Crabs and Crackers

I said it's time to try a new restaurant. We were too tired to drive to Seattle. We decided against the originally planned La Carta de Oaxaca. Even driving to Redmond or Juanita felt like it would be too tiring.

So, we went to downtown Kirkland. Oh! The Crab Cracker! I've never eaten there! Neither have I.

So we drove downtown. We probably should have kept driving.

Restaurants were closed. Ones that were open seemed lackluster. So we went to the red neon lights of this reminiscent seaside restaurant for crabcakes (a given), fettucine alfredo with crab and seared swordfish atop a bed of garlic mashed potatoes and a side of sauteed vegetables.

The crab cakes were confettied with red and green peppers. If you like crab cakes, these were good. Most crab cakes tend to have the same flavor all the way through. But these were a bit more exciting than normal.

That's all that was exciting though. Passing by this restaurant for years made this restaurant appealing. When we sat down, the surroundings were disappointing. The service was ok. The room and seating - a little run down. I felt like I put on a few wrinkles just walking into this little seaside restaurant.

The Fettucine with Crab was overwhelming. The crab was okay. But, the fettucine was far from par.

I was somewhat pleased with the Seared Swordfish (unlike Julie).

While the stuff from the sea was good . . . everything that was paired with it - the vegetables, service, prices and ambiance - was a disappointment to my 4 years of built up anticipation.