Bite of Seattle
Jul. 25th, 2005 08:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsWe took the girls and went to Bite of Seattle. The gardening had taken longer than expected, so we headed straight for Bite to grab lunch. Bite of Seattle is (rather, was) a place where the restaurants of Seattle could have a big showing and give out samples of their wares, $1.00 a taste. Not this year: very few of the outlets had samplers, there were more bands (but few buskers), and it really came down to a city-wide celebration of advertising, rather than food. Still, there was one corner where nine of the higher-end restaurants were giving out samples of their work for $9.00, and Omaha and I tried that.
One of the restaurants where I had a sample was O2. I went up to the chef and said, "I saw your place yesterday, during the parade, and my first thought was that oxygen bars were so 90s."
"They were! We were hoping nobody would make the connection." He sighed then and said, "Everybody has." Poor fellow. Apparently the name is an homage to Ovio, the restaurant that used to be in that space. It moved into a bigger space, and the owners have given this chef a chance to create something new in their old home. Still, his lentil and banana salad was amazing. Or was he the guy with the wild mushrooms and polenta? [Edit:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fallenpegasus reminds me that O2 was distributing a two-spill sampler of borscht with cream fraische. The one thing I didn't really like, as cold soup is not my style.] Still, it was all good, and Omaha and I enjoyed it, but the girls decided they would much rather have corn dogs. Philistines.
fallenpegasus and amythis found us and we took the girls over to the International Fountain, where we let the girls wander around in the massive spout of water, liberally re-applying sunscreen over and over. We spent over two hours watching the girls run about in the water while the four adults caught up on conversation and compared notes about who running about in the International Fountain was attractive to the eye. The twenty-something with no bodyfat and Alice-in-Chains beards was definitely hot, as were the two women of South Pacific decent. Eye candy, indeed.
I was very disappointed with the Bite's lack of sampling, though. That really defeats the purpose of the event. If they brought that back, I could live with the cell phones, chiropractors, and whatnot hawking their wares.
One of the restaurants where I had a sample was O2. I went up to the chef and said, "I saw your place yesterday, during the parade, and my first thought was that oxygen bars were so 90s."
"They were! We were hoping nobody would make the connection." He sighed then and said, "Everybody has." Poor fellow. Apparently the name is an homage to Ovio, the restaurant that used to be in that space. It moved into a bigger space, and the owners have given this chef a chance to create something new in their old home. Still, his lentil and banana salad was amazing. Or was he the guy with the wild mushrooms and polenta? [Edit:
fallenpegasus reminds me that O2 was distributing a two-spill sampler of borscht with cream fraische. The one thing I didn't really like, as cold soup is not my style.] Still, it was all good, and Omaha and I enjoyed it, but the girls decided they would much rather have corn dogs. Philistines.
fallenpegasus and amythis found us and we took the girls over to the International Fountain, where we let the girls wander around in the massive spout of water, liberally re-applying sunscreen over and over. We spent over two hours watching the girls run about in the water while the four adults caught up on conversation and compared notes about who running about in the International Fountain was attractive to the eye. The twenty-something with no bodyfat and Alice-in-Chains beards was definitely hot, as were the two women of South Pacific decent. Eye candy, indeed.I was very disappointed with the Bite's lack of sampling, though. That really defeats the purpose of the event. If they brought that back, I could live with the cell phones, chiropractors, and whatnot hawking their wares.
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Date: 2005-07-26 12:16 am (UTC)Philistine indeed! It was fabulous soup. Two-beet soup...red and yellow. Wonderful, just a slight sweetness to it without being overwhelming.
Hmmph. I have better taste than you. ;P