Welcome to Food Heaven...
Initially we went to the NW for a vacation from the Tucson Summer Heat. It's so hot it deserves its capital status. But recently we've been making it a priority to further our Foo•du•ca•tion and so we took advantage of the culinary expertise and business sense of a booming, forward thinking restaurant industry.
Seattle is home to the famous Pike's Place market. Where, yes, you can get some fresh seafood, but also everything else you could ever want. And all from local farmers and producers. Like honey comb, flower arrangements, jams, jewelry, or vegan leather jackets.
Not too far from the Market, the Waterfront offers many tourist destinations but this enjoyable Crumpet Shop gave us one of our favorite breakfasts. Some of our choice crumpets (pictured) include the Green Eggs and Ham (Pesto cooked in egg); Salmon Cream Cheese and Cucumber; Ricotta, Pesto, Tomato and Ham and finally the Cream Cheese, Maple Spread and Crushed Walnuts.
We had time well spent in the city seeing highlights of Beltown - with its unique hospitality and dishes (i.e. Wann's - only American location - Octopus appetizer, Night Kitchen's Fried Cheese Curds and Homemade Key Lime Pie).
Revisiting some old standbys and new surprises of Capitol Hill- In the Bowl Vegetarian Noodle Bistro (sup Pumpkin Tofu Curry?)*, local draft brews and spicy gourmet mac and cheese of Smith, drunken nights with Dick's Drive In, and too many beautiful coffee shops and pastries to mention them all (*cough* Special Mention goes out to Oddfellows Cafe for its ambiance and Tartine)...
Our all-time Food Romance of the trip ends with our new friend Jo Jo, who we met at his opening of Arabica Lounge. He gave us a new tradition you can't help but love: DΓΌkkah. The dipping of bread in oil, and then dipped again into a mix of seasoned grains and nuts. Egyptian in origin. Adapted by Jo Jo, our beloved Venezuelan. And we like it so much because is a delicious way to add SUPERFOOD to possibly the world's most popular meal.
Oh, and the All Almond Cake (uh...Gluten Free) paired with an apple sparkling cider (almost champagne like).
We had a lot of fun with the people, places and foods of this city. Can't say that we didn't take a couple other things home with us... But again, this is a food blog, not a full disclosure one.
L-word,
Hank and Laura and Nolan
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