Today, we began an absolutely dreary morning in Seattle, the first we've really had since arriving in the Pacific Northwest. However, that didn't stop us from venturing out into the cold for some lovely brunch before escaping into another country.
Our food spotlight was on Toulouse Petit, a Cajun/Creole restaurant in the Queen Anne district of Seattle, not too far from the Space Needle. Someone spent a bucket full of cash on this place as it was filled with glass, glass, and a little bit more glass. It also had one of the most impressive collections of booze I have ever seen in a bar.
Wait time: 10 minutes
Eats: Beignets, Pork cheek hash (SO GOOD), and Spicy Creole Shrimp & Grits, french press coffee
Today I realized that we take a lot of photos of food or drink. Sorry. #notsorry
The portions were actually reasonable (although the prices were not particularly so) which means we didn't feel like we were ready to birth a food baby right after.
On our drive up to the border, we had to decide if we were going to head up to Whistler for a day trip or not. Neither of us have ever been and we've heard only great things about it. Greg brought his snowboard "just in case." But we heard that you had to have snow tires for any trips going up to Whistler so we thought that was the end. Until....... we found out they do bus shuttles up to Whistler. After finding a $35 round trip ticket on Groupon, the deal was sealed. Boom, Whistler, here we come.
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| Oh haaaay Canadian border |
Since are paying almost 10 nights worth of hotels, we decided to stay a bit out of city center this time round. As Greg put it, "If you're in the action, you can't SEE the action." OK, point taken. Still wish there was a jacuzzi tub in my room though.
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| That's really the view from our room, I didn't just google image this. |
Who has a strong guess for our first meal??
Turns our our favorite ramen place (part of a global chain) has a location here in Vancouver, just opened in February. We headed over there but were quite discouraged to find a line that wasn't moving. We don't usually mind waiting but considering we have this chain at home (though had wanted to compare), we checked Yelp for other options (oh yes, we're also down to just my phone because we didn't want to pay roaming charges on both phones, just the flat global rate. Budget traveling, I tell ya). Turns out there were quite a few ramen joints all around the neighborhood.
Our first stop (yes, more on that later) was here at Hida Takayama (Wait time: 0 min) on the second floor of a very small shopping center. It was eerie climbing the steps upstairs as there were very few people in the entire place. Spooooky. Even the ramen joint looked empty until GZ noticed a younger guy surfing the net on his laptop, hidden in the corner. I felt bad, when we first came upstairs, the guy at the shop next door jumped up and said hello, probably hoping we were going to have him make us some delicious eats.
After a very brief discussion, we decided to share a meal here so we could hit try ANOTHER ramen shop afterward. HA! I know, we're so crazy! Roadtrip 2013!
Satisfying bowl, now to more noodles! The next one was just down the street, and it was called Motomachi Shokudo, a tiny place that only seats about 20 people (Wait time: 15 min) and had a short line out the front. Luckily, we seemed to have hit the line at the right lull because it was a pretty short wait.
We had planned on again sharing a meal so we could possibly go to a THIRD place, but it wasn't meant to be. Greg noticed they had a $9.55 per person limit (?) which meant we both had to order full bowls. They sat us at the bar, which was awesome because we could peer into the kitchen.
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| I'm a ramen creeper |
Warm bellies once more, we headed back to the hotel to change shoes and get into the car for our next stop: brewery! Another city, another hip brewery.
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| A baby beer (6 oz) and it's brother (12 oz) |
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| Canadian sizes: 473 mL & 1 liter |
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| Drink me, Alice |
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