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Warm comfort food for a brisk autumn morning: freshly grilled cheesy quesadilla stuffed with cabbage, carrots, kale, and bell peppers. Patty Pan Grill Cooperative, at the Ballard Farmers Market (Sundays) – 9 Oct 2016.

“A different kind of Thanksgiving.” Clockwise from top-left: (1) crispy shrimp rolls with ground shrimp and pork rolled in a fried-tofu wrap, deep fried, and served with tamarind sauce (and devoured); (2) red curry with bamboo shoots, red and green bell pepper, tofu, and basil; (3) seafood noodle “nest” with prawns, scallops, squid, fish cake, Chinese broccoli, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and crispy egg noodle. Phnom Penh Noodle House – 24 Nov 2016.

I chose the Ruby Red Danish (ruby red grapefruit, custard, croissant, glaze) and the Beef Curry (Japanese curry, veggies, organic ground beef): Fuji Bakery – 29 Nov 2016.

For the trifecta of the tasties, I also chose the Bakers’ Sandwich, consisting of salmon, cream cheese, tomato, spinach, cheese, egg, milk, & cream: Fuji Bakery – 29 Nov 2016.

An American breakfast: chicken-fried steak, eggs, hash browns, toast, coffee: 13 Coins at Boren Ave and Denny Way, now closed – 9 Feb 2017.

Competing Vietnamese subs. LEFT: $3.50 bánh mì special from Seattle Deli. RIGHT: $3 bánh mì special from New Saigon Deli and Grocery. One sub was dominated by the delicious savory thinly-sliced barbequed-pork; the other sub was “fuller” in flavour and texture. Both “extra meat special subs” were devoured in one sitting – 9 Feb 2017.

Beef in oyster sauce rice plate: this was Bruce Lee’s go-to dish at his favourite restaurant, Tai Tung, Chinatown International District – 3 Mar 2020 (X70).

Loco moco rice plate with hamburger patty, gravy, fried egg over easy, steamed white rice, macaroni salad, cabbage: Aloha Plates, Uwajimaya, Chinatown International District – 4 Mar 2020 (X70).

2-piece breaded halibut and chips, Sunfish, Alki/West Seattle – 6 Mar 2020 (X70).

Shrimp egg foo yung, Tai Tung, Chinatown International District – 6 Mar 2020 (X70).

Breakfast burger with a side serving of tater tots, Beth’s Cafe, Phinney Ridge – 7 Mar 2020 (X70).

Shrimp and ham gỏi cuốn: spring rolls with rice noodles, lettuce, cucumber, cilantro wrapped in rice paper; served with peanut dipping sauce; ‘three little pigs’ bánh mì: Vietnamese sandwich with pate spread, pork belly, BBQ pork, Vietnamese ham, in-house mayo, soy sauce in fresh baked baguette. Mr. Saigon, Pioneer Square – 8 Mar 2020 (X70).