Serious Pie
1124 Pike Street
Seattle, WA
For all the times we've visited the Starbucks Reserve Roastery, we have never made time to try out Serious Pie, located right in the same building. This day, we got there a little early to have lunch before settling down for coffee tasting.
The space was industrial yet airy due to the high ceilings and tall large windows. Love the light fixtures that they installed!
I had a good view of their brick oven where they bake all their pizzas.
Mixed baby lettuces, radish, cucumbers, muscatel vinaigrette
Since it was lunch time and we knew we were going to be having coffee right after, we ordered a salad and pizza to share between the two of us. We started with a simple green salad dressed with a tangy vinaigrette.
Penn Cove clams, pancetta tesa, lemon thyme
Then came the very rustic, flatbread-like pizza. I chose this one, topped with clams, strips of pancetta, and sprinkles of thyme and lemon zest, because it had the most unusual combination of ingredients (to me at least!). The salty ham and briny clams paired nicely with the brightness of the lemon. The crust also had just the right chewiness and char. The only downside was that there was way too much crust and too little topping!!
After lunch, we walked just a few metres away to Starbucks Reserve Roastery. After making a few rounds surveying the area, we snagged a spot at the coffee bar. We still think the best spot to sit is right at the bar where you can watch the baristas and coffee masters work their magic.
I haven't gotten tired of looking at those beautiful coffee canisters yet!
Siphon Flight (choice of 2 coffee) - Nicaragua La Roca and Paradeisi Blend No. II
W and I chose the siphon flight as we would be able to try 2 different coffee beans. We didn't sit in front of the siphon bar this time so we were not able to watch our coffee being brewed. Still, it was a great place to linger and take in the sights and sounds while sipping on cups of coffee.
401 Bellevue Way
Bellevue, WA
On the last day of our weekend trip, we could not leave without going to The Cheesecake Factory! Call us tourists, call us boring, we just love The Cheesecake Factory lol...
French Country Salad - mixed greens, grilled asparagus, fresh beets, goat cheese, candied pecans and vinaigrette
We were pretty full from all that coffee so just like lunch time, we shared a salad and an entree. I picked the French Country Salad which, to the dismay of W, had all the ingredients that I liked. The medley of sweet beets, salty goat cheese, crunchy pecans, and the tangy vinaigrette was just yummy!
Pasta da Vinci - sauteed chicken, mushrooms and onions in a delicious Madeira wine sauce tossed with penne pasta and Parmesan
I let W pick our entree and he went for a pasta dish. I always find The Cheesecake Factory's pasta tasty so this one was no exception. However, the penne was a little too al dente for my liking. Nonetheless, it was sauced just right and the little mushrooms were like flavour bombs because they had soaked up all the sauce during cooking.
Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch Cheesecake - chocolate hazelnut cheesecake topped with hazelnut crunch and Nutella
During the time we went, the restaurant had just unveiled a new flavour of cheesecake: the Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch Cheesecake! The name sounded sooo tempting we decided to forego our usual Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake and went for this new one.
We were kind of disappointed with this new flavour. Although I liked the little bits of crunchy hazelnut nougat pieces inside, the overall cheesecake was too sweet for our liking. I guess we just gotta trust our gut and stick with our tried and true Godiva chocolate cheesecake!
Gosh, now that The Cheesecake Factory is going to open their first restaurant on Ontario, when are WE going to get one too!?!!
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