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DrKoob

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  1. We (my bride and I) did dinner there last Saturday. Loved it. Had the ribolitta bread soup (excellent), loved the mushroom, parmesean and sweet fennel sausage pizza. Excellent. Finished up with their cranberry dessert. Kind of a tart thing. Very good. A little disappointed that they don't have coffee (only espresso). Overall I make better pizza at home but we would go back again. Not as memorable as Lola (which I should add is my favorite place to eat). We were seated immediately when we walked in the door but we got there at 4:50. By the time we left, they were packed.
  2. We are looking for a good restaurant to have dinner before we see Blue Man Group in Everett on Feb. 2. We have found Alligator Soul across the street from the Everett Events Center. The menu on their website looks interesting and the reviews from folks on various websites look good. Have an e-gulleters been there? Would love to hear what you think.
  3. Yes, Pasta & Company (at multiple locations) has pasta sheets. I have used them with great success.
  4. Gear a Deli is outstanding. Great sanwiches! Good service.
  5. FG, Great course. I have your book and have been trying your method (becoming a regular) for about six months. We regularly dine out on weekends (mostly Saturdays) and have been trying to eat at a favorite three weekends out of four each month. That one weekend we try someplace new. Some comments: Specials: If you are a regular, the waitstaff will warn you about the specials. We now have our waitstaff warn us about food as well as recommending food. That shows me superb honesty. Once when our regular waiter at a favorite place was not there I got some limp french fries. Great burger but lousy fries. When we mentioned it to our regular guy on the next visit, he brought us some of the best fries ever, on him. Children: Lately we have been seeing and hearing parents in restaurants planting their kids at one table and eating with friends at another. This even happened to us at one of the highest end asian places in Seattle. And we have seen it other places as well. I understand how expensive babysitters are but think about finding other diners with kids who can swap sitting chores with you. And I should add that we have friends who say they can't afford sitters but order their kids expensive meals at said restaurant and no one eats it. Go figure? Being valued by a restaurant: You have it right on the money. Be interested. That matters so much more than tipping. Our favorite place to sit is in or near the kitchen. Some restaurants here in Seattle (and we have done this in the Bay area too) have a bar or table that overlooks the kitchen. That's our favorite seat. We have even scored samples from chefs who we have super conversations with while we are eating. Again, thanks for a great article.
  6. OK, let me be upfront first. At the risk of being tossed off the e-gullet boards I must say that I don't like Union. Stacked food just doesn't do it for me. I will admit that I have only eaten at Union once but I found it to be "fancy" food. For the amount of money I left with them, I want more than fancy food. As to the Salish Lodge, go on a weekday and have a great dinner. I can speak well for the chateaubriand for two. I know, it is just meat but what a steak. And the wonderful morels and potatoes that came with it were to die for.
  7. I have a question for those of you who make your living in the kitchens of Seattle. How do you travel with your knives. Recently my bride and I have been vacationing near other relatives and renting a house or condo so we can all cook. These rentals are always fully furnished and have most kitchen implements and/or we can pick some up that are disposable if we have to (aluminum roasters at Thanksgiving, etc.) but the knives always suck. I fully understand the owners of the rentals not wanting their good knives to disappear but it is darned hard to cook with bad knives. And sometimes dangerous too. So, here is my question. How do you travel with your knives? I know they won't let me carry them on an airplane and I certainly am not going to put them in checked bags and have them lost. Not with the cost of the knives. Do I have to resort to shipping them ahead and shipping them home? There has to be a better way.
  8. I posted about this about a year ago when they opened. Sadly, so many good write ups have resulted in not being able to get in the door. Have taken friends/business associates there three times only to be told that the wait is more than an hour. The food is fantastic. All the firebreads are great. Try the steak sandwich at lunch. My personal opinion is that I would like the ambience to be a little more subdued. It is like you are almost eating in the kitchen (which could be cool) but I wish they would lose the espresso stand that is in full view of the dining room. Very tacky. Also, they need to be open on Sunday night. Went two weeks ago and did not realize they were closed. From the people we talked to in the parking lot, neither did a lot of other people. But yes, there is great food in Redmond.
  9. According to this month's Seattle Magazine, the father figure of most chefs in Seattle is Tom Douglas. And he has four restaurants and a bakery to choose from.
  10. I am just fulfilling a request. I don't want to talk them out of deli, just want to find out if there is anyplace that you can get decent deli in Seattle.
  11. A few weeks ago I posted looking for the best sushi in Seattle for some friends from NYC. Those friends are coming back and they are looking for a NY style delicatssen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  12. Thanks for these. Our friends are staying downtown, like classy places and are big spenders.
  13. We are not big sushi eaters as my wife is allergic to fish but we are entertaining friends from NYC who want to know the best place in Seattle for sushi. So please, post your favorites.
  14. Lola is a must. Dahlia Lounge is the quintisential Seattle restaurant Comfort food at Icon Grille Asian at Dragonfish
  15. Lola is drop dead my favorite restaurant! The goat tangine is to die for. The dates make it soooo sweet. I can almost taste it now. Also, get the smashed potatoes. Best side dish ever. I could eat them all night. Last year in December they had a sweet acorn squash side that was wonderful. Also any of the kebabs are marvelous. I especially love the mushroom one. Eat hearty but leave me some. We have reservations for Saturday!
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