Long Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant:
The decoration of the restarant is pretty hip. The grill squid, the beef short rib and the grill shrimp rice plate are all far too sweet. We want to get a soup that are mainly broth because that is what my son likes. We end up getting rice noodle soup and it was not very flavorful. It has soy sauce in it which is a bit strange. Worth mentioning is that the plain white rice in this restaurant is superb. The last dish came up was the pink snapper and it was perfect. While I didn't like the rest of the dish, this one wins my heart. The meat is tender and the spicy is just right!
Red Fin Sushi:
Love the Chief Sashimi. Fish is fresh and sweet, varieties are good, and the price is fair. So I went back twice for it. The white fishs are very buttery.
My son had the Steak and the marinate is not very thorough. Second time he had the pork yakitori and the pork is much more tender and he liked the bacon part of the bacon wrapped tomato so I end up having the grill tomato. >_<
Hubby had the pad thai first time I felt it was too sweet. (by now you can probably tell, I don't like my dish too sweet) but he felt it is all right. Second time he had the seafood undo and it was great. Noodle is very Q and the snow crab is very sweet and fresh. My daughter had the california row and she like it.
Steel Head Diner
Took a long time (> 45 min) before the food came and the kids are falling asleep >_< Didn't get to order dessert because I was afraid it might take another 45 minutes. Hubby had the Halibut and I had the COD, I personally like the COD better because it is so fatty and melts in your mouth, but both fishes are grill to perfection. Portion is not particularly large for the price. I had trouble with the sides under my fish. They are way too salty. They could do better.
Cafe Yarmarka
Russian eatery in the post Alley. Had lunch there. The cabbage roll didn't look appealing so I had the dumpling. The beef and pork one taste really like a Chinese dumpling :-) while the vegetarian one has potato and cheese filling. Cheap and quick and the waitress is very pretty and nice. No AC in the area so I was a bit overwhelmed by the 90 degrees heat and after lunch I felt a bit fainted. I imagine the no AC part will not be a problem for most of the time in Seattle.
Umi Sake house
Got there at the happy hour. Price is good during happy hour. Love the Pear Sake but food again is on the sweeter side. Grill Squid is a bit burned and I had better. Mirugai sashimi is fresh, but expensive and not many pieces so I felt a bit ripped off there.
Le Pichet
We were going to walk to the Umi Sake house but the kids were too tired and we stop by here. We are ready to have dinner but they are still in happy hour. Didn't know any better so we ordered the cheese platter and the cure meat platter and both are good. The cheese platter are exceptional. Price is very reasonable too. The place is very small and no AC.
LoLa
Went there for breakfast since Cindi said I should at least try one Tom Dougalas restaurant as he is a city icon. Donut is very very good! I had the Tom's breakfast, it is weird with the octopus in it but it is very good. Hubby had the Lola's breakfast and I like the potato in that one.
Uli's famous sausage
tried 4 different kind of sausage including a German Sausage, a Italian Sausage, a French Sausage and a lamb sausage and the best is the French Sausage. Very flavorful. I think if the owner is real german, he might not like to have customer to think French Sausage is superior :-) The worst is the lamb one, very dry and salty.
Wish I had tried:
Pike Place Chowder – I just want to grab a quick bowl but the line is long. My autistic son was overwhelmed by the heat and the walk so I couldn't really wait. He also couldn't eat here because of food allergies...oh, well
Le Panier – This is supposed to be at the Pike Place market, but how come I couldn't find it?
Crab pot -- Sounded really cool to throw a bucket of seafood on the table, but with two kids who doesn't know how to handle seafood, it might be too much work. The wait according to the review is long too so we skipped.
Oooh I'm glad you were able to try two different sushi places. I'm a huge fan of Umi's happy hour cause it goes up to 8 pm! But you're right, it's not the best because of that area...it's kinda a hip clubbing scene there. I like local neighborhood small sushi restaurants much better.
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't find Le Panier??? :( That's too bad. It's along the side of the street across from the vendors. It might be close to a Beecher's cheese shop? I'm planning on going there and the Pike market this Saturday since my friend is visiting for the wedding!
Ah, I was looking for it at the wrong side. I was looking for it inside the market. The cheese shop was the other place I couldn't try. My son can't have dairy and my daughter dislike cheese.... >_<
ReplyDeleteI love that market! Wish I could spend more time there. That whole post Alley is food heaven. I say try Le Pichet if you like gourmet cheese if you haven't already. Everything else I know a replacement here close by, probably cheaper too :-P. But I haven't find that many intimate french place around where I am.
Sounds like a great trip. I've only been to Lola's, and it was super yummy. I love Serious Pie too. It's another Tom D place. Le Pichet sounds like something I would love to check out. I'm such a cheesehead!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could go to Serious Pie too but my son can not have gluten or dairy, so nothing left for pizza >< Not sure what is up with the kids born in this country. I have never heard of food allergies in China.
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