Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Seattle Restaurant Week (October 2011)

We went to couple restaurant for the SRW this year:
1. The Capital Grille
2. The Corson Building

At the Capital Grille, I chose the
Field Greens, Tomatoes, Fresh Herbs as the appetizer
Parmesan Herb Marinated Filet Mignon Tournedos with Heirloom Tomatoes
and finish off with Homemade Fruit Sorbet




The field green salad with somewhat-citrus vinaigrette dressing- was very fresh.
The Fillet Mignon was tender and well seasoned, compared to their dry aged 14oz bone in sirloin steak (Although in my opinion their last year's SRW was better somehow)
I always put the Capital Grille in my must-go list during SRW.
The strawberry sherbet was not that good because it was runny and not as cold.

We went to Corson Building yesterday and i got:
Raw vegetable salad with our sourdough, hazelnuts, and cultured butter
Halibut baked in paper with saffron, Manila clams and delicata squash
Walnut oil ice cream with caramelized apple and bay laurel

Eating organic food makes me feel healthier.
Although it is hard to find parking nearby, this restaurant is worth a visit.
Their raw vegetable salad filled with slices of carrots and fall vegetables.

Their halibut was nicely paired with clams and squash.
I had a chance to try out my friend's lamb entree selection and it was the best!
compared to their chicken leg and the halibut.

The walnut oil ice cream was tasty although i won't mind some walnut bites in it :P
Their hot chocolate was very rich. They pair it with ginger, chocolate chip, and shortbread cookies.


Stay tuned for my Sullivan Steakhouse review...
(I'm going there tonight! )



Sunday, November 22, 2009

Indo Cafe

Indo cafe's bakwan malang

My favorite dish in Indo Cafe.
It is a thin rice noodles in a clear broth-soup with meatballs, tofu, and fried siomay.
Very suitable to eat during rainy days of Seattle!

P.S: dont forget to order tempeh mendoan as appetizer and es teler as dessert if you visit indo cafe!

Indo Cafe
www.myindocafe.com

543 NE Northgate Way # J
Seattle, WA 98125-6155
(206) 361-0699

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Zen Garden Restaurant

Bored with the usual DimSum places in ChinaTown?

Try "Zen Garden Restaurant"
or formerly Imperial Garden Restaurant at MillCreek.


Zen Garden is cleaner and more neat than the normal usual DimSum restaurant with reasonable price. It is somewhat like Noble Court Restaurant in Bellevue. However, the way you order the food is little different. They do not offer the food in the carts like how usually dimsum is. You order your food from the menu and they will bring them out.

Food is really good, really fresh, and less oily. A must try! :)

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Smoked Salmon crepe @jewel box cafe $8.95

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Dilettante on Broadway




Craving for some chocolates dessert at night? Come to Dilletante!
opens until 1am on Fridays

In the pictures are their biscotti dipped white chocolates - great with coffee/ latte
and Chocolate Sundae.
Not forgetting to mention, the cake is the smooth strawberry chantilly cake.

I often wonder what is Chantilly....it sounds so nice. So, I wiki-ed chantilly.
Here is what I got:
Chantilly cream or crème Chantilly is a sweetened whipped cream,
sometimes vanilla-flavoured.

Yum!

Dilettante on Broadway
538 Broadway Ave East
Seattle, WA 98102

30 for $30 Dining in Seattle

Do you enjoy fine dining 3-course meal, but always surprised looking at the bills?
Here is an option for you.
Enjoy 3-course dinners for $30 (exclude tips & taxes)
during November 1-29 at 30 popular restaurants.
Check out:
http://www.dinearoundseattle.org/restaurants.php

Some of my favorite restaurants:
~Chez Shea - Citysearch's winner for most romantic place 2008
and
Nishino - Japanese sushi house located at Madison Park.

Ohana's Banana Foster



This is a must-try dessert at Ohana!
It kinda taste like "kolak" -Indonesian dessert..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolak
but flavored with Rum.

They usually flame the rum at your table
so that you get the fresh smell of rum,
edge-burned bananas and melted vanilla ice cream.

Describing this, I kinda feel I need one myself....... :)