Tulio at the Hotel Vintage Park

I just sat down at the restaurant in the Hotel Vintage Park, Tulio. My first impression of it: civilized, cozy, feminine, not modern (just like the hotel it is in). I was drawn here because I took a quick look at the room service menu and saw a single word that immediately caught my attention and with that, I decided that I would have to try the restaurant here before I checked out today. That word was burrata.

I have written about this sacred word before. Burrata is a traditional type of Italian cheese made from mozzarella and cream. Burrata is maybe the reason why I love Keste Pizza & Vino so much.

Here at Tulio, the menu offered a Beet Salad served with burrata, plums, frisse, and beet vinaigrette. I sat down, read the entire menu just to be thurough, and ordered the promising burrata salad.
What happened once the salad came, and I finished photographing it, can only be described with happy, mumbling, chewing sounds. So I'll leave it at that. And a strong recommendation to visit Tulio if you ever find yourself hungry in downtown Seattle.

Keste Pizzeria & Vino

Awesome, awesome, awesome pizza.
This is what I ate for dinner tonight - an authentic Neapolitan pizza from Keste. This is the special pie. They call the Burrata which is a fresh Italian cheese made from mozzarella and cream. The cheese on this pizza was flown in from Italy. Our server also told me that burro means butter in Italian. And let me tell you, it is no coincidence that the name of this classic delight shares the same roots as butter. The Burrata is where it's at.