Perche' No in Seattle is run by Mr. Wong and his Thai wife. Really great people, and the food is quite good, on the high-end side. Plenty of good authentic Italian, but then they also do some unusual dishes--I've had ostrich in chocolate sauce (sort of like an Italian mole), which was good, and king cobra risotto, which was unbelievable, flaky meat like salmon, only without any fishy flavor. Note that those were both specials, so you couldn't just drop in and get them. They do a chocolate lasagna dessert (chocolate wafery 'noodles' layered with whipped sweetened mascarpone, raspberry sauce and chocolate sauce) that about blows my head off. It's lighter than you would expect. The owners are wonderful. Mr. Wong might as well be Italian--he speaks with his hands, is exuberant and outgoing and speaks Italian. I was there once and there was a table of very elderly folks in varying stages of decrepitude, one older lady, another older lady with an oxygen tank, and an older gentleman who looked as though he could barely lift his fork to eat. The gentleman ordered the rabbit, and Mr. Wong brought it out to him personally, clapped him on the back and said something along the lines of, "After you eat-a this, you-a gonna go all night like you were 18!" I just about fell out of my chair. His wife is incredibly nice and though I only eat there a couple of times a year, she says hi to me on the street when I pass by.
