They're really tasty, but I really don't know how people open them up so cleanly. (the picture on wikipedia is beautiful). I think they must use saws or something. I had to hack away at this one with a knife.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
mangosteen pit
I know I've been bad, and I haven't blogged much this week. It's been busy. But today we found Mangosteens. Rakka's been looking for them for about a month, then there they were at metropolitan market.
They're really tasty, but I really don't know how people open them up so cleanly. (the picture on wikipedia is beautiful). I think they must use saws or something. I had to hack away at this one with a knife.
They're really tasty, but I really don't know how people open them up so cleanly. (the picture on wikipedia is beautiful). I think they must use saws or something. I had to hack away at this one with a knife.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant
I saw Hing Loon Seafood on msg150 a while back, and thought it looked good. So I went, and it was. The shocking thing is that I did this weeks ago and am just now getting around to telling you about it.
Better late than never.
Hing Loon is a solid, down to earth, borderline $$ Chinese restaurant. They do more than just seafood, but when a restaurant puts an ingredient in it's name it's a good bet that it's their specialty. So seafood it was!
Fish hot pot with tofu and mushrooms. Everything that I love.
The fish hot pot was great. The fish came in the form of dense doughy balls. There were a couple different kinds, both tasty. Over all it was pretty mild and it glistened with corn starch.
Kung Pao Prawns. Shrimpy goodness.
The Kung Pao was pretty standard, but it had prawns! And, as a bonus, they were not overcooked and were, in fact, very tasty.
The outside
Urbanspoon says it's $$. You can probably keep it under $ if you skip the seafood and go for the cheaper ingredients, like chicken. It's probably still good.
Better late than never.
Hing Loon is a solid, down to earth, borderline $$ Chinese restaurant. They do more than just seafood, but when a restaurant puts an ingredient in it's name it's a good bet that it's their specialty. So seafood it was!
Fish hot pot with tofu and mushrooms. Everything that I love.
The fish hot pot was great. The fish came in the form of dense doughy balls. There were a couple different kinds, both tasty. Over all it was pretty mild and it glistened with corn starch.
Kung Pao Prawns. Shrimpy goodness.
The Kung Pao was pretty standard, but it had prawns! And, as a bonus, they were not overcooked and were, in fact, very tasty.
The outside
Urbanspoon says it's $$. You can probably keep it under $ if you skip the seafood and go for the cheaper ingredients, like chicken. It's probably still good.
[where: 628 S Weller St., Seattle, WA, 98104]
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Hip Top Hop Pot [Top Pot's second annual doughnut eating contest]
I skipped the Bite last weekend, and I think I got away with it. But if I tried to skip Top Pot Doughnuts second annual doughnut eating contest I'm pretty sure they'd take my food blogger license away.
Chomp! The winner is in peak form.
The Saturday Knights played, actually during the eating. It was a little weird, but good. I think some of the contestants were in it more for the music than the confections (check out the guy all the way on the left, in the cubs hat, head banging his way to last place. He mentioned that he had a hard night last night :)
Sorry about the crappy video. Being the slacker that I am I got there late and had to stand in the back on a chair.
It was fun to see Nancy Guppy in person. I've been seeing Seattle through her eyes since the first day I was in town. She was covering bumbershoot while we unpacked (yes, we moved to lower queen anne during bumbershoot. that was fun, let me tell you).
Chomp! The winner is in peak form.
The Saturday Knights played, actually during the eating. It was a little weird, but good. I think some of the contestants were in it more for the music than the confections (check out the guy all the way on the left, in the cubs hat, head banging his way to last place. He mentioned that he had a hard night last night :)
Sorry about the crappy video. Being the slacker that I am I got there late and had to stand in the back on a chair.
It was fun to see Nancy Guppy in person. I've been seeing Seattle through her eyes since the first day I was in town. She was covering bumbershoot while we unpacked (yes, we moved to lower queen anne during bumbershoot. that was fun, let me tell you).
[where: Top Pot, 2124 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98121]
It has Begun. Taco Combat!
I lived on Taco Bell in college (and beyond), because it was so cheap it didn't matter if it was nasty. So when the KFC around the corner from me closed down for a while then reopened (just yesterday) as a KFC/Taco Bell I was cautiously optimistic.
Blerg.
I've actually been afraid that having a TB so close to my house (the closest 'restaurant' by almost half a block) would entice me to go there all the time. Luckily, I have changed since college. The fact that two people can have dinner for less than $10 no longer outweighs the stomach-full-of-clay feeling that comes with it. I remember now that TB also stands for Tuberculosis.
Although, if you're in to it, the new KFC/TB is clean and fast. It's still an eyesore, but at least it's because of the paint choices and not the filth.
Blerg.
I've actually been afraid that having a TB so close to my house (the closest 'restaurant' by almost half a block) would entice me to go there all the time. Luckily, I have changed since college. The fact that two people can have dinner for less than $10 no longer outweighs the stomach-full-of-clay feeling that comes with it. I remember now that TB also stands for Tuberculosis.
Although, if you're in to it, the new KFC/TB is clean and fast. It's still an eyesore, but at least it's because of the paint choices and not the filth.
[where: 201 W Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98119]
Thursday, July 24, 2008
spendy spendy (Collins Pub and Shiki)
If all you have is a ten spot, you won't like this post very much. Collins Pub and Shiki are both quite nice, but neither are really ce places. Collins is closer, in the low $$. But Shiki is all the way up in the $$$. They're the only places I've been this week, though, so they'll have to do. Since neither really count, I'm rolling them up in to one post.
I promise I'll get you some cheap eats next week, or maybe I'll tell you about my obsession with japanese curry paste. What do you say?
My trip to Collins was impromptu; I didn't have my camera, so no pictures. My eloquence will have to suffice. I get sammich. It fish. It good!
*cough* Sorry, I mean, I had the ahi tuna sandwich with mustard aioli. The tuna was seared on the outside, and was still beautifully pink in the middle. I was a nice thick cut of fish. I was pleased. The fries were tasty. It was $13, list.
Now lets switch over to some really good sushi. At Shiki in LQA. There's not much bad I can say about Shiki. Some days the need for quality can trump the need for quantity, even for my cheap ass. For days like that, there's Shiki.
If I have any complaints, it's that the cream cheese in the washington roll sort of overpowered the fish. And the same can be said for the fried crab in the spider roll. Of course, I sort of blame myself for ordering american sushi. What a rube.
blurry sushi
Anyway, the place is right around the corner from me. The hard part now is going to be to prevent myself from blowing my quarterly bonus on fugu and sapporo.
I promise I'll get you some cheap eats next week, or maybe I'll tell you about my obsession with japanese curry paste. What do you say?
My trip to Collins was impromptu; I didn't have my camera, so no pictures. My eloquence will have to suffice. I get sammich. It fish. It good!
*cough* Sorry, I mean, I had the ahi tuna sandwich with mustard aioli. The tuna was seared on the outside, and was still beautifully pink in the middle. I was a nice thick cut of fish. I was pleased. The fries were tasty. It was $13, list.
[where: 526 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104]
Now lets switch over to some really good sushi. At Shiki in LQA. There's not much bad I can say about Shiki. Some days the need for quality can trump the need for quantity, even for my cheap ass. For days like that, there's Shiki.
If I have any complaints, it's that the cream cheese in the washington roll sort of overpowered the fish. And the same can be said for the fried crab in the spider roll. Of course, I sort of blame myself for ordering american sushi. What a rube.
blurry sushi
Anyway, the place is right around the corner from me. The hard part now is going to be to prevent myself from blowing my quarterly bonus on fugu and sapporo.
[where: 4 W Roy St, Seattle, WA 98119]
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
On skipping the bite (and going to metro market)
The Bite of Seattle was this weekend. I live about a tenth of a mile away. It seems like, as a food blogger, I'd go. I didn't. Sorry. Carnival crowds make me stabby.
So instead I stopped off at Larry's, by which of course I mean the LQA Metropolitan Market (link may be busted), for some pre-prepared goodness. I have to admit to a certain fondness for Metro's deli. It's not as good as Larry's was, but what can you do? Despite the fact that it's stupid expensive, I go there all the time.
Ok, it's not really that expensive. But it is as expensive as eating out. They have some pretty healthy stuff though. Other than maybe sushi, there's not much in LQA that is better for you than these salads and they're under 10 dollars.
They really are pretty tasty too. So are the sandwiches, chicken bits, and the pasta with garlic aioli is to die for... I tell a lie, my life is worth more than pasta, liberally coated in rich, creamy sauce; so dense and filling; bursting with flavor... No, I would die for it, which can be easily achived by eating it every day (it's very rich). It'd be a pretty good way to go.
Oh, and their soups are good. And they have these little sample cheeses some times so you can try the really fancy stuff for cheap.
So instead I stopped off at Larry's, by which of course I mean the LQA Metropolitan Market (link may be busted), for some pre-prepared goodness. I have to admit to a certain fondness for Metro's deli. It's not as good as Larry's was, but what can you do? Despite the fact that it's stupid expensive, I go there all the time.
Ok, it's not really that expensive. But it is as expensive as eating out. They have some pretty healthy stuff though. Other than maybe sushi, there's not much in LQA that is better for you than these salads and they're under 10 dollars.
They really are pretty tasty too. So are the sandwiches, chicken bits, and the pasta with garlic aioli is to die for... I tell a lie, my life is worth more than pasta, liberally coated in rich, creamy sauce; so dense and filling; bursting with flavor... No, I would die for it, which can be easily achived by eating it every day (it's very rich). It'd be a pretty good way to go.
Oh, and their soups are good. And they have these little sample cheeses some times so you can try the really fancy stuff for cheap.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Rolls n Sushi
Still playing catch-up after a busy week, I have another slightly out of the esculents price range place for you, Rolls n Sushi. It's in the marion food court downtown (the same place as yo berry).
It's reportedly not the best sushi in the area, with nearby Imo being the winner. I don't know that I agree, but I've only been to Imo when I'm drunk, so who knows. RnS is certainly faster.
Rolls n Sushi
It's pretty good for lunch, but a little pricy. The above set me back $13. It's a lot of food though. Unlike my recent visit to cafe paloma, this sushi left me stuffed silly. I chose to get two rolls; I was pretty hungry. On a normal day I could probably get by for about $10.
spicy salmon
The spicy salmon was actually spicy. I was surprised, in a good way. It's refreshing to ask for spicy and then get it. Seattle is a pretty mild town.
boston roll
The boston roll was pretty good too. But, being relatively cheap sushi, the salmon wasn't super flavorful, so the crab almost over powered it. Still, there's other stuff that might be better balanced. The Mexican and the Hawiian sound good.
It's reportedly not the best sushi in the area, with nearby Imo being the winner. I don't know that I agree, but I've only been to Imo when I'm drunk, so who knows. RnS is certainly faster.
Rolls n Sushi
It's pretty good for lunch, but a little pricy. The above set me back $13. It's a lot of food though. Unlike my recent visit to cafe paloma, this sushi left me stuffed silly. I chose to get two rolls; I was pretty hungry. On a normal day I could probably get by for about $10.
spicy salmon
The spicy salmon was actually spicy. I was surprised, in a good way. It's refreshing to ask for spicy and then get it. Seattle is a pretty mild town.
boston roll
The boston roll was pretty good too. But, being relatively cheap sushi, the salmon wasn't super flavorful, so the crab almost over powered it. Still, there's other stuff that might be better balanced. The Mexican and the Hawiian sound good.
[where:823 3rd Ave. #101, Seattle, WA, 98104]
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