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miss Jme

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  1. Has El Portal closed? (6th & Wall) I called to make a reservation tonight and the phone was disconnected. Anyone know? thanks
  2. Since when are we in Ballard/Fremont outside the city??? I'd move Lombardi's down on your list, they are not as good as they once were (which was never fine dining) and add LeGourmand's adjacent Sambar for lovely coctails & yummy frites. Also to consider is Via Tribunali for Neapolitan style pizza (they seem to have up/down quality, but my experiences have been positive) ← Thanks Eden for the advice about Lombardi's and Via Tribunali. Oh yes, I forgot to mention I did had Sambar on my list for late night; I am looking forward to trying them! btw I have changed the name of my "Outside The City" list to "Not Downtown" heehee! I myself am an Eastsider. Thanks again!
  3. I've been to El Portal for drinks and appetizers a couple of times. I loved it and I really want to go back for a full meal. The guacamole was particularly good. ← Thanks for your feedback LEdlund. I'm glad to hear that you liked it! Their menu looks good to me. How was the ambiance and the service? Also, was it loud, crowded/scene-y when you went? I love dining late but do not enjoy yelling over my entree. thanks! -Jme ← ← Sounds great LEdlund, thank you for your description! I will post about it after I have dined there.
  4. Hi Rocky thanks for your tip on Sitka and Spruce and the upcoming Union dinners, I really appreciate it!
  5. If you are interested in vegetarian Thai, try Araya's off 45th in the U District. Unlikely location but the food is incredible! My favorites are the Avacado Curry, and any of the house specials such as Drunken Mushroom or Araya's Asparagus. The place is usually packed but it's worth it because the flavors are simply delicious. They have switched locations since I last lived in Seattle but are still great as far as I'm concerned. Parking can be a pain as their lot is quite small.
  6. I've been to El Portal for drinks and appetizers a couple of times. I loved it and I really want to go back for a full meal. The guacamole was particularly good. ← Thanks for your feedback LEdlund. I'm glad to hear that you liked it! Their menu looks good to me. How was the ambiance and the service? Also, was it loud, crowded/scene-y when you went? I love dining late but do not enjoy yelling over my entree. thanks! -Jme
  7. Hi Syrah, thanks for your response and for sharing your experiences. The ambiance, decor, and views sound very nice at Six Seven. The Edgewater has special meaning to me personally because my parents took their honeymoon there, back when they were young and poor and could only afford to take one weekend in-town for their honeymoon. (They are still together and in love over 40 years later!) I hope I can make nice memories there as well. I'll be doing the Dahlia Lounge and Flying Fish soon, thank you for your recommendations! -Jme
  8. Hi bkaplan thanks for your reply. Yes I'm sure it will take me a while! I love it though! Since I've been back I've done Purple Cafe, Andaluca and The Palace Kitchen, then this weekend Le Pichet and next week Canlis. And alot of little hole-in-the-wall places in between. (Love me some Hillside Quickies!) Sometimes I really don't know how I stay slim; I am such a damn food fanatic. Thank you for the wonderful suggestions, I have checked them out online and have added them to my list. I'm especially excited to try Paseo. I spend a few weeks a year in Belize and when I'm home I really miss the messy Caribbean-style sandwiches that are such an addictive mainstay for me while on the island. I hope Paseos is similar! It sure looks like they have a cult following judging from the online reviews. Tutta Bella looks wonderful too and the menu looks authentic to Naples. Can't wait to try! thanks again, -Jme
  9. Hi Ye-Ye girl, thanks for posting to me! I will put Osteria La Spiga on the list. The review I read for it said something like "simple but well-executed rustic Italian." Sounds good to me! It's surprisingly hard to find a restaurant that gets that right. thanks again! Jme
  10. Hi tighe thanks so much for your input! I really appreciate it and will de-prioritize as suggested. You may have noticed that a few of the restaurants on my long list were chosen more for their late night hours, ambiance, or proximity to certain venues (Benaroya Hall, The Paramount, 5th Ave. Theater, McCaw Hall, Key Arena, etc.) than for the actual quality of their cuisine, out of sheer necessity. I try to keep the bar as high as I can though. Great, another vote for Green Leaf; I can't wait to get there! Please share your bad experience at Dragonfish if you have time. thanks, Jme
  11. And Porcella Rocky ← Thanks Rocky! I've added Porcella to my list. Looks like a great place for gourmet lunch! thanks, Jme
  12. Hi malarkey thank you for the welcome! And thanks for helping me prioritize my list, that is very helpful. I am glad to hear from somebody who has been to El Portal, I don't think I've seen it mentioned on this board yet. Do you like their fare? I always give the late-night places extra consideration because I'm often dining after 11PM. Well I'll add Green Leaf to the list as well as Szechuan Chef; thanks for those tips! -Jme
  13. Oh that sounds wonderful MGLloyd, I will have to try that. Thanks for the tip! I love gorgonzola. The other night I had some tortellini in a creamy gorgonzola sauce with walnuts and spinach; it was excellent.
  14. Hee hee I know you meant this as a joke MGLloyd but I actually love Dick's fries and tartar sauce! As far as that type of food goes, I think they are great. My Dad used to eat there when he was a kid and I love the Seattle history they have. Just can't eat there that much as I am trying to keep my figure svelte. By the way I also love the fries at 13 Coins, thick hand-cut chunks of browned potato that they serve stacked criss-crossed in a tic-tac-toe shape. I always ask for tartar sauce which they bring in an ice cold small metal gravy boat, it really hits the spot when you have a hankering for spuds. On that note, I'm excited to try the Belgian Frites up on Broadway! My brother has been craving Frites ever since he returned from Amsterdam.
  15. As is Nell's. Disclaimer: I am a former investor. I was bought out. Oh yes Nell's! I will add it to my list, thank you for the suggestion, docsconz. Yes I do have alot of dining ahead of me, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Sure I will certainly post reports, although I am not much of a food writer. thanks, Jme
  16. Hi everybody I am very pleased to be a member of egullet! I'm not in the culinary industry or an expert of any sort but I AM a food fanatic! I am so happy to be back after being gone from the Seattle dining scene for several years. I have compiled a list of oldies-but-goodies (in my opinion) that I'm excited to revisit and new-to-me restaurants that I intend to knock off at a rate of about one per week. I would be happy to share my dining experiences as I go along if anyone is interested, as well as hear others' comments and experiences. I am almost exclusively a dinner person (often late-night by necessity) other than Sunday brunch. I prefer fine dining with ambiance but make exceptions for incredible food, when I often just get orders to go. My old haunts: El Gaucho Palace Kitchen Canlis Purple Cafe Adriatica (gone now) Marcha (ditto) 13 Coins Cutters Bayhouse Cafe Lago Cafe Flora (love vegetarian food) Carmelita (ditto) Araya's (ditto) Palomino Metropolitan Grill Salty's (For Sunday brunch only) Calcutta Grill (ditto) Hirem's at the Locks (ditto and it's gone now) Places I've eaten at several times: Rovers The Herbfarm Salish Lodge Dining Room Sky City at the Needle The Melting Pot Leschi Lakecafe Palisade Flying Fish Columbia Tower Club Dining Room On my new list to dine at: Chez Shea The Hunt Club 6-7 at the Edgewater Assaggio Ristorante Sazerac 1200 Bistro Tulio Matt's at the Market The Brooklyn Brasserie Margaux Cascadia Troiani Queen City Grill Crow La Vita e Bella Dahlia Lounge Etta's Lola Campagne & Cafe Campagne Serafina Il Terrazzo Carmine Georgian Room at the Fairmont Bambuza Boat Street Cafe Marco's Supperclub Monsoon The Pink Door Waterfront Maximilien Zoe Ibiza Dinner Club Tamarind Tree Mistral 94 Stewart Marjorie Brasa Earth & Ocean Amber Union Boka Daniel's Broiler Veil Union Square Grill Dinette Pair Tango The Harvest Vine Lark Lampreia Il Bistro Pomodoro Ristorante El Portal Red Fin Black Bottle Ten Mercer Dragonfish Le Picket Belltown Bistro Bal Mar (for desserts only) Olivers (ditto) Dilletante Cafe (ditto) Restaurants I will be visiting outside the city: Cafe Juanita Third Floor Fish Cafe Ristorante Paradiso Mixtura Pomegranate Bistro Nana Carmella's Pogacha Bis on Main Sostanza Tilth Cremant Stumbling Goat Bistro Le Gourmand 35th St. Bistro Lombardi's I am also interested in trying some "dining experiences" such as Central Cinema's dining at the movies, The Dark Dining project, Teatro Zinzanni, Spirit of WA dinner train, Dimitriou's Jazz Alley dinners, and Moroccan restaurant dining with the whole sit-on-the-floor, eat with your hands, belly dancers experience. I hear Marrakesh and Kasbah are good ones but apparently there are no hookas anymore because of the new no-smoking rules? I'm an eastsider and only get out to dine about once a week. However I plan to hit every restaurant on the list and enjoy every minute of it! I had a lovely meal at Andaluca this week and will be dining hopefully at Le Pichet next week and definately Canlis the following week. Please let me know if I missed any biggies on my to-do list or if you think I should eliminate any. Thanks so much! -Jme
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