Seconding the Gorditos, and I don't care for Mexican food, as a rule. If Pete recommends a sushi place? Listen to the man.
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'Touched'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Beverly - May 03, 2009 12:23:35 pm PDT #1406 of 12685
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Steph L. - May 03, 2009 12:25:04 pm PDT #1407 of 12685
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
If Pete recommends a sushi place? Listen to the man.
Truer words were never spoken.
Frankenbuddha - May 03, 2009 12:37:12 pm PDT #1408 of 12685
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
meara - May 03, 2009 1:05:58 pm PDT #1409 of 12685
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.
P.M. Marc - May 03, 2009 1:22:51 pm PDT #1410 of 12685
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
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.
meara - May 03, 2009 1:31:14 pm PDT #1411 of 12685
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
P.M. Marc - May 03, 2009 1:49:43 pm PDT #1412 of 12685
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
It's not off topic! These are places we can make people eat!
Atropa - May 03, 2009 5:00:31 pm PDT #1413 of 12685
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 03, 2009 5:07:14 pm PDT #1414 of 12685
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 04, 2009 6:38:56 am PDT #1415 of 12685
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wild Ginger sounds great, but on the other hand I'd hate to miss out on eating sushi when in a place that has actual fresh seafood from the coast.
Even the time that we tried to do tapas and eat light, we managed to sample a little too much. :)
In retrospect I wish I'd eaten more heavily at that meal. I'm pretty sure it was one of those spinach puffs at the prom that resulted in me spending much of my vacation touring scenic restrooms across Georgia and Florida.