| Date: | November 13, 2006 / year-entry #383 |
| Tags: | non-computer |
| Orig Link: | https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20061113-15/?p=29023 |
| Comments: | 8 |
| Summary: | After a Seattle Symphony concert, it has long been a tradition among my friends to walk the three blocks from Benaroya Hall, up University Street, past Luly Yang Couture to gawk at the jaw-dropping gowns in the window (the pictures on the web site fail to capture their fabulousness), arriving at the W Hotel, home... |
After a Seattle Symphony concert, it has long been a tradition among my friends to walk the three blocks from Benaroya Hall, up University Street, past Luly Yang Couture to gawk at the jaw-dropping gowns in the window (the pictures on the web site fail to capture their fabulousness), arriving at the W Hotel, home of Earth & Ocean, where we would settle ourselves in for a post-concert dessert. The desserts themselves were exquisite, thanks to the inspiration of Seattle's "diva of desserts", Sue McCown. Or at least, that was our routine until this season. Sue McCown left Earth & Ocean during the summer to open her own restaurant, and when we went to Earth & Ocean after a September concert, we could tell that the magic touch was gone. We waited anxiously for Sue's new restaurant Coco la ti da to open, which it did last week. (We so adore her desserts that we feel like we're on a first-name basis with her.) It was the new restaurant's opening weekend and the place was so packed that a few of us had to spend some time squeezed two in one chair. Even though it's hardly walking distance from Benaroya Hall, the drive was well worth it. Here's the power Sue McCown has over us: When the waiter came to take our orders, one of my friends who has very high standards for food quality (and those who know this circle of friends will immediately recognize who it is I'm talking about) said, "I'll have one of everything on this page." (Now, mind you, there were seven tiny desserts on the page, and a typical order would have been for two to four of them. Therefore, ordering all seven was not too absurd, especially since they were shared with the rest of the table. But the story just sounds better when you say, "X ordered everything on page seven!") |
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Oh, Raymond, now you are just _asking_ for creepy-stalky additions to your Wikipedia entry
As a fellow Seattlelite, I appreciate these types of posts, they help expose me to the wide varieties of culture in Seattle. Keep them up, so what if the world knows you have a life outside of Microsoft!
FYI, there’s a review of the new restaurant at:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/289818_sue25.html
Re: stalkeresque stuff, yeah, I sometimes wonder about such things with my livejournal. I also tend to post about trips after I get back instead of saying "Hey internet, no one is going to be home this weekend, drop on by…!"
earth & ocean is losing status as my favorite restaurant and i am sad that my favorite dessert place (the generic abstract notion) is no longer in walking distance of benaroya or the seattle public library.
however, i immensely cheered that sue is still is town, that i’m not deprived of luscious desserts (at least, not when i’m in seattle), so yay for entrepreneurial endeavors! and kudos for anyone willing to take on the risks of being in the restaurant business.
Isn’t it fabulous being rich? I do adore it so, and yes our friend personx can be such a card. Get over yourself.
Their eponymous cake tasted a bit too much like an Almond Joy, but I’m looking forward to trying the other menu items. Thanks for the review.
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It was the new restaurant’s opening weekend and the place was so packed that a few of us had to spend some time squeezed two in one chair.
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How was that like?
Thanks for the post – I’ve been waiting for that place to open. Also fabulous for dessert and also (sort of) on Cap Hill is Lark, just south of Madison on 12th. Really great desserts there (and really great food, too).