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June 10, 2005
Mmmm, food...
This was a good week for eating. On Wednesday a group of folks from work went to Marrakesh. Dawnise and I had been before, but the rest of the party hadn't. Once folks got over eating with their hands (hand, if you want to be technical) dinner was a blast. This time we were there for the belly dancing, and she was quite good - she even got Dawnise to stand up and dance a bit (what can I say, my life doesn't suck ;) ).
This evening, our friend Donna was in town on business and we went to Zoe, on Second and Blanchard. We'd never been, but a co-worker had suggested it as an alternative for dinner on Wednesday, so we decided to give it a shot.
Now that I have been, I'm glad we did Marrakesh with the larger group - just more of a fun atmosphere. But Zoe was good. Really good. Probably some of the best food I've had in Seattle good.
It didn't start well. Donna has an allergy to Onions and it turned out that nearly everything on the menu had onion in some form or another. We offered a change of venue, but Donna was having none of it, and the waitress and chef were great at working with Donna to tailor a dish to her dietary needs.
The octopus appetizer was amazing, my pork tenderloin was equally so, as was Dawnises salmon and Donna's Halibut. Desert blew me away - I just had coffee, and sampled the ladies Pots du Creme and Molten Chocolate cake - both were superb. In fact, my only regret is that I ate a little too much of the Pots du Creme (and the whipped cream on top) and my lactose intolerance is reminding me that I did something foolish. :-/
I'd say we'd be going back often, but the menu choices may prove a bit limited for Dawnise (after the Salmon and the Tenderloin she'd start running out of likely candidates). It's definitely worth a second visit, though.
Posted by dberger at June 10, 2005 9:24 PM