The only good thing I can say about food in Seattle is that there's quite an unbelievable choice of vegetarian or vegan options, even in places you would otherwise not expect. Tofu, or paneer, or seitan or a thousand other alternatives to animal flesh. That is useful, and they all taste good.
Everything else is kinda...mediocre. I'm told fish is good here, and high-end sushi is amazing, I wouldn't know. I ordered bubble tea two weeks ago and asked for the popping bubbles. The tea was very much meh, and they gave me the chewy bubbles instead. As if they didn't know about the popping bubbles. At least with East Asian food I thought this place would be doing good, alas it is not to be so.
East coasters it appears are just so driven about food, they'll try to do the best, outcompete everybody else, and produce the best goddamn version of anything they're working on. In Seattle folks are into the concept of 'good enough'...if your customers like it an enjoy it, stop wasting your time perfecting it and work on something else.
I'll hold my complete judgment until a longer stay, but I've not been particularly impressed by the food in this town, despite my attempts to have an experience to the contrary.
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