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
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