(any Seattleites who have the Pappardelle Bolognese from Il Corvo on their list may be comforted to know that the recipe is available online, and it is very, very good)

Matsutake pizza at Lupo, seafood mazemen at Yoroshiku, and like half the things I ate at the criminally underrated Altstadt, including the lamb maultaschen, turkey schnitzel, and a play of Black Forest cake in the form of two ice cream macarons.

I was very skeptical at first because of the number of different styles they serve. But I think I’ve had almost all of them now and they’re all very good. Not ramen but have you had their kushikatsu special? Hard to go wrong with deep fried pork belly and the hatcho miso sauce is quite nice.