Tokyo Dog - Seattle, WA

Tokyo Dog is not a traditional restaurant.  It is actually a hot dog truck, or trailer more specifically.  What makes this special is that it is a Japanese-German fusion. The hot dogs are actually high quality German wursts given a sushi treatment.  It kind of reminds me of Guy Fieri's Tex Wasabi concept which is a Tex-mex sushi fusion.

I had the Roppongi Dog which is a good quality rotterwuerst with cream cheese, teriyaki onions and spiced mayo.   I was very pleasantly surprised.  

The presentation is kind of cool.  You're not sure if you are looking at a mutant sushi roll or what.  (It looked better when he first handed it to me rather than after I handled it then took the picture.) 

They whisk the teriyaki and mayo sauce over the top of the dog like a piece of sushi.  The bread was equally high-quality.   It was a soft keiser roll obviously from a real bakery. The hot dog and onions is a very familiar taste but, after they add the cream cheese and the Japanese spices, it takes a crazy culinary turn.

Service was pretty good, especially for a truck.  I was completely confused with their menu and the young lady in the truck walked me through it and I ordered on her recommendation. 

I caught up with Tokyo Dog outside the Starbucks building in Seattle. There were two or three other food trucks outside the building at the same time.  If you show up here then you might get some choices.

I liked the Tokyo Dog so much that I decided to review it.  I would rate Tokyo Dog an 8.7.

http://tokyodog.com/

Voulas offshore cafe - Seattle, Washington

Voulas was definitely a diner. It had stainless steel paneled walls and the sounds of sizzling food cooking and the clatter of spatulas on metal grills that is heard at diners all over the country.

The waitress was really friendly. Everyone in fact seemed to be in a good mood.

Voulas is located about 100 feet from the Portage Way in Seattle near the University of Washington in Seattle or "U 'dub" as the locals call it.

I got the little squealer sandwich which was pork, bacon, a coupe of different cheeses, tomatoes with a chipotle hollandaise sauce all on a toasted French roll.

Oh, this was savory decadence!  Just the comfort food needed to take the edge off of the cold north Pacific wind.

I would rate Voulas a 9.5.  It is well worth returning to again.



Voula's Offshore Cafe
658 Northeast Northlake Way
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 634-0183
voulasoffshore.com

Slim's Last Chance - Seattle, WA

Slim's Last Chance was a pretty cool place.  It was kind of a bar-restaurant with heavy emphasis on bar.  I was there for lunch so, it was almost unfair to judge.

I got the sense that this would be a really fun place to come after work and hang out for a while.  There was a nice beer garden style area outside that probably gets a lot of use in the evenings.  The atmosphere was definitely a little bit honky tonk.

I got the crawdad po-boy salad.  It came with some jalepeno corn bread.  I can see how this would be an exotic meal in Seattle but, for me coming from Texas, it was just pretty good.  Again, this is probably a little unfair.

I struggled coming up with a rating.  My gut says 9.3, so that's it.


Slim's Last Chance
5606 1st Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 762-7900
www.slimslastchance.com