Branzino

Very happy to be visiting Branzino again!

It was one of the trip-worthy Italian restaurant around Seattle.

It was a small restaurant at a corner in Belltown with romantic ambience.

I had been Branzino many times since they opened and never had a bad meal.

This recent visit, DH ordered the rabbit Tagliatelle, and I ordered 3 small dishes: wild mushroom risotto, roasted Brussels sprout with duck confit and dried cherries and calamari.

I was most intrigue by the roasted Brussels sprout with duck confit and dried cherries.

Never saw that combination before.

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Pomegranate Bistro

One of the few good American restaurants on the Eastside.

I have been to Pomegranate Bistro plenty of times since they opened. Never disappointed.

Food has always been delicious and fresh. I love that their menus change with seasons. Although sometimes dishes that I like disappeared.

First thing when I got into the store was to purchase my favorite cherry chocolate scones.

They were the only other scones I would purchase and consumed aside from Murchie’s.

Their scones were not as soft and fluffy as Murchie’s, but the flavors were very good, particularly the deep dark chocolate with the chewy dried cherries.

They often sold out of this particular flavor scones as well.

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