruyere pastry, which was amazing. They know how to pack some serious flavor into a tablespoon of caramelized onion. The pastry was insanely buttery. I ended up trying to eat the thing with […]
Friday, January 7th, 2005
I’ve decided that only one of three things will break my eating out streak: a. My scale loops around the weight dial, twice b. I get a call from the bank announcing “Non-Sufficient Funds” c. There is some sort of intervention So, true-to-form, I wanted to go out on Friday for a burger. For some […]
Thursday, January 6th, 2005
Today I had lunch at one of my favorite lunch spots near my work: The Broadway Cafe. It’s a TINY little restaurant on the south end of Broadway that has about six tables and a make-shift kitchen in the back. The owners are so sweet and friendly and know me by name now—although I try […]
Tuesday, January 4th, 2005
I hate to admit this, but I am one of those suckers that happy hour promotions are geared toward. Somehow the term “Happy Hour” registers as “Cheap Night Out!” to me, but invariably it ends up being really expensive—or at least more expensive than I anticipate. Case in point, Bambuza. They offer $3 happy hour […]
Sunday, January 2nd, 2005
After a food-filled December, I’m taking a much needed break from eating and cooking. I have, however, been spending time thinking about food and gearing up for some fun parties and food projects in the new year. Here’s what made the short list for 2005: Clam Bake – A real one. At the beach. With […]
Wednesday, December 15th, 2004
I have a dilemma. I want to write about all my food experiences as honestly as possible, but what do you do when a good friend treats you to a dinner out and it’s awful? I guess you write about it. Maybe I’ll just leave out names and details to protect the innocent. That, and […]
Monday, December 13th, 2004
I’ve ordered my fair share of truffle-flecked dishes at restaurants, added truffle oil to foods I make at home and I even own a truffle shaver, but I’ve never purchased or eaten a whole truffle before. I always had romantic notions of where my first truffle buying experience would be… maybe France? Somewhere in Italy? […]
Sunday, December 12th, 2004
When I used to live in the North end I had a Christmas-time ritual of getting a steaming hot bowl of Pho at the Than Brothers’ on Aurora and then heading up the block to get a $5 tree at Chubby and Tubby. I’d always follow the footprints painted on the store floor that led […]
Saturday, December 4th, 2004
I love la Spiga. Yes, it’s basically in a strip mall underneath the Capitol Hill QFC. Yes, it can be really expensive, especially when you go with a large group. Yes, it’s really small and can sometimes be hard to get a table. But the piadina! Where else can you get piadina sandwiches that taste […]
Wednesday, November 24th, 2004
When my dad comes to town it’s our tradition to have a nice dinner out and shoot some pool. I chose dinner at Lark, since I was craving their pork rillettes and I wanted to see if it would be just as good as the first time I ate there. There were three of us […]