What was the best thing you ate this week?

For me, it was this yellowfin tuna ceviche from Vancouver’s Hawksworth Restaurant.

Like a traditional Latin American ceviche, this dish starts with fresh, raw fish cured in a tangy, citrus marinade.

Hawksworth’s version takes it up a notch by serving the tuna on a bed of toasted amaranth. This crispy grain has a hearty crunch—almost like Grape-Nuts cereal—that provides a delicious foil for the buttery tuna and its sharp lime-infused marinade.

What about you? What was the tastiest thing on your plate this week, either in your hometown or on the road?

Share a photo of this week’s deliciousness with WanderFood readers by joining the WanderFood Wednesday blog carnival. Here’s how:

1. Post a food photo on your site.


2. Add a brief description about the photo—or a longer food-focused post—and include a link to WanderFood Wednesday.


3. Add your blog name and post title to the “Mr. Linky” form below, with a link directly to your post (not to your main blog). That’s it!

If you go:
Hawksworth Restaurant is at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, 801 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, 604-673-7000. The tuna ceviche is currently on the menu for lunch Monday through Friday and dinner nightly.

Tasty Travels!

Carolyn

For New Year’s Eve this year, we did something a little different. Rather than going to our old standby, we tried a new Seattle restaurant that we had heard rave reviews about. Japonessa.

Strange name. Especially when you consider that it’s pronounced “ya-po-ness-a.” As if it’s Spanish.

Actually, Japonessa serves up lots of Japanese-style tapas, so it makes perfect sense that they are drawing upon a Spanish name.

Out for a New Year’s celebration, you’d expect to drop well over $100 for 2 people, right? While I’m sure that many other couples might have, but we squeaked in under $60 and had more than our fill with the above sushi roll, a couple of bowls of miso soup, tempura (below) and a raw sushi dish that Jon gobbled up. Oh, and a couple of celebratory drinks, too.

The food was actually so good that we stopped in there again a week later after we saw the Picasso exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum (directly across the street). That second night, we then popped over to the Four Seasons for a dessert of hot chocolate and creme brulee.

We’re starting the year off fat right, aren’t we???!!

Here are their details:
Japonessa
2122 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 971-7979

Please join WanderFood Wednesday by adding a link to your food-related post. If you’re a newbie, see more about WanderFood Wednesday here.

Life’s Short, Eat Well!

When I was in Boulder last fall, my friend, Lisa, took me to The Mediterranean Restaurant. Not only is this popular joint beautifully decorated, they have a killer happy hour.

Above is a plate of Gambas – shrimp with garlic chips, lime and olive oil (happy hour cost, just $3.25!). We ate plenty of food and with 2 drinks (one alcoholic, one not), it was less than $20 for 2 people. Almost worth the plane flight to Colorado

Wanna visit?

Mediterranean Restaurant
1002 Walnut Street
Boulder, CO 80302
303-444-5335

Please join WanderFood Wednesday by adding a link to your food-related post. If you’re a newbie, see more about WanderFood Wednesday here.

Life’s Short, Eat Well!