Okay so I started this blog so I can write. Mostly about food but I’m sure other things will find their way in as well. I haven’t written a blog in two weeks not because I haven’t wanted to but I seriously have been almost too busy eating!
Where to jump in? I am in the middle of writing a post from a great wine dinner I had at Elsom Cellars that was prepared by chef Tom Black. Hopefully I’ll finish that post in the next few days so you can read all about my great dinner. The last two weeks have been a total blur. I had a yummy broccoli frittata at my friend Anna’s the next day at a little brunch she had at her house. She also made an interesting dish that looked almost identical to ceviche but had grapefruit, avocado and no fish or seafood in it (I need to find out exactly what it was).
In 24 hours I went from a few culinary highs including an amazing dinner at Cuoco which you heard all about in my first post and the dinner at Elsom Cellars to a culinary low. These meals were followed by a drastic drop off in good eats. I ended up in Graham that Sunday afternoon at a girls basketball tournament for Elyse. On our way home she wanted dinner she asked for pizza or pasta (note Elyse is 14) I told her we could go to The Rock or that I assumed we could find an Olive Garden. I sold her on breadsticks and soup, favorites from back when I was in high school with friends and we went to The Olive Garden. How one can go from an awesome new Tom Douglas restaurant and dinner prepared by an esteemed chef to Olive Garden? I’m not quite sure but I managed to pull it off and am still here to write about it.
That Sunday was also the start Seattle Restaurant Week which just concluded Thursday. I didn’t make it to as many restaurants as I would have liked and will go into great detail about those meals soon. I had dinner at Jimmy Mac's for my Dad’s birthday on the 11th followed by a late night trip to Rob Roy where Jamie Boudreau made me a great drink with burbon and sweet vermouth. I currently have no idea as to what I did on the 12th but maybe it will come back to me in a later post. Wow I had to look at my bank statement to figure out what I did on the 12th. I went to a Glenfiddich event at the Columbia Tower Club followed by snacks at The Walrus and Carpenter and a drink at The Golden Beetle. The 13th I went to Toulouse Petit for a Restaurant Week lunch, went to a tweetup at Ivars and went to the launch party for Seattle Cocktail Culture an awesome new app that the lovely Wendy Miller who runs LUPEC Seattle created. The 14th I didn’t go out and the 15th I went to La Bete with girlfriends to celebrate a birthday followed by a late dinner at Spur. My friend enjoyed the burger so much at Spur we ordered a second before the kitchen closed. Just in case you were concerned two dinners isn’t exactly the norm for me.
Last weekend was quite the culinary adventure. My friend Alex who used to live in Seattle came for the weekend. I’d have to say both of our favorite activites include eating. Saturday commenced with a wonderful brunch at Art. As I may write more about these meals in the week I’ll leave you with you must try the crab cakes. After Art I stopped in Frans Chocolates and had a tasty sweet. Then it was off to Pike Place Market where my friend and learned about Copper River Salmon from the fish throwers, sampled and bought truffles from La Buona Tavola an amazing piece of Alder Smoked Salmon from Pure Food Fish Market. Later that afternoon we tried to go to Le Reve Bakery for a double baked almond croissant. They were closed so we ventured on to West Seattle to Bakery Nouveau. Their almond croissant doesn’t disappoint.
There were a few hours where I attempted to recover from the self induced food coma that I was in from eating all day before we went to dinner. I had high hopes for dinner at Le Gourmand unfortunately it was quite a disappointment ( although the drinks, at least the ones they could make were good). We finished the night at Amber. Lets just say the last time I went there was for a cocktail competition that was close to a year ago. Not my idea of a fun way to end the night.
I will culminate my dinning adventures of this past week which included three restaurant week dinners, a bar birthday bash, macaroon and meringue making, Easter egg decorating and a trip to the Zoo in the near future. Until then hopefully I can log my dining experiences so they make it into the blog. Reading back through this post I seriously have no idea how I fit so much in to 8 days! I think maybe I need a vacation to recuperate.
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