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Earth & Ocean

24 January 2007 No Comment

Saturday night we went out into the town to celebrate Hema’s birthday. First stop, the W bar at the Earth & Ocean; a fantastic restaurant in the W Hotel downtown. We sat at the lounge with the trendy and sleek but comfy furniture that adds to the hip atmosphere one would expect from a W hotel lobby. The bar was packed with beautiful people in beautiful clothes, both tourists and locals. The lounge was less crowded, but was more suited for us since we had a 2 year old with us as well.

W bar serves great cocktails, our favorite from the last visit is the Pomojito, a mojito made with Pomegranate juice, but they ran out of Pomegranate juice this time (!!), instead they were serving a black berry mojito, which we named blackbohito. I went for the Sucker Punch which a cocktail of Orange Vodka, Mango Rum, Pineapple and Passion Fruit juices and champagne. My second drink was the Blackbohito which was amazingly as good as the Pomojito. Some of the other drinks which were passed around the table included dirty martini and cosmopolitan, none of us had a bad drink there. Food at the Earth & Ocean restaurant is to die for. They serve regional Northwest cuisine, and it is not the typical chain restaurant that serves regular steak and seafood fare that comes to mind when you think of a hotel restaurant. The dishes are a modern take on classic American cuisine, and are prepared from the freshest local ingredients. And more importantly, for fellow Microsoftees, the entrees are buy 1 get 1 free, an amazing deal for food like this.We didn’t order any food from the restaurant this time, stuck with the bar fare, since we had dinner reservations at the 1200 Bistro. The lamb skewers with crème fraîche dip was my favorite, the lamb was succulent and was cooked to the right degree, not too rare, not too well. I didn’t really care for the mini Kobe beef burgers, it was missing some flavors, and a little too dry for my taste, but our table did like it, since we ended up ordering more of it. The mini muffaletta, which is a sandwich made out of a special Sicilian bread, with three types of cured meat , I thought was better than the Kobe burgers, but then again, once you’ve had the Cascadia mini burgers, it is kind of tough to like others. I am sure we ordered more items, but most things are a little blur.

Another thing to note about the W lounge is they are very kid friendly… They have a kid’s menu and have crayons and papers for kids to draw on. Where else can you expect a hip place like this that let kids in! I guess that is the advantage of being a hotel bar, they have to cater to families.

We had a great time at the W, and I highly recommend it for a night out with friends, if you are just grabbing some drinks before a movie, or if you want to make it a full meal at the restaurant, you can’t go wrong at Earth & Ocean. We didn’t want to leave and go to a different restaurant, but Deepak really wanted to take Hema to a place where she has never been before ( to collect his brownie points) and it turned out to be a good thing, because we got to try another new restaurant – 1200 Bistro. More about that later.
Here is a picture of the girls, Hema, Suneeta and myself at the W bar.