{"id":5394,"date":"2011-08-15T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/vacation-favorites-part-2-seattle-food\/"},"modified":"2011-08-15T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T00:30:00","slug":"vacation-favorites-part-2-seattle-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/vacation-favorites-part-2-seattle-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation Favorites, Part 2: Seattle Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you missed part 1 of my favorite things<\/a> from our recent Oregon\/Washington vacation, check them out!<\/p>\n

We ate a lot on this trip, most of which was really delicious.  I don\u2019t think we had a bad meal the entire time, but we generally read menus before we decide on a place and I\u2019m not really very picky, so I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s a good indicator.  Still, it was really neat to see menus flaunting their vegetarian, vegan, and\/or gluten free options.  It was even more exciting to discover that the vegetarian options, when I chose them, were delicious.<\/p>\n

In the end, all of my favorite meals were in Seattle, although I\u2019m sure that\u2019s partially due to the fact that the bulk of our trip was spent there.  I am very grateful that Brian and I took the smart phone plunge last month; the Yelp and Urban Spoon apps were incredibly useful in finding these great restaurants.<\/p>\n

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<\/font><\/u>\"3seattle<\/a>breakfast: Toulouse Petit<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

In an uncharacteristic move, I booked a hotel in Seattle that didn\u2019t serve breakfast.  Luckily, I overheard one of the employees mention to another customer that Toulouse Petit<\/a>, which was just down the road, offered a breakfast happy hour.  And, sure enough, most of the dishes on their breakfast menu are just $7.50 during the week.  And the menu at the highly acclaimed New Orleans style restaurant was really interesting.  I had the fabulous smoked salmon and asparagus hash (top photo) and Brian had delicious and rather spicy house made Andouille sausage with red beans.  It was unlike any breakfast I\u2019d ever had before.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"3seattle<\/a>lunch: Matt\u2019s in the Market<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

In July, Brian and I went to a Kim O\u2019Donnel<\/a> book signing.  Brian had the forethought to ask Kim, who\u2019s from Seattle, where she would recommend eating.  After telling us we wouldn\u2019t go wrong anywhere, she recommended Matt\u2019s in the Market<\/a>.  I don\u2019t think we would\u2019ve found it otherwise, so I\u2019m so glad she told us about it.  Tucked above Pike Place Market, the restaurant had incredibly friendly staff and an equally tempting menu.  Brian thoroughly enjoyed his burger topped with pulled pork and side of tortilla soup (top photo).  I managed to pack away the entire shrimp salad with avocado sandwich seen above.<\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font><\/u>\"3seattle<\/a>dinner: Umi Sake House<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

If we\u2019re on vacation, chances are good there\u2019s sushi in our future.  Based on recommendations from my phone, we checked out Umi Sake House<\/a>.  The atmosphere was awesome and the menu was extensive.  Our usual sushi procedure is that Brian makes all of the decisions, and he spent at least 15 minutes pouring over the menu.  When our rolls arrived they were some of the prettiest sushi I\u2019d ever had and the pieces were actually bite sized, compared to other sushi I\u2019ve been served and struggled to consume in one bite.<\/p>\n

 \"3seattle<\/a>dessert: Molly Moon\u2019s<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

As I mentioned, we met up with a couple of our college friends for ice cream while we were in Seattle.  They took us to their favorite place, Molly Moon\u2019s Homemade Ice Cream Shop<\/a> in Wallingford. As you can see, there were some really interesting flavors available.  Brian went for vivace coffee, but I chose the  honey lavender.  Did you know that Sequim, Washington is the lavender capital of North America?  Neither did I, until last week.  Anyway, the ice cream was amazing.  I\u2019m sure honey lavender wouldn\u2019t be for everyone, but it was so refreshing and different.<\/p>\n

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