David "dafydd" B.'s Profile

Great neighborhood place. I wouldn't want to compare this to the fine dining of Seattle, but I'd put it up against any family owned neighborhood restaurant in Puget Sound. The pizza are great, the pastas are great, and the italian sausage is the best I've ever had.

Slip 45 only opened in March of this year, in the location of the old Makos. They have a bar and some booths and tables in front, and a multi-purpose lounge in back. The back room can serve up live music, karaoke, comedy, pool, and/or dancing.

I've been three times for dinner, sampling their shepherd's pie, monte cristo, and scottish eggs. All were very good. The only odd note was the country gravy on top of the scottish eggs, but that was more than offset by hashbrowns the way they should be done.

As you may guess, they serve their complete menu all day long. Those three samples are more than enough to keep me working my way through the rest of the menu.

I went there for lunch, earlier this week, and had a bowl of their clam chowder.

To paraphrase the family member who introduced me to this restaurant, I now know what clam chowder tastes like. Everything I've had up until know has been potato cream soup with clams in it...

Given that I haven't had a good sample of the menu, I can't give them more than three stars. But, their chowder is worth five by itself.

My friend brought me to Cedars on Brooklyn before taking me to SeaTac. It was wonderful!

We started with the Cedar's Delight appetizer, which had samples of their lamb sausage, tandoori chicken, and other meats.

I had the Royal Biryani with Lamb. The rice was lovely and light and the lamb was fork tender. My friend had the Tikka Masala with Chicken. Also fork tender, and wonderfully spiced.

The thing to remember is that Cedars underspices their food. We both ordered medium spicing and it was just enough for flavor. I'm not all that into spicy food, and I'd have had a very bland dinner if my friend hadn't known to up-spice.

Ever wondered what a higher-end casual neighborhood restaurant might be like? Go try Amy's on the Bay. The menu is American eclectic with a medium focus on seafood, and is uniformly good.

The service can be a little spotty. The decor is understated. They have an outdoor patio that they can open up on warm days.

This would make a great end to a day trip to the West Sound...

My employer fed everyone today, using the fabulous services of Herban Feast Catering. We had pasta salad, green salad with tomatoes and croutons, three different types of sandwich, and cookies to die for.

It was all top quality, with enough food that we could go for seconds if we wanted.

If you have an event that needs catering, I heartily recommend these folks.

A to A+

The Hamachi is beautiful, and the Seattle Crunch roll is to die for. Good all around choice.

Go for the happy hour, 16h - 18h in the main rooms, 16h - 20h up front, and 23h - 01h Sunday through Thursday. Great selections of their best stuff, for up to half price. Happy hour just got me full on great sushi for less than $20.