Gastrolust

Just a couple of months left to the year, and I’m beginning to ponder whether to do a “best of” posting. So many memorable meals this year: ART, Olivar, Boat Street Cafe, Harvest Vine, and Cafe Juanita come to mind, just to name a few. (And that’s just in Seattle!) Meanwhile, the ongoing favorites continue [...]

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Last night, I saw a big organ in a Pussy Room. Yes, you read that right. I was at an unveiling at Copper Gate, the Viking bar in Ballard with Scandinavian sensibility about sex. Contributing to the scenery are breasts, bras, and a Barbie orgy—that’s inside the women’s bathroom, along with a rideable vibrator. But [...]

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With the approach of the coming weekend, I’m holding on to great memories of last week’s Lamb Jam at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center. As part of the judging panel, I had the tough task of tasting 17 plates of lamb, along with 17 wines, and choosing favorites in a number of categories. Events [...]

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Obviously, I’m brutally backed up (aside from my Sound/City Arts reports) on my restaurant write-ups. So let’s start with a morning meal. Over the summer (remember summer?), I returned to Fresh Bistro (having previously discussed their brulee, bellies and beets) to sample a few of the brunch offerings, to which I’d say: two out three [...]

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What can I say? I’d like to be in the middle of this battle. Super Baozi vs Sushi man from sun haipeng on Vimeo.

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Two chefs pay tribute to the quicklime girl In the fall when plants return By harvest time she knows the score Ripe and ready to the eye Yet rotten somehow to the core And they call her Quicklime girl…Behind her back Quicklime girl…Behind the bush Quicklime girl She’s the mistress of the salmon salt “Mistress [...]

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Here are the photos (taken by me, excluding ART’s dessert, taken by Rina Jordan) of the rest of the dishes from the “Mistress of the Salmon Salt” Dish-Off in September’s issue of Sound magazine. You can find the full report, include menus, here. Click to enlarge any of the photos.

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