Many thanks to Matt and Tamiko for suggesting the Annapurna Cafe during my “Oh, woe is me, where are all the good Indian restaurants on Capitol hill?“ phase. I had walked by the Annapurna Cafe before and had been curious because they advertise Nepali, Tibetan & Indian cuisine. The Annapurna Cafe is a basement restaurant, […]
A few weeks ago, Jessa Crispin of Bookslut fame contacted me about her latest venture: Saucy. Saucy will be an online magazine that focuses solely on food and will have a wide range of columns covering topics like food essays, cookbook reviews, chef interviews, drinks, etc. Jessa asked if I would like to be a […]
Tonight Zach and I made plans to check out the Art of Modern Rock poster show at Elliott Bay Books, grab dinner at Takohachi and then do some grocery shopping at Uwajimaya. The “exhibit” at Elliott Bay turned out to be a few laminated posters tacked up on the walls, but we still had fun […]
Someone once told me that New Year’s Eve is for amateurs; it’s the one night where all the people who don’t normally go out to bars, go out to bars. This is how I feel about Valentine’s Day. It’s when people who normally don’t go out to restaurants decide to dine out and splurge. The […]
To celebrate Chinese new year, I took Zach out for hot-pot. We were both excited because neither of us had ever tried hot-pot before; my family is Cantonese so we don’t eat much Szechuan cooking (and if we do, we don’t tell my grandma). A friend of mine told me about a place on 12th […]
Just a heads up that the next 25 for $25 dine out promotion starts March 1st, so plan accordingly. It looks like details on the 25 participating restaurants and menus will be posted on the 18th at nwsource.com. I’ve taken advantage of several of these promotions over the years and I’ve found that it’s really […]