Note: I posted this updated version of a 2013 post in Eat Seattle. Another stop in my culinary adventures has brought be to the Tokyo-based Kizuki Ramen and Izakaya in the Crossroads area of Bellevue. Ramen has the same sort of fierce loyalty and passionate devotees that […]

I admit that I am apparently late to the party on this one. First, we really don’t eat out very much. It is expensive for us (5 kids plus two parents who ALL love eat) and we find it hard to find something worth the […]

My sons almost killed me. They were so excited with the “Dad, did you know that Nate Robinson opened a restaurant?” that I went for a visit…without them. Hey, I had some time to kill. I was over in West Seattle watching Jackson’s football team […]

The Fremont neighborhood of Seattle is home to some of the most eclectic and iconic landmarks in all of Seattle. The troll, the statue of Lenin, the rocket ship, the “waiting for the interurban” commuter statues in all of their decorated splendor and much more.  I […]

As I took it easy this 4th of July weekend, I was able to catch up on a couple of books I had been wanting to read. The first is The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer that Changed the World, the […]

It’s the most wonderful time…of the year! We now have the first official generation that associates the arrival of the Christmas season with the red cups at Starbucks, egg nog lattes, and cranberry bliss bars. Apparently this is the way we usher in the holidays…along […]

Breakfast in Seattle – Third Stop, Tilikum Place Cafe Simple post really. I have wanted to eat at this Seattle restaurant since it opened. Always appearing in “best of Seattle” magazines and so on, Tilikum Place Cafe is in that weird intersection off of the […]

Ah breakfast…that wonderful meal of the day that we all know we should partake in, each day, every day. Our health, physically and mentally require it for maximum fuel, capacity, even calorie burning.  But, alas we in our lightening fast society hardly take time for […]

Elysian Dark o’ the Moon Pumpkin Stout A guest blog post by Bill Fishburn. You can follow Bill on Twitter @rwfishbu1. As we leave Halloween, the number of pumpkins, the frequency of pumpkin sightings, and the appropriateness of pumpkin beers seems to rise exponentially. Since it […]

Most of you are getting the hint that I have a man-crush on Chef Tom Douglas of Dahlia Lounge, Palace Kitchen, Serious Pie, and and and (yes he has a mini empire here in the Emerald City…can’t name them all here, stay tuned for a […]