salty's brunch: best office party ever

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the best thing to happen to my annual office christmas party was the office manager's decision to do brunch at salty's instead of dinner at some seattle restaurant institution. i was so gleefully anticipating brunch that crab puff fairies and oysters danced in my dreams. salty's, you did not disappoint!

my eyes were overwhelmed with mountains of shrimp and crab legs cascading over a bed of ice. there was a warmer of clarified butter to my left, and a giant steel martini-shaped container overflowing with cocktail sauce. the crab legs were sweet, succulent, and rich with briney sea-flavor. wowzers. i hadn't had dungeness in such a long time...and WOW.


clams. mussels. butter. need i say more??


this was my first plate: pineapple, oysters, horseradish, cocktail sauce, salmon mousse, red onions/capers, gravlox, shrimp, and crab legs. i wrapped salmon mousse, red onions, capers, and horseradish in gravlox. mmm.


eggs bene. a brunch classic. i don't really do eggs, but suge said it was tasty.

my second plate, you'll see some familiar faces: gravlox, capers/red onion, crab legs, potatoes o'brien, and macaroni and cheese (i picked out the numerous buttons of sausage, they were so cute!).

juicy ham, carved just for you! the ham station was embedded amongst desserts....so suge went with a mini waffle, syrup, and slices of ham.

seafood paella! i didn't get down with the rice because i knew it would fill me up like no other, but it sure looked good! and i saw people go back for seconds of it.

suge's final plate: ham, bacon, gravlox, sausage mac and cheese, waffle with whipped butter, and a dainty cream puff.

the cake stands were so cute and festive for the holiday brunch that i had to capture it for you k&s readers.

lemon tarts! perfectly sweet and sour. i love lemon bars, and these were so dainty and deceivingly filling that i figured i could at least have one to help cap off my meal.

the spice cake had these little crabapples adorning each slice, and i thought they were camphone worthy. i snagged that one apple in the bottom of the frame out of curiosity. they're carefully baked and basted with a light simple syrup. sweet and mellow.

the pumpking pies were adorable. there had to have been at least 50 of them scattered on the platter. i wish i had my real camera so that i could snap a wider photo and used it at stationary!
last, but not least, i had to make use of the decadently cheesy chocolate fountain. i am opposed to these three levels of billowing chocolate simply because they're so lame, however, i felt compelled by the spirit of k&s. i have to say, the strawberries were damn good.

thanks salty's! high five!

1936 Harbor Ave SW

Seattle, WA 98126

(206) 937-1600

All You Can Eat Brunch

Its rare that you will find any type of all you can eat restaurants in the city. A few weeks ago L. and I went to Broadway Grill for Sunday brunch and stumbled upon their buffet. For like 12 dollars you get your choice of cheese eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, eggs benedict, potatoes, waffles, fruit and scones. The topper is that they also give you a glass of mimosa or sparkling cider.

Not a bad option if you can't figure out what you want to eat or if you are really hungry. The dining room was packed but the service was good. Put this on your list of places to go for brunch it runs til 3 on Sunday. And even though I didn't have one this time, the Grill makes a pretty good Bloody Mary too!

Still on the hunt

So out of pure laziness I went to a local Mexican restaurant rather than venturing out of my neighborhood.


Went to La Cocina on Broadway. A few people I know have ventured down their famous buffet. I do NOT recommend that option unless you feel like eating heat lamp heated food and questionable meat products.


I planned my meal before I even went because I do not trust that place for high quality food. (I do however enjoy their Mexican pizza which can feed two people.) On this visit, I shared nachos and ordered some tortilla soup. The nachos were o.k. A few things went wrong with these and that was the fact that the jalapeños tasted like metal and the chips got really soggy after about 10 min. The soup, which comes in a huge bowl really lacks any substance. We are talkin' ...broth, about 6 avocado pieces and some mushy (what appeared to be chips) and a scattering of cheese. The soup can also feed two people.


Service was decent. Price is a bit too high. Beer is cold. Ambiance was entertaining (thanks to a few patrons who talked really loud about body image issues and depression)

Out of convenience this is an alright place to walk to....however, wish i wouldn't have been so lazy and caught the bus off this damn hill.