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I Will Wander Well Seattle & PNW travel, food & lifestyle—helping you wander well, near and far.

Your Seattle coffee list needs Vale Matcha & Coffee on it.Caught the reopening yesterday — ceremonial-grade matcha from ...
05/18/2026

Your Seattle coffee list needs Vale Matcha & Coffee on it.

Caught the reopening yesterday — ceremonial-grade matcha from Shizuoka, served on tap, in South Lake Union. I covered them last fall, and it’s still one of the best matcha experiences in the city.

📍 2000 Terry Avenue

05/05/2026

A view this good usually means the food’s mid. Not here. 🌊

Closed out Seattle Restaurant Week at and it ate. $65 tasting, you pick your three courses.

✨ Here’s the honest breakdown👇🏾:
🥥 ORDER THIS: coconut congee — went in skeptical, left obsessed. creamy, bright, a little heat
🐖 DON’T MISS: berkshire pork shank — tropical chutney + sweet & sour glaze, cooked perfect
🥕 LEAVE ROOM FOR: carrot cake — comes as a duo with the chocolate crunch bar but the carrot cake is the move
🚫 WHAT TO SKIP: nothing. all 10/10s. the only “skip” is skipping the carrot cake (don’t)
💡 PRO TIP: book between 5–6pm so you can catch happy hour before dinner. $10 martinis from 4–6pm 🍸

SRW is done for now but it will be back. Save this spot for the next time - sometime in the Fall…
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📍 Aerlume — 2003 Western Ave, Suite C
💸 $65 SRW tasting menu (3 courses)
✨ vibe: date night, special occasion, showing off the city to out-of-towners

what’s the prettiest restaurant you’ve been to where the food actually delivered? 👇

04/22/2026

POV: you finally found the Seattle Restaurant Week spot worth telling people about 🦆

Save this before it books out.

Kamonegi in Fremont — a tiny, wood-lined soba spot run by Chef Mutsuko Soma, who learned to hand-roll noodles from her grandmother in Tochigi, Japan. James Beard finalist. Bon Appétit Top 50. And right now, a five-course tasting for $65 during SRW.

Here’s the honest breakdown 👇
⭐ ORDER THIS: Shrimp Bu***ke — cold soba, crispy shrimp tempura, shiso, fresh wasabi. The dish I’m still thinking about.
🍡 DON’T MISS: Tempura-fried daifuku with black sesame rocky road ice cream. Hot, cold, chewy, nutty — a perfect combination.
😬 SKIP: The eggplant tempura. Flavor’s there, but it goes soggy in the broth fast.
🇯🇵 THE REAL REASON TO GO: It doesn’t feel like Seattle. The wood room, the pacing, the servers who walk you through every course — it’s the closest thing to a Tokyo izakaya in this city.

SRW ends soon. Reservations on Tock. Go before your friends beat you to it.
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📍 Kamonegi · 1054 N 39th St · Fremont, Seattle
💰 $65 · 5 courses · Seattle Restaurant Week
⏰ Tues–Sat, 4–9:30pm · reservations highly recommended

Which SRW spot should I review next? Drop it in the comments 👇

04/21/2026

Four giant salmon. One warning track. 40,000 people losing their minds. 🐟

The Salmon Run happens every 4th inning at T-Mobile Park, and it’s become one of the most unhinged, lovable things Seattle has to offer.

Meet the lineup:
- King (the crowned favorite)
- Sockeye (grunge-core flannel fish)
- Silver (the smart one)
- Humpy — a cross-eyed salmon in floaties who lost 165 races in a row before finally winning in the 15th inning of an ALDS game last October. The Mariners walked off to the ALCS minutes later. The mayor named a day after him. People got tattoos. This is not a bit 😅

Going to a Mariners game is a Seattle spring/summer rite of passage. Go for the baseball. Stay for the fish. 🧡

✨Save this for your Seattle spring and summer list and follow for more local Seattle gems.
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mentally in champagne 🥂🇫🇷where I spent 48 hours in Reims sipping my way through the region that does it best.from cellar...
04/20/2026

mentally in champagne 🥂🇫🇷

where I spent 48 hours in Reims sipping my way through the region that does it best.

from cellar tours to tastings at Taittinger, V***e Clicquot, Ruinart, and GH Mumm… this was one of those trips that lives rent-free in my mind.

full 2-day travel diary is now on YouTube if you want the full experience ✨

save this for your future champagne trip and follow for more travel adventures and inspiration.
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04/17/2026

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to try *that* restaurant… this is it 👀

Seattle Restaurant Week is back (April 19–May 2) and this is exactly how I explore Seattle’s dining scene without committing to a full-price night out.

Here’s where I’m trying to go this round (if I can still get reservations 🤞🏾):



Think: $25–$65 menus, elevated experiences, and a reason to finally book the reservation.

Save this for your next date night or girls’ dinner—and send it to someone who’s always “down to try somewhere new” 🍷

Follow for more ways to enjoy Seattle and wander well.
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04/16/2026

Friends don’t let friends move away from Seattle without dining at Canlis - it’s a Seattle icon.

04/15/2026

She said she was leaving Seattle…
and had never been to Canlis.

Not even once.

And if you live here, you know—that’s not something you can just let happen.

So we skipped the months-long reservation game and did the real move:
walked into the lounge, grabbed seats at the bar, and let Seattle show off a little.

Because Canlis isn’t just dinner.
It’s history. It’s intention. It’s the kind of place that makes you pause mid-bite and think,
“wow… I really lived here.”

And yes, I’m saying it—if the Michelin Guide was in Seattle, this place would absolutely have stars.

But what made this night?
Getting to share it with her before she leaves.
That kind of full-circle, bottle-it-up-if-you-could kind of night.

Now I’m curious…
If you had one last meal in Seattle—where are you going?
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