Sushi.

[icebluenothing]

Now, I do love me some sushi. (If you've never heard the story of how I first tried sushi, ask me some time in person. Trust me, it's better with facial expressions.)

My first several experiences with sushi were at the much-missed Nikko's at the Westin downtown, which used to have reasonably inexpensive all-you-can-eat sushi lunches. (Here's a picture from those halcyon days. No, that wasn't all for the two of us.) They were located right across the street from where I was working at the time. So of course, they closed.

I got used to the idea of sushi as an a keep-eating-until-you-can't-move sort of affair, so now, if you let me loose at, say, Blue C Sushi, where the sushi just keeps flowing past you on a conveyor belt and it's priced per-item, I can do serious damage to my pocketbook. So I really miss Nikko's.

Now, I know there's Todai. Little more expensive, not quite as good, not the same.

I need to be in Bellevue tonight anyway, to pick Ahna up from Lush, so I thought I might treat myself with a trip to The Eating Factory, -- like Todai, only way better. I'd only been there once, with meathelmet, but I really liked the place and have been meaning to go back ever since. So I wanted to check on their hours, so I went to their website, and -- that's funny, their website's gone --

Crap. According to someone on Yelp,

The Eating Factory is closed. The building segment in which the it and some other businesses were located was demolished due to expansion needs of the adjacent large construction project.

Arrrrgggggh!

On the plus side, they go on to say:

Per Rebekah Denn (Restaurant Critic of the Seattle PI), the owners will be opening a similar restuarant called "Diao" at Northgate this fall (2007).

So, that's awesome. That'll be much closer to home.

But it doesn't do me any good now. *grumble*

Comments

[kespernorth.livejournal.com]

Man, that picture from Nikko's moved me well-nigh to tears.

[kespernorth.livejournal.com]

This is Allyson now. If you think of a sushi solution and you want company, give me a call.

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

The Eating Factory was right across the street from my current gig--I went there probably half-a-dozen times the first year I worked there. Then I looked out my office window one day and noticed it was gone. Not hey-there's-a-closed-sign-up-in-the-window! gone, but hey-where's-the-fucking-building? gone. Since I had lunch planned there with a buddy for the next day, this was not an "oh, well" moment.

I haven't found a replacement yet. And Northgate don't do me much good. :(

[lokheed.livejournal.com]

Don't know if you've been there, but Kris really likes Mashiko in West Seattle. Their website is SushiWhore.com. If you have the cash to spend, the omakazi is well worth it. The chef just sends you whatever he decides to. Continuously. At something like forty bucks its not cheap, but it is definitely excellent and you get more then enough food to justify the expense. Of course just ordering from the menu is very good as well.