Eating Out in Seattle

While I am talking about food, I thought, I should write about some of my  favorite eating places in Seattle. Now, where do I start ... 

Brunch :

Portage Bay (Image from Yelp.com)

For this, the first on my list is Portage Bay.   They have three locations : South Lake Union, Ballard and near UW (Roosevelt way NE). I like the one at South Lake Union , which I think is the most crowded one.  Wait time is never less than half an hour on weekends. Few other places we like include: 5 Spot (Queen Anne), Endolyne Joe's (West Seattle), Hi-life (Ballard). All three belong to the chow food group.  5 spot holds a special place being a near to home :) They feature food of a particular region of America  at a time. I however  like the hash  brown of Endolyne Joe's the most. Another place you might like is Coastal Kitchen at Capitol Hill (This is the first place I went to have brunch, and was amazed at the amount of food you get in one plate!). By the way, if you are looking for bigger plates for relatively cheaper price 'The Dish' at Ballard might be the place you want to try. 

Lunch : 

Dim Sum at Jade Garden (Image from Yelp.com)

When it comes to lunch the truth is  I have tried very few places  for lunch. I used to join Chiranjeeb for lunch on weekdays, when his office was in  the international district. But almost always we had Pho or Dim sum at the nearby places. That takes the least amount time. For Dim sum, I like Jade Garden, but not because of the their Dim sums , but for their egg rolls. Dim sums are good in all these places, but in many places I don't like the smell of the oil , they fry the egg rolls in. Only in Jade garden , I have seen that the smell is missing.  By the way , I think Dim Sums with pork stuffing is tastier. We also went to Pyramid Alehouse  couple of times.  They have really good garlic fries . 

(to be continued ...)

Warm Dinner for a Rainy Evening

Looks like rainy days are back, after a short summer. At least today was a cold , gloomy and rainy day in Seattle. On top of that both of us are not feeling too well. So decided to have some soup and bread for dinner. The potato baguette I bought yesterday is still laying..need to finish that before it becomes hard. Then just felt like adding something more. So I made Prosciutto wrapped stuffed chicken.  And Chiranjeeb also felt the same ! So he ended up making his all time favorite 'vegetable pokdas' So the final plate looked like this :
( hmm..the bread and the chicken are looking almost the same :-/)

# Potato baguette
# Potato and leek soup
# Prosciutto wrapped stuffed chicken
# (Pokoras are missing )

The 'rustic potato  bread' (or the baguette) of  Macrina Bakery  is my favorite.  They have a few other interesting breads too. I Also  love their Nutella Brioche.

Potato and leek soup is one foolproof and easy recipe I have learnt from Ina Garten. The flavour comes from roasting the vegetables first.

I think recently Mark Bittman was talking about stuffing chicken with herb butter. I just wrapped them with prosciutto to give an Italian twist (many use bacon instead). 

Nandana