Posts tagged ‘Seattle’
Food tally, 1st-quarter 2012
Between the final week of 2011 and the end of March 2012, I made all of the photos above with a 4th-generation iPod Touch (960 pix by 720 pix). It’s remarkable how much food I’ve managed to stuff in the cake hole – sometimes, the food was more elaborate; other times, a coffee and donut were all I needed. Looking back over the last three months only makes me hungry again.
This post appears on Fotoeins Fotopress (fotoeins.com).
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Inside tour of CenturyLink Field in Seattle
I’d say my February (2012) visit to Seattle was successful.
There was much food, in between stuffing my cakehole with beautifully cured meats at Salumi, some of the best fish and chips in town at Pacific Inn Pub, watching UEFA Champions League football in Shultzy’s, great dim sum at Jade Garden in the International District, and a steady diet of lattés throughout town.
Over the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend, I managed to stop eating long enough to take a guided tour of the football-and-soccer stadium near Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle.
I’ve watched the Seattle Seahawks since their inception and inclusion into the National Football League in 1976. As the concept of a multi-purpose stadium was all the rage in the late-70s and 80s, the Seahawks and Mariners (joining Major League Baseball in 1977) played in the King County Multipurpose Domed Stadium, better known as the Kingdome. Recently, the course has had teams going their separate ways and building their own stadia. The Kingdome was demolished by implosion in 2000 to make way for a new football stadium.
The new stadium opened in 2002, and is now called CenturyLink Field. The primary tenants are the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders FC (MLS).
I have very fond Seahawk memories watching quarterback Jim Zorn throwing long balls to favorite wide receiver Steve Largent. Seeing Largent’s retired number 80 up as a banner in the stadium was a big thrill.
I made the photos during a stadium-tour on 18 February 2012. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotopress at fotoeins.com.
Succulent salami at Salumi in Seattle
17 February 2012.
I haven’t stepped foot in Seattle since 2003, and in that time I’ve learned about the joy that is Salumi.
Salumi Artisan Cured Meats is a well-known salumeria or Italian delicatessen, located in the Pioneer Square area of downtown Seattle. Salumi was established by Armandino Batali, retired Boeing engineer and father to renowned chef Mario Batali. The day-to-day operations are now run by various members of the Batali family.
A quick online-search shows that there have been many words written about Salumi. I can only add precious few, as it’s preferable to leave the descriptions to the following photos.
Enter
Decide
Revel
As a first-time visitor, the choices are overwhelming. I finally order a sandwich with Salumi salami, onions, peppers, mozzarella cheese, and Giuseppe bread, all of which are made in-house.
There are a couple of tables to seat at most 20 at any time. Most who come into Salumi make orders for takeout/takeaway.
Those seated at the table have hot sandwiches, either the porchetta or meatball sandwiches. I look at them with some envy, but I’m confident my choice will not fail me.
After taking my seat and smiling at the couple across from me, I dig into the sandwich.
First bite … commitment.
Second bite … passion.
Third bite … well, that was a lot like love.
It sounds simple yet somehow a little inane having to “write” them out loud. With every bite, every ingredient seems to blend in proper proportion. All of the ingredients speak to the hallmarks of making good food : love, passion, commitment.
If you’re in Seattle, head down to the salumeria, stand patiently in line with the queue that goes out the door. Once you’ve stepped inside and taken a bite, you’ll understand it is worth the wait.
I made the photos above in Seattle on 17 February 2012 with a Canon EOS450D and 4th-generation iPod Touch. This post appears originally on Fotoeins Fotopress (fotoeins.com).
Disclosure: No Connection, Unpaid, My Own Opinions. I have not received any compensation for writing this content and I have no material connection to the brands, topics and/or products that are mentioned herein (cmp.ly/0).
