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good info on stumbling goat!! at palace we've always done the 'private' room. What about Boat Street? anyone know if they can do a 16 top on a weekend? ← Not a problem, they have the space that is Boat St Kitchen during the day. Rocky

The items that I am particularly interested in are the Quesadillas with Roasted Poblano Chiles, Chicken Flautas, Chorizo and Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms, Meatballs in Spicy Chipotle Sauce and the Smoked Jalapeno - Tequila Ceviche. Have you tried any of these items? Anthing else that you've had that you would recommend? I think the meatballs might be a bit messier than the rest (depending on how "saucy" they are) but I was thinking that the rest of the food might be okay. I must say that your description of the food as being juicy and saucy has got my mouth watering... We are going to be driving from Vancouver to Seattle so we will have a vehicle at our disposal to pick up the food. ← I've had the quesadillas, meatballs, and flautas, and they were all good. I also liked the tacos. The meatballs are very saucy but it's a good sauce, maybe worth investing in a box of plastic bibs? Rocky

I've been to Spitfire. The food is solid and a few items are even very good, they are also not necessarily friendly to eating while getting dressed for a night out as many items are juicy/greasy/saucy. Rocky

Considering that the tonkatsu broth should always be thicker and richer you would think that thicker noodles would be in the the tonkatsu one and not the shoyu. Being more substantial it would seem to make more sense. Rocky

Yup real ramen, the menu is mostly ramen, there a very few other items, but that's not important, only ramen is important. As far as okonomiyaki goes, I just make my own anymore, it's pretty simple and straightforward. Rocky

I went yesterday to Samurai as well. I would say that it's actual ramen and now I don't have to go to Vancouver every time I have a ramen craving, though I still think Kintaro is better. I had the shoyu ramen and the broth was very good, the roast pork was tasty - though sliced much thicker than I'm used to, and the service was friendly. The noodles were thicker and a little bit less eggy than I was expecting but overall it was really solid. Rocky

If I recall correctly it's Wilcox Farms cream at Costco. Rocky

The two services that I've seen are Restaurants to go and Cuisine Limosine. Rocky

Guayamas in general caters and you'd have to see about being able to pick up at the downtown location, Veracruz doesn't suck for a mall Mexican place, you can also check with the various meal delivery services to see if they will deliver to hotels and which restaurants they serve. Rocky

I heartily recommend getting your cream at Costco if you plan on using a lot of cream, that and it's also the heaviest cream that I've been able to find anywhere. Rocky

Time to be the lone voice of dissent here. I am just not very impressed by Serious Pie at all. I went a few weeks ago and I have to say that I was very dissapointed. I went with two friends and we split the sausage and peppers pizza and the margherita style one. My dissapointment centers on the sausage and pepper pie, the crust was fine but the sauce seemd bland and there was a definite lack of cheese on it, really nothing more than a sprinkling. The sausage was essentially flavorless aside from fennel seed, and not in a oh the fennel seed just dominated everything sort of way. It was more of a Tombstone Pizza it's been in the freezer for a while and the only flavor component that survived is the fennel seed sort of way. The ironic thing to me was that the margherita style pizza had much more cheese than the sausage and peppers pizza. Maybe I was expecting too much, but I'm just not blown away. Rocky

this is the one that is also the art gallery right?? ← That's the one. Rocky

Went to the Purple Dot yesterday for lunch with Little Miss Foodie. We went for dim sum and I must say that it was pretty good. The only things we didn't like were the chang fun, there was too much noodle to filler and sauce, and the tripe was a little bland. Much better than I expected it to, I would say that it is a good deal above averge for Seattle dim sum. Rocky

Fresh Palate Cafe between McMinville and Sheridan is one of my favorite places for lunch and now they're open for dinner on weekends. Rocky

If you are looking for tamales, as well as all thee types of chicharrones, you need to check out Carniceria El Paisano in White Center. Rocky

Oh my yes! Rocky

Union's bar menu runs until midnight and Le Pichet is open until two and serves a limited menu as well. Rocky

Nowhere, nowhere at all. Rocky

I would also add Sitka and Spruce to your list. If you want to move Union up your list there are a few dinners coming up there you may want to get in on. On October 29th there is a Champagne dinner with Dumont, six courses with paired wines for $100, and on the next night there is a Cooks and Books diinner featuring Michel Richard for $175, the price includes dinner, wine, a copy of the book, and a chance to talk with Chef Richard. Rocky

Speaking of Docks, I really liked the burger I had at teh Dock St Burger Company located inside of Lenny's Tavern in Tangletown, also not that far from Wallingford. Rocky

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Thanks for the ramen suggestions guys! Loved Kintaro! We had the Forest Fire Ramen and the Shoyu Ramen, god I love real ramen. Rocky

Hey, I get to play this game once. Kintaro - shoyu ramen and forest fire ramen, coming from Seattle where there is no ramen I have been in withdrawal for seven years now, problem solved. Feenie's - burger and Feenie's Weenie and the apple tart with carmel and fleur de sel ice cream, the burger was solid, the weenie rocked, and the dessert was killer Kirin on Cambie - blows any Seattle dim sum out of the water Pictures Rocky

I've only had the fish and chips and that was years ago, but I remember it being very good. The Elysian in Tangletown is not far and they have a good French Dip. Rocky

But did you get the deep fried twinkies? Rocky