Gastrolust

In the past month, I’ve been lucky enough to eat at such places as Rover’s, The Herbfarm, Inn at Langley, and Crush. As much as I enjoy these fine dining experiences, I’m not pretentious; I can be just as happy, if not more, at a hole-in-the-wall joint in the International District. Such restaurants typically have [...]

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Admittedly, we were skeptical. We thought about turning back. In fact, we felt almost forced to turn back by the smoke in the casino.
“Isn’t that where the outlet mall is?” we wondered, when Tulalip Bay invited us in for dinner. Not exactly our crowd. Nor was the gathering of somewhat zany, frequently zombie-like people playing [...]

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Still in the fish club of sorts, we snuck into Nishino at the very end of the November 25 for $25 promotion.
This was a big step for Seattlest. Lucky of late to make frequent trips to Japan, we’ve been hesitant to spend our hard-earned dollars on sushi in Seattle for fear of [...]

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How much do I love Joule? I don’t dare try to count the ways.
At some point, I’ll write more about the regular menu, which is divided into interesting categories: Tossed (cold salad/sides), Simmered (soup, including a spicy beef soup I adore), Crisped (hot sides), Sparked (grilled seafood/meat), and Pickled (kimchi and more—last time I enjoyed [...]

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We don’t like dining in Queen Anne. We love the neighborhood, but for eating, it’s just not gritty enough.
Such was our experience at Chinoise Cafe.
According to their website, chinoise means Asian-like, and is French for feminine. But we think of the kitchen tool, which Wikipedia defines as “an extremely fine meshed conical [...]

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