Malaika

Lastsupper you are correct it is not fair to through out blanket statements without facts. I actually worked at an RUI property in my youth (yes, Blue Heron I am in the industry) and quickly developed a distaste for heavy cream sauces, crab/shrimp stuffed sole crusted with asiago or parmesan (or both) and served with a butter sauce and buttered vegetables. RICH, RICH, and RICH. A lot of the same philosophies are carried out at Seastar. Parmesan crusted halibut, stuffed sole, etc. Not my kind of food. I really can not understand why restaurants like this are so popular. This brings me to perhaps another topic in its self: the seattle food scene. Seattle really would like to sell itself as a food town. As anyone who travels a lot can atest to Seattle still has a long way to go. Not to say that there aren't any good restaurants in Seattle because there are. Unfortunately there are not many. And in your case Blue Heron I am sorry to hear that your experience at 727 Pine was sub par. I guess it just goes to prove that even good restaurants can occasionally go bad. As for my being in the industry, I think that it creates an ethical delema for me as to post or not to post. Because there is question for me I think that this will be my last post. Thank you all for engaging in this discusion, it has been fun. Happy Copper River Season! Since I will not be posting, can I lurk?

Thanks for the info, but have you eaten at Seastar? If you have not don't worry because it is the same insipid food that was done at Palisades and all the other RUI restaurants. You could not pay me the $98 to eat there. As for copper river salmon, I would go to Earth & Ocean, Mistral, 727 Pine, Flying Fish, etc. and leave the cooking to profesionals. Just my humble opinion.

JFLinLA, we are going to the Staples Center. I am not familiar with the area at all. I would like to find local haunts, I find that some of the best restaurants are off the beaten path and not the big name places. I need a place that we can go casual, we are going to a hockey game after all. Thanks for the heads up on the previous thread, I will be checking it out tomorrow. tissue, can you enlighten me in regard to Little Tokyo?

I will be coming to CA this week and spending my time between LA and San Diego. I am looking for suggestions for local not-to-miss dinning primarily in the Hunnington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach areas. Also will be going to a Hockey game in LA and of course need to eat and drink before, any suggestions? Thanks, in advance for the advice!

What is all the fuss about Rover's? The menu is tired and uninspiring. I give the Chef a lot of credit for helping to introduce Seattle diners to "real" food, but he is no Pierre Gagniere or Guy Savoy. In my humble opinion, Rover's is not worth the hype or the price. And be prepared to go to McD's to fill up afterwards.

SP's dinner sounds great, but does it strike any question with anyone the "fresh" Washington huckleberries? Huckleberry season was over about a month ago, they do freeze very well, but I would be skeptical if they said the hucks were fresh. I only bring this up because I live in Seattle and if I can get fresh huckleberries in December, I would love to know the source.

There should be a bunch of information appearing soon in the Ticket insert in the paper. I think that section comes out on Fridays? I can't wait to go dine around.

The Chef of 727 Pine is Kyle Nelson. He is responsible for all of the welcome changes in the menu.