SUE-ON'S KITCHEN
August Part II : 2011
MORE ROAD FOOD: Seattle and Redmond
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.A diversion this month.
We spent the month of August in Southern California and points north
up the coast to Redmond, WA and Vancouver, BC.
I was away from my kitchen - but we ate very well.
Presented here are some of the highlights.
My brother Gene, wife Susan and their two daughters and families, and
Susan's 102 year-old mother
gathered to have supper at one of their favourite restaurants in Seattle's
Chinatown.
Wonderful company and food!
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Salt 'n' Pepper Pork Chops - tender and spicy...yum!
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Tofu and mushroom hot pot
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Sand pot rice with Chinese sausage, Chinese bacon,
and pork ribs
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Sand pot rice with salty fish, Chinese sausage,
Chinese bacon, and pork ribs.
The best part was the burnt rice at the bottom
of the pot.
Once the rice is gone, the waitress took the
pot to the kitchen heated it
and browned the rice a little more, then added
hot stock to the rice.
A favourite called "fan jieu".
All the flavours from the meats and salty fish
is soaked into the rice.
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Typhoon Crab...deep fried then stir-fried with
salt, pepper, and toasted garlic!
Incredible and not too messy to eat.
We also had dry-fried green beans, a deep fried
tofu
that was crispy on the outside but creamy on
the inside,
a Cantonese noodle dish for Nathan, Kung Pao
chicken, shrimp,
Beef, onion, and green pepper, etc...and the
list goes on!
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Out and about with cousin Velda! First visit
to Berrybliss yogurt. So many choices...
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One of two bowls of pho: beef brisket, tripe,
and tendon.
Great broth. Love the basil, lime, and bean sprouts
in my pho.
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Vietnamese sandwich - lovely light and crispy
bun, roast pork with pickled daikon, carrots and Spanish onion.
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Victor's Coffee. Fun place.
Server tried to take a picture of us but took
it of his eyeball instead. LOL!
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Bill and Velda with their mochas.
These beverages went well with the great bread
from Velda's favourite bakery - Great Harvest Bakery
where they grind their flour every morning and
use no preservatives.
Loved their Dakota mulitgrain and the cranberry
bread - both dense almost cake-like.
Stick-to-your-ribs bread!
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Had a visit to Velda's daughter Allison and Scott's
home in Poulsbo enroute to Schei's cabin.
Scott makes great beer! Bill can will attest
to that!
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Sluy Bakery in Poulsbo, a Norweigian town.
This item was intriguing - flattened out cinnamon
buns then baked until crispy like a cookie!
I resisted...now, I regret!
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Pizza from Velda's favourite place - Seabeck
Pizza?
Excellent but I was still full from the pho!
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This is the beautiful view that greeted us when
we looked out the window of the guest room at the Schei cabin in Washington.
The beach is covered with water-worn rocks and
live oysters - when the tide is out as it was this morning...
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. . . oysters everywhere! And I pay HOW MUCH
in the stores?!
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Ron was kind enough to shuck them all for our
supper.
Mind you, he loves oysters breaded with panko.
We all did except Velda.
That was fine with us ... more for us!
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Velda loves tonkatsu though and made a big plateful
with her variation - chicken. Delicious:-)
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A second trip to Berrybliss because Bill felt
cheated.
He was out to Microsoft when Velda and I went
shopping.
Velda and I also had supper at Thai Ginger while
Ron and Bill went for fish 'n' chips and beer at a local pub.
But, he really wanted the yogurt ;-) Owner Steve
kindly took our picture.
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