Deadline: March 25th Hey fellow foodies, this is my very first attempt at a food blogging event! WBB - Weekend Breakfast Blogging – was started by the beautiful and ever so helpful Nandita from Saffron Trail to popularize breakfast among food bloggers. This month it is my turn to host this wonderful event, and the first thing [...]
0/8 Seafood bar and grill is the new restaurant that opened at the Bellevue Hyatt Regency Hotel late last year. I was recently checking out their website, and saw the following blurb: “Watch the Oscars in the Twisted Cork lounge. Enjoy herb buttered popcorn and Oscar night games and give-aways. February 25th starting at 5PM.” [...]
We had brunch at the Le Pichet on Saturday, a tiny French cafe in Belltown, with a true Parisian vibe. The menu is real French, not the French influenced fare you find in most other French restaurants around here. Don’t get me wrong, I very much enjoy the French influenced northwestern cuisine, but Le Pichet [...]
Twist bar and lounge is in the heart of Belltown, in the same building as our condo. It is one of the most happening places in Belltown, packed with young dressed up eye candy on weekend nights. The decor is hip and contemporary, there is a sports bar in the front of the restaurant as [...]
Last saturday night was a true gourmet night for us, when three guys decided to – read “were forced into” – join together and cook up a delicious spread for their lovely wives in the spirit of Valentine’s day. The 6 course menu was perfectly paired with a flight of wine, and turned out better [...]
Living in the middle of Belltown, we always get confused about which bar to pick on any given night, too many choices! But more often that not, we get back to Cascadia, just because of their mini burgers, exactly where we ended up this Friday night. The fact that they are just across the street [...]
For valentine’s day, Siv knew I wanted to go to a place we haven’t been to before, so he made reservations at the Brasserie Margaux in Belltown, the “French” restaurant at the Warwick hotel. I have French in quotes because they have Brasserie in the name, so they are aspiring to be French, but the [...]
“It is never too late to fall in love for the first time!” I watched this movie over the weekend, it was released in 2005, but somehow I missed it. A very refreshing romantic comedy set in the New York Chinese-American community. This could very well have been an Indo-American romantic comedy, I could draw so many parallels [...]
This is my short-cut way of making goat curry, it really looks and tastes like it took some time and effort to make, but it is too darn easy! The best thing I like about this recipe is that there is no grinding involved, no mixer jars to clean, but the gravy still has that nice [...]
Tapioca known as Cassava or Yuka (Kappa in Malayalam) is one of the staples in Kerala. Normally, “kappa vevichadu” is a preparation of tapioca boiled and mashed with ground coconut and spice mixture. This is normally served with fish curry or meat curry. This used to be a poor man’s meal, but now a days [...]
Seastar restaurant and raw bar in Bellevue is in my opinion the best place to hang out on the east side- amazing drinks, great ambiance and not so bad food. It is one of our favorite girls night out spots, somehow it has become the place where a lot of career decisions have been made… [...]
Finally, I have sorted through tons and tons of photos, uploaded to smugmug, and am ready to write about the trip. As I mentioned before, the trip was my birthday surprise, but since Siv knows me too well, he knows that I need to do my shopping and do my own packing before any trip, [...]
I was just sorting through the Puerto Vallarta pictures today and came across the pictures from my birthday dinner at Cafe de Artistes, I had to write about this place and the special night I had before I get around to writing a trip report. For dinner on my birthday, Siv had made reservations at [...]
In case anyone was wondering why I haven’t posted anything in a while, Siv and I were in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico celebrating my birthday. It was an awesome trip, we had a very laid back relaxing time, breakfast in bed, oceanfront massages, great margaritas, some authentic Mexican food and the most special birthday dinner ever [...]
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