Change is hard, especially when one of your favorite restaurants changes hands ( Read more... )

As a treat to celebrate all kinds of things, Omaha and I went out to the Cafe' Campagne in downtown Seattle. It's in Post Alley on Pike Place Market, across the alleyway from that incredibly sexy and expensive kitchen supply store, Sur La Table, and of course all their cookware is Le CreusetThe inside of the restaurant is done with just the ( Read more... )

Down in Des Moines, in one of those "location might suck" kind of corners (everyone coming into the town can see the place, but figuring out how to get there, around triangles, traffic islands and even a roundabout, can be tricky) is an inconspicuous little place called the Thai Bistro. From this unassuming name with an unassuming front, you'd ( Read more... )

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Omaha and I decided to go to the Keg down in Renton, since the one in Burien had recently closed. The place is nestled between two casinos and across the street from the new movie multiplex, and it's far more "themed" than the Burien one. It looks like a former Claim Jumper, in a way. The inside is pure Keg ( Read more... )

Omaha and I had our monthly work party at Kouryou-chan's school. This session was slightly more depressing than usual because for the first two hours we were the only people who showed. We're getting a little tired of being the people to check the roofs, clear the gutters, weed the receiving area and and turn the compost bin for an entire ( Read more... )

If you've lived in Seattle and have any associates at all who know the University District, then you know The Cedars restaurant. Cedars was an Indian restaurant where the fare was inexpensive, the portions generous, the food absolutely amazing, and the long line to get infuriating. In the winter, people would be packed into the waiting room like ( Read more... )

Omaha and I went to Bennett's Pure Food Bistro on Mercer Island, a restaurant that specializes in gourmet meals prepared with local foods and products with low food miles (except the wine; France is okay for the wine, apparently ( Read more... )

Desperate and unable to agree on anything to eat, we went with one of Elf's Rules: When you can't agree on where to eat, eat at the first place you see that you've never eat at before. This wound us up at "Famous Dave's BBQ," an overpriced middle-class camp restaurant chain.

I have been advised by wordsmith Richard Sher about the difference ( Read more... )

Summary: We will not be going back.

• Facilities: Okay
• Service: Great
• Food: Terrible
• Price: Excessive for what you get, even if it were good.

Omaha and I took the kids to the Southcenter shopping mall to get some errands done and to get Yamaraashi-chan's hair cut. After everything was done we were all hungry and Omaha suggested that we try out ( Read more... )