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Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

  Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos.  Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying.  My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again.  For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to  Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...
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Dinner at Din Tai Fung in Bellevue

Ah, the hype behind Din Tai Fung is crazy.  The wait times are crazy and the prices are high.  But one would never know because the prices are located on another sheet from the menu.  I'm sorry but twelve bucks is too much for a medium plate of fried rice with chicken.  Yes, the cocktails were tasty and unique, the food came out fast and the dumplings were good.  But...its an overpriced dumpling and noodle house in Bellevue.  People are known to wait for two hours for a table.  Save your money and head to Chinatown and get the same food for way less.  Or better yet, save your money for a plane ticket to Taiwan and eat it there. 

My drink was a Pineapple Cake cocktail with Belvedere Vodka that tasted like Pineapple Upside Down Cake.  It was sweet and went down easily, even if a little on the small side.  My husband enjoyed his Braised Beef Noodle Soup and found the beef to be super tender and flavorful.  We all shared the spendy fried rice and then we shared the chicken steamed dumplings and the shrimp and pork steamed dumplings.  The dumplings were juicy and the chicken ones were nice because of the touch of ginger.  I expected the shrimp and pork ones to be more flavorful.  The steamed dumplings were $10.25 for ten.  The prices added up quickly and I got a sticker shock when the bill was presented.  If only the prices were more visible I wouldn't have been so surprised by the bill at the end of the meal. 










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