Wine Dinners
On Sunday, Bin on the Lake and Efeste will cohost a feast. We have no idea where.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Feb 17, 2011 at 10:21AM
Brennon Leighton of Efeste cohosts February’s Bin on the Move dinner.
This Sunday, February 20, Bin on the Lake will hold its second Bin on the Move wine dinner.
The way it works is that every third Sunday of every month, the restaurant partners with a local winery (it’s Efeste on the 20th) to create a dinner at some location in “the Puget Sound area.” You buy tickets, and, 24 hours prior to the meal, the restaurant directs you to the location where you’ll be dining.
Curious about the concept, I attended the very first Bin on the Move dinner, at which chef R. Paul Hyman paired courses with wines from Delille Cellars. All I can say is, come hungry. We had lobster gnocchi and quail stuffed with shortbreads and then wrapped in bacon, then some steak and finally some chocolate cake. The food tasted great with the wines, and the whole thing was opulent and glutinous—it would be a fun way to celebrate and anniversary or some such occasion.
The dinner is long and there are endless opportunities to chat with the winemaker if that’s your thing. This, in addition to the fact that I love the wines, is why I would recommend the Efeste dinner this Sunday. I can’t imagine a winemaker who would be more fun to have dinner with than Brennon Leighton.
With tax and gratuity, the ticket price per person is $184.80. When I called the restaurant this morning I was told there are three spots remaining for the Efeste dinner. Tickets available here.
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Hola, big new Mexican restaurant on Lake Street South.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Dec 10, 2010 at 03:21PM
A pinata lamp in the Milagro Cantina. Please do not smash it with a large stick.
On Thursday, December 9, a new restaurant opened at 148 Lake Street South in Kirkland.
It’s called Milagro Cantina and it seats over 300 people.
This is not a regional Mexican restaurant, mis amigos. The menu is made up of dishes from all over that country, dishes like Oaxacan-style braised chicken with red mole and white rice ($17), and a wild striped bass that’s prepared in the style of Veracruz—with tomatoes, serrano chiles, capers, and olives and a side of green rice ($21).
There are 60 seats in the bar, which has an extensive tequila collection, of course, and where signature cocktails cost between $8 and $13.
Chris Peterson, who has had previous gigs at Cafe Campagne in the Pike Place Market and Bis On Main in Bellevue, is executive chef.
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What's for Lunch?
Work in Downtown Bellevue, Factoria or Kirkland? Start thinking about what you are having for lunch.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Mar 03, 2010 at 10:17AM
Boring lunch, you are now banned in Bellevue!
The midday repast just go a whole lot tastier for drones and denizens of the Eastside. Monsoon East is now delivering lunch to addresses in downtown Bellevue, Factoria, and Kirkland.
The service is free if you are okay with it arriving any time between 11am and noon or you can ask for a specific delivery time between 11am and 2pm and pay $10 for the privilege.
There are eight options, all priced between $12-$15. These include Monsoon’s amazing flank steak dish with meat from Painted Hills and a combo of grilled chickens, prawns, and la la lot beef that comes with (be still my hungry heart) a crispy imperial roll. Access order form here. All lunches include a banana bread dessert.
Here’s hoping Seattle’s Monsoon follows suit.
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