CHRISTMAS MEALS
Carrello
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The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian American supper that includes seven sorts of fish or seafood, normally served earlier than midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. (You could be conversant in it by way of the star-studded Christmas episode in season two of The Bear.) Chef Nathan Lockwood pays tribute to the custom with “seven choices of seafood embracing the bounty of seafood within the Puget Sound, as has been executed alongside the Mediterranean for tons of of years.” There’s additionally a vegetarian menu.
Capitol Hill
Delancey
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As per yearly custom, Brandon Pettit’s Ballard pizzeria can also be getting in on the Feast of the Seven Fishes
Remind
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motion. This yr’s menu has not but been introduced, however they promise the freshest catches they’ll procure—final yr’s meal featured crab arancini, scallops in celery broth, cod, chicory persimmon salad, cuttlefish spaghetti, and a gentle circulation of wine pairings all through. Reservations for December 16 are offered out, however there are nonetheless some spots for December 17 left.
Ballard
Goldfinch Tavern
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Over at this swanky restaurant contained in the 4 Seasons Lodge, chef Jeffrey Hunter will put together a three-course Christmas Eve meal with buffet appetizer decisions like marinated burrata, charcuterie, and poached beets, adopted by traditional entrees like roasted turkey and Chilean sea bass. Cap off the meal with a diffusion of treats like gingerbread chai cake and eggnog cheesecake. On Christmas Day, the restaurant may also provide a meal with fundamental dish choices like delicata squash risotto and salt-crusted New York strip, plus bountiful appetizer and dessert buffets—I am intrigued by the “Grinch Paris-Brest.”
Downtown
Paju
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South Lake Union’s acclaimed fashionable Korean restaurant is providing a particular seven-course vacation menu from December 24—31 (closed on December 25). Dishes embody citrus salad, Dungeness crab mandu, acorn noodles with black truffle, and Xmas log truffles.
South Lake Union
Piatti Seattle
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This College Village trattoria can also be serving a Feast of the Seven Fishes menu from December 17—24. The four-course menu options sea bass crudo, prawn scampi, cioppino, and zeppole for dessert.
College District
Shiro’s Sushi
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Nothing says vacation cheer like an plentiful sushi platter, and Shiro’s has you lined with takeout vacation spreads out there all through December (aside from Christmas Day). A cool $295 will get you two platters, one with 40 items of chef’s selection nigiri and the opposite with a mixture of “vacation meals, specialty gadgets, and visitor favorites,” together with rooster karaage and butter-sautéed abalone. There’s additionally a winter sushi platter with 40 items of nigiri, together with tuna, spot prawns, snow crab, and Hokkaido uni, for $195. Order a minimum of two days upfront over the cellphone or on-line.
Belltown
ShoMon Kappo Sushi
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This elegant 26-seat kappo-style sushi vacation spot from the workforce behind Shiro’s will serve an eight-course menu for Christmas Eve, that includes dishes like grilled king mackerel, wagyu sukiyaki, and meringue ice cream with pears. The 8 pm seating is on the market on Resy.
Belltown
Spice Waala
Searching for a singular Christmas supper centerpiece? The Indian road food-inspired spot will provide entire ready-to-bake hariyali chickens for pickup, marinated in yogurt, cilantro, and spices for over 36 hours, in addition to a particular saag paneer lasagna that sounds supremely comforting. Pickup might be out there on December 21.
Ballard, Capitol Hill, Columbia
BAKED GOODS AND DESSERTS
Bake Store
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The sustainable bakery is accepting pre-orders for herby sourdough dinner rolls and take-and-bake cinnamon and cardamom rolls.
Queen Anne
Flora Bakehouse
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Searching for a brunch centerpiece or a snack with afternoon espresso or tea? Cafe Flora
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‘s bakery sibling is providing four-packs of cinnamon rolls with vegan cream cheese frosting.
Beacon Hill
Hood Well-known Cafe + Bar
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The cult favourite Filipino bakeshop’s vacation menu options beautiful purple Xmas logs, bibingka truffle cheesecake, buko pie, ube eggnog, and naturally, its signature cheesecakes.
Chinatown-Worldwide District
Kemi Dessert Bar
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Pastry chef Kelly Miao’s playful, nostalgic Asian American bakery Kemi Dessert Bar is packing up bins with ube loaves, pumpkin iced oatmeal cookies, raspberry thumbprint cookies, vacation spiced brownies, gingerbread crinkle cookies, and jasmine pistachio shortbread. They’re even out there for nationwide delivery, in case you’d wish to shock somebody out of state.
Capitol Hill
Temple Pastries
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Baker Christina Wooden’s trendy Central District store has a number of showstopping Christmas specials on provide, together with gingerbread ice cream sandwiches, cheesecake Christmas timber, cookie tins, panettone, and Mont Blanc bûches de Noel.
Central District
