Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Wednesday 02 May 2012
This is my third post on pizza in three weeks! Ballard Pizza Company is the first of Ethan Stowell‘s Grubb Brothers ‘production’ of casual eateries. After cocktails (a refreshing Inverness mule of Scotch, ginger beer and fresh lime juice) and Mackie’s potato crisps at MacLeod’s Scottish Pub, we joined the Saturday night queue at Ballard [...]
Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Thursday 08 March 2012
I celebrated Australia Day (26 January) with a private lunch at Salumi courtesy of Naomi. Founded by Mario Batali‘s father Armandino, Salumi is a family business that produces artisan cured meats with a retail store in historic Pioneer Square. Resplendent in firecracker red, a tasselled Chinese lantern was sketched on the chalkboard. There was a [...]
Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Wednesday 04 January 2012
I dislike mornings. With enough sleep, I still wake up in a fog. I perfected a silent routine in Sydney with the singular goal of hugging a cup of coffee at my work desk. I breathed in the caffeine aroma and slowly sipped the warm bittersweet liquid. A skim mocha was prerequisite to my human interactions. I have [...]
Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Wednesday 30 November 2011
We only knew a handful of people when we moved to Seattle. Ms D-R, an Irish American, has been hospitable and introduced us to some of her friends. We joined them this month at Poppy for their restaurant club. The ‘host’ is rotated each month and is responsible for selecting the restaurant and booking a table. [...]
Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Thursday 01 September 2011
If we were to play a word association game, the word ‘samurai’ conjures up the Samurai Pizza Cats anime for me. I have only vague memories of the show dubbed in English. Sword wielding, crime fighting cats who are undercover (or are they moonlighting) as owners of a pizzeria? I found myself humming the tune of the theme song as [...]
Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Monday 22 August 2011
Seattle is vibrant in late summer. The brilliant weather has us all out and about. Keen to be outdoors in the balmy dusk, we strolled through Pike Place Market to Lecosho. The patio emptied of Downtown workers as we perused the drinks menu. Our table had a direct view into the main dining room. Furnished in [...]