Gastrolust

I love the idea of Bite of Seattle, but (except for The Alley, hosted by Tom Douglas) regrettably there aren’t as many real restaurants as in the past. You’ll find some fun food, but most of it is from vendors you’ll see at other fairs and festivals around Seattle.
So if you’re headed to the Bite [...]

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“Wow. Wii!”
That’s what we said last time we walked into Pochi Tea Station in the University District. They always had a pile of games (the low-tech Jenga being our favorite), but now there was Wii to go along with the noise of the music videos and the crowd of mostly young Asian UWers.
Pochi’s been a [...]

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Imagine having what felt like forty minutes to sample about forty dishes—including the “Most Unpronounceable” and “Spell Checker Destroyer” winner, Ivar’s Brandy and Chamomile Lox Quinhagak King Salmon, Chrysanthemum, Courvoisier Creme Fraiche—and you’ll know what it was like to be a judge for last Wednesday’s Guest Chef on the Waterfront.
Not a complaint, mind you. But [...]

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Pho. Take a look at the sign, and the Vietnamese characters look like they’re asking you questions: Want a piece of me? Can you pronounce me? Do you even know what I am?

This beef noodle soup is the perfect remedy for fighting a cold, a depleted wallet, or the winter blues. And while Seattle’s serving [...]

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Despite early afternoon plans to consume diabetes-defying amounts of truffles and other treats at the Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon (resulting in a complete chocolate coma), Seattlest remained committed to the weekly “Dishin’” review and reported to Boat Street Café for brunch yesterday.
We hadn’t been to Boat Street since back in the days when it was [...]

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Today was the Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon. Why I chose to eat something sweet (rustic cornmeal custard cake) for brunch at the Boat Street Café immediately beforehand is beyond me. (As is any reasoning why I’m making David Lebovitz’s fresh mint ice cream as I type.)
About 25 vendors attended, each offering multiple samples of chocolate bars, truffles, [...]

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Welcome to the world of Seattle Asian Eats! What a world it is: Thai restaurants everywhere, teriyaki as the go-to fast food (with pho giving it a go as well), bubble tea for young and old alike, mediocre dim sum, and more. As I wait and wait for someone to open a Burmese restaurant in [...]

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Yesterday, a busy afternoon meant missing the Queen Anne Farmers Market for the first time since it opened this year, so without seasonal berries or cherries at hand, the evening’s treat was a stop at Hiroki—the Tangletown bakery near Kisaku, one of my favorite restaurants in Seattle. Hiroki Inoue is the master baker at this [...]

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We’re still digesting the ample fare from FareStart’s Guest Chef on the Waterfront event, but if you’re a chocoholic (and the new Chocolopolis isn’t quite enough for you), then you might just want to attend this Sunday’s Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon.
Let’s break that down. Seattle—that’s us. Luxury is something we can live with. Salon is [...]

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Great food, excellent beer and wine pours, delicious jazz, music, games, and sunset at Pier 66. What more would you want for a summer night?
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, July 9 for some post-Independence Day fireworks of the culinary kind, as it’s once again time for Guest Chef on the Waterfront. But don’t let the [...]

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