December 29 , 2007
This afternoon, we travelled north to Ivar's at Mukilteo, for a late lunch/early dinner. Just as we left home, down came the rain, so the scenery was pretty drab. The food was good though, and we enjoyed our meals very much.

 
 
Ali waits by the notorious wooden Carp in the restaurant.
 
 
 
Of course I made her look at the infamous Carp poem I wrote years ago, which won a prize in Ivar's 'Missing Carp' contest.
 
 
Yikes, another carp, made of wood, nails and spatulas watches over Ali.
 
 
 
After appetizers of Jumbo Coconut Prawns, and Ivar’s Dungeness Crab Fondue Dip (which I forgot to photograph because we were too busy scarfing it down), Ali tucks into a Warm Seafood Spinach Salad - scallops, baby prawns, calamari, salmon and halibut atop a bed of spinach, garnished with parmesan toast. She liked it so much she said she'd try making it herself..
 
 
 

Tim ordered Seafood Stew, big chunks of salmon, mussells, clams, halibut and those huge crabs legs in a tomato-saffron broth. He too declared it delicious.
 

 
 
I'd already started eating mine, when I remembered my camera, so it looked a lot nicer when it was presented at the table. I chose Mukilteo Seafood Sauté - Alaskan salmon, wild halibut, baby prawns and scallops in a tarragon-crab butter sauce . Underneath is a small mound of creamy mashed potatoes. Yum!
 
 
 
After our meal, we took a small stroll in the mist on the pier. A ferry was just docking behind Tim and Ali here.
 
 
 
Ali took a picture of me and Tim together!
 
 
 

And here we are having a laugh.

It was a very nice trip, even if it was raining.
 

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