Seattle first impressions

Well I have now been in Seattle for all of 2 hours and so far it has been great. My first stop was a coffee shop called Zoka. It was in the suburbs so it is not surprising that I didn't stumble across it last time I was briefly in Seattle. I started off with a small latte and a turkey sandwich, the latte was not bad, but could have been a little stronger, perhaps they could work on a better blend for milk based drinks. They presented it very well and prepared the milk exceptionally well. The turkey sandwich was very nice as was the bit of salad that came with it. After finishing the latte and sandwich, and briefly stopping by the washroom to blow my nose (stupid cold just won't go away), I decided to round of the meal with an espresso. The espresso shot was very nice indeed. All in all Zoka is a very nice cafe worth a visit. I have a couple of photos of the outside of the store, maybe I will post those later.

Next up I stopped off at Espresso Vivace. When I was in Seattle a couple of years back for a day I went to another one of the Vivace stores and was very impressed, so I was expecting a pretty good coffee from them today. They delivered on my expectations, my cappuccino was fantastic, perfectly textured milk and the espresso punched through the milk very well. The espresso shot that I finished my visit there with was also superb, great job mr barista chap. Once again, I have a few photos of the store, but still need to get them off my camera, maybe I will do that later tonight.

I am now in my hotel room and am deciding what to do with the rest of the afternoon. I might take a trip to the Pike Place market. It is pretty close to my hotel and I have heard that it is worth visiting.

That's all for now.