Anniversary No. 37

As if my birthday celebration(s) wasn't enough, this is July so that means another week is another celebration in our family. And this week was our 37th wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe that 37 years ago we were celebrating our wedding day at our reception that is just a few blocks from here. Bruce was living with roommates here in West Seattle and we had our reception at their house. We drove passed it last night after finishing a lovely dinner at Salty's and then "cruised" Alki beach like so many people do on summer evenings. Salty's is close enough to walk to from our house but we opted for a nice relaxing evening (going back home up the hill is NOT relaxing). And Salty's did not disappoint. We asked for an outside table when we got there so we had to wait about 15 minutes which was a good time to order our drinks.

We haven't eaten dinner outside before at Salty's but they have a huge outdoor seating area. I've eaten outside before when one of my dietitian friends and I took a dietitian we worked with from 1978 to 1981 at Providence Hospital out to lunch for her 80th birthday. Can you believe it? The older we get, the more "hard-to-believe" stories we seem to be accummulating. We asked her where she'd like to go for her birthday and she immediately said "Salty's!" It's a favorite place for so many people and we had such a great time reminiscing old times.

For our anniversary, I ordered another Spritz like I ordered at Carmine's. It's such a perfect summer drink.

For dinner, Bruce ordered the ling cod with marinated trumpet mushrooms and edamame, some portuguese sausage accompanied with kimchi fried rice. It was amazing.

I ordered their special that was Coho salmon stuffed with crab with bearnaise sauce; green beans and roasted shallot mashed potatoes.

It was wonderful. The green beans were perfectly cooked and the béarnaise sauce was so complimentary with the salmon. I took half of it home for lunch today because I ate too much of their Essential Baking Company bread with the black lava salt. (So good!)

The highlight of the meal - and why I truly wanted to come here - was their signature cake; White Chocolate Mousse Cake with Raspberry Coulis. It's the best cake I've ever tasted and I look forward to it every time I come here.

It was a perfect celebration for our anniversary, nice and simple and close to home. ...until next week's celebration...Lauren's birthday!

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