Hungry New Yorker Visiting Seattle this Week For a Boring Meeting. Will Need Food!
Will be returning to Seattle for a meeting this Thurs. evening through Sat. afternoon and looking for good food, primarily for lunch and dinner. I don't need anything too fancy but am not too concerned about prices. Love all types of Asian food (Chinese, Indian, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, etc) with the exception of Japanese/sushi. Also love Mexican, Italian, Turkish and typical American food (a great burger with fries and onion rings; sandwiches, mac and cheese, salads, pizza, etc.). Hole in the wall places are great if ya can think of any.
In NYC, as well as other cities, we have menupages.com, a directory of restaurants by area with reviews, menus and other demographics. Is there something comparable in Seattle?
I will be staying right near City Center/Rainier Square and can easily walk a mile or two in any one direction. What's great? Also, feel free to add in places open late. Haven't been in town since Nov. 200. Planning to stop into Pike's Marketplace as well. Anything I should scope out there? Not big on seafood but shrimp and calamari are all good. I have stumbled across several suggestions here but any additional info would be helpful. THANKS!!
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Just wanted to thank the both of you for the Green Leaf reference. It was amazing and just the type of restaurant I was hoping to find. I wound up in El Puerco Lloron the following night b/c, after my meetings, I made it to the marketplace just as it was closing. It wasn't too bad. My major gripes are that the guac is placed on a thick layer of lettuce and it had huge chunks of tomatoes and very, very little guac for the larger order. Also, no sour cream available and they were very grumpy despite the "Mi Casa es Su Casa" sign on their door. So much so that the sign was funny. Also tried the mac and cheese, breadzle and grilled cheese at Beecher's - it was very good but Green Leaf was far and away better. Wanted to try more places but my free time was very limited during my two-day stay. Thanks again!!!
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re: PAO
Did someone refer me to a high end Japanese place? I didn't even notice. Definitely wasn't looking for anything fancy and had stated my only dislike was Japanese/sushi. I agree with you, PAO.
I ordered the Banh Bot Chin (pancake with egg and onion) and the Bun Bo Nuong Xa (Vermicelli with grilled beef in lemon grass wrapped with slice pork) and took out the Bo Cuon La Lot (grilled beef wrapped with lop leaf) and the Com Dac Biet (Combo Rice Dish with pork chop, shrimp, chicken and fried egg).
Even though it was really good, I left most of the vermicelli with the plan to try the additional appetizer and entree later that day. The grilled beef wrapped in pork was amazing. The only shortcoming was that it tasted a little dry but still good, and greatly enhanced when dipped into the sauce. Is this suppposed to be served dry? Most Viet dishes in NYC are not served dry but perhaps Green Leaf is more authentic.
I'm a huge scallion pancake fan. I sample them everywhere and have found only 2-3 great places in Manhattan. These pancakes were not typically flat like the Chinese one. Instead, they were cut into 2 inch thick slivers, and their light coating was very lightly fried. They were accompanied with fried egg and scallions. These were great both not dipped and dipped into the two dipping sauces.
The beef with lop leaf was great. Never tasted lop leaf before. Would definitely try it again.
The combo rice dish was huge and amazing - egg, chicken, shrimp, pork. What have you tried there? Happy to have found the place. I need to work harder at identifying better Vietnamese places in NYC. I'd love to hear what you all have tried at Green Leaf. Everyone was also so nice there and the atmosphere was perfect.
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terrier
Apr 20, 2009 10:58 AM
Palace Kitchen for dinner and open late (kitchen until 1am).
Lola, Matt's in the Market for lunch or dinner.
Pho Bac and/or Green Leaf in the ID (just south of downtown, a mile's walk or hop the bus tunnel) for Viet food, especially at lunch. Jade Garden for dim sum (but the wait can be long on the weekend).
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