Wild Ginger is awesome. They have a room where, with enough peeps, a fixed price dealio could be arranged. As I recall, when Laura Shapiro was in town, it was about $25 each. Nomtastic.

Ooh! We may have to try to plan something. Vortex and Matt? What do you think?

Seconding the Gorditos, and I don't care for Mexican food, as a rule. If Pete recommends a sushi place? Listen to the man.

If Pete recommends a sushi place? Listen to the man.

Truer words were never spoken.

Gorditos sounds nummy also. Sushi, however...unless the place also does full meals, like sukiyaki, I can't do. Oddly, despite growing up in Maine, and trying many times, I just despise almost all forms of seafood, and the ones I can tolerate are not something I want to seek out on a trip.

I haven't been to Wild Ginger OR Gordito's. WTF? Where is Gordito's? Though I admit, I'm more one for the taco trucks (and am hella pleased by the new taco-truck-not-in-a-truck here in my 'hood). And by the soon-coming we want to be like LA taco truck meets Korean bbq fusion truck coming to my 'hood!

And I'm with Plei, I like Trophy Cupcakes better. But Royale is opening in walking distance, so...what can I say, I'm all about the foot traffic.

Um. I've been wanting to go to Poppy, which is near me, and getting good reviews. But there are tons and tons of good restaurants here I've never been to, because most of my eating out here is about the cheap and not the nice.

I have heard good things about Poppy, too.

Gorditos is, like, four or five blocks from Jilli's.

Hey! What's good at that taco truck in Northgate? You mentioned it, and now I'm itching to try it.

I like the mulitas (it's like a taco-meets-quesadilla, kind of? with avocado? less cheesy than a quesadilla). And the regular tacos, especially the pastor (though it's not REALLY--no pineapple or anything) and adobada.

The new taco truck in the old KFC down here is good too--their chicken mole tacos are yum.

t /off topic

It's not off topic! These are places we can make people eat!

Jilli, I really need to ask - is there somewhere in Seattle I could put together an interesting wardrobe for the prom, at a semi-reasonable price?

Yes. Fairly easily, I think.

About all I have on my own is a great bowler hat, but I think that's going to be a no go with the flying and stuff (mainly from lack of luggage space). I hate to admit it, but I'd feel horribly self-conscious wearing it on the plane, and I fear it might make the security folks pay more attention to me than I'd like.

WEAR THE HAT, DAMMIT. Or put it in your luggage and tuck socks and underwear around it to cushion it.

Gorditos is, like, four or five blocks from Jilli's.

Yesssss, yes they are. And cheap! And with enormous portions! Damn, now I want guacamole, and I've already started making dinnner.

Dinner so good it deserves three 'n's.

Gorditos is a 15 minute drive north of the hotel though.

Though I guess that's nothing compared to some of the distances covered while at the LA and SF F2Fs.