One of the benefits of living in Olympia is it's close proximity to all of the deliciousness in Seattle. Amazing restaurants. Amazing. I have been wanting to try Cascina Spinasse is Seattle for quite some time. Cascina Spinasse has a cult following. The chef was awarded "Best New Chef" by Food and Wine. The only one in Seattle. The restaurant is small, and in a foodie town reservations are coveted.
Our good friends (who love great food) from Olympia wanted to try a new restaurant in Seattle and we settled on Spinasse. And what a good choice it was. We nestled into our cozy little table in the quaint restaurant. You feel like Seattle has met Florence when you enter the small, perfectly lit, lively but not too loud, atmosphere. Jeans or khakis. Straight from work or date night.
To start, we enjoyed radicchio salad with braised rabbit, cauliflower flan with salmon roe, sunchoke with meyer lemon and anchovy, prosciutto with apples and black mustard seeds. Mmmmm. (The cauliflower flan was ridic.) Next we tried the butternut squash ravioli with amaretti, tajarin with brown butter and sage as well as ragu, (OMG) and tagliatelle with lamb ragu. We followed that with veal cabbage rolls, and salmon with spinach. I wasn't about to skip desert at this place, so we finished things up with Italian coffee (ab fab), goat cheese mousse with blood oranges and puff pastry (my fav), ricotta dumplings with chocolate, and a fabulous terrine. Again. Yum!
I would highly recommend Cascina Spinasse, for its food, service, and atmosphere. We had a very enjoyable evening in a relaxed atmosphere. Delicious! (Make reservations well in advance, as this place is a bit of a hot table.) Thanks to our fabulous friends for a great dinner and excellent company.
-last photo courtesy of theprofessionaleater.com-
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