Sorry I haven't been able to post for a few days, but I've been playing in Seattle and Portland, Oregon. Here's my foodie recap:
Seattle was full of culinary delights, though sadly none of them any cheaper than what you would find in LA. We had our first meal in the city at Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar in Pike's Place Market. It was delicious and the atmosphere was that of a local biker spot that was first owned by someone's grandmother. The menus are handwritten on large paper bags, starting with oysters, down to clam chowder, and further still to fish and chips, with some fluff in the middle. Our waiter, a tattooed young gentleman brought us an oyster sampler platter with six different kinds of oysters. Unfortunately I don't recall the names of any of them but they were all enjoyable, particularly with the Hefeweisen we were drinking. We then had some amazing clam chowder and a basket of fish and piping hot chips. We wrapped up at around $40. If you're in the city, it's definitely worth your time.
http://seattle.citysearch.com/profile/10767393/seattle_wa/emmett_watson_s_oyster_bar.html
After walking around Pike's Place Market for a while we got some freshly made doughnuts - and the good kind too! For just under $2, this little stand will give you 6 bite-sized doughnuts in plain cake, cinnamon sugar, and powered sugar flavors. Our favorite was the cinnamon sugar. We walked around quite a bit more and then decided to go to happy hour in Pioneer Square. Most places were closed in this area at around 4:00 so we settled down at a small Japanese tapas place called Tig. It was interesting to say the least, but I don't think I'd recommend it. We had a Tig pizza, which was a skillet full of cheese, mushrooms, pork, and what seemed to be ketchup. Not that great. I also tried a spicy tuna roll, which was decent, but not super great. If you're interested, tapas prices range from $2-12 and sushi rolls are around $5 a piece, $11 for the specialty rolls.
http://www.tigbar.com/
That night we had a spectacular dinner at Restaurant Zoe in Belltown. We weren't that hungry since we'd eaten so much that day so we didn't over-order at a restaurant for once. I had the celery soup (tasted very much like celery and pepper) and the citrus salad, which was quite good. It came with candied pistachios, but really this didn't taste much different from your run of the mill candied walnuts. Chase had the lamb loin, which I tried a bite of and it was quite tender. Since we weren't that hungry to begin with, we didn't order any dessert, but the waitress was nice enough to bring us a little taste of chocolate from the kitchen. Overall, a great experience, but still it was $100 for what didn't seem like a lot of food at the time.
http://www.restaurantzoe.com/index.html
The next morning we got a brunch recommendation from the concierge at the hotel where we were staying, Hotel Max. She sent us around the corner to one of Tom Douglas' restaurants, Lola. Lola's was really good for breakfast, and I believe the lunch and dinner menus are Greek cuisine, so I did think it was a little strange that they served American breakfast. I had the pancakes with cherries and vanilla mascarpone and maple sausage on the side. Chase had the eggs benedict and neither of us could finish what we got. They were large portions at about $15 a piece and pretty good, though not the best pancakes I've ever had in my life, which was what the waiter promised.
http://www.tomdouglas.com/lola/index.html
Breakfast was enough to hold us over until around 4:00, when we went to get a small bite and a beer and one of Tom Douglas' other restaurants, Serious Pie. We split a cherry bomb peppers and sweet fennel sausage pizza. I thought the pizza was superior to the menu at Lola's, but they could use a wider range of beers as most were extremely dark microbrews. The great thing about Tom Douglas' restaurants is that they are all pretty much on the same corner and range in cuisine, so you could really get whatever your heart desires!
http://www.tomdouglas.com/serious/menu.html
That night after the Queen laser light show and a drum circle (awesome) we headed back over by our hotel to have a late dinner at Oceanaire. Fancy and full of a variety of fresh fish, Oceanaire filled us up with a dozen fresh oysters, pickled herring, a very fresh sesame crusted tuna steak on top of a bed of potato puree, and salt and vinegar shoestring fries. Everything was fantastic and the tuna just melted in your mouth! For dessert, however, we has a very mediocre vanilla creme brulee that was about the size of a frying pan. And there went another $100....
http://theoceanaire.com/location/menu.asp?id=3
On our last morning in Seattle we couldn't leave without trying Top Pot Doughnuts, certainly the best donuts in the world. With a fancy name for everything, this is surely the nicest donut shop I've ever been in, and it even looks kind of like a dolled-up Starbucks. I had a chocolate donut and Chase had a pink glazed donut and maple-glazed donut with a pomegranate Italian soda to wash it down. Overall, it was great and a mere $11 for 3 donuts and three drinks.
http://www.toppotdoughnuts.com/flash/
Stay tuned for the Portland portion!
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