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The Matzo Ball Shuffle
Seattle is a pretty goyish town but there are a few places where you can get some Jewish soul food. I've thrown in one Dim Sum because if there's two things us Jews know it's suffering and Chinese Food.
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Jeff’s 4-star review: UPDATE - LEAHS IS NOW CLOSED FOR RETAIL BUSINESS. The best Knish I've ever had was in London, of all places, at a tiny kosher deli where the owner used Yiddish with a British accent((You in for a good nosh mate? Oy vey guvnah). Generally I've had Knishes that could double as a doorstop or small travel pillow. Leah's makes a pretty darn good version. They're large and flaky with a good dollop of filling. The cabbage has a delicate, not overpowering flavor and the Potato has a perfect texture. Heated for a few minutes in the oven they're a great snack or small meal. They also have soups, kugels and breads. Vegetarians should be very happy here. Everything here is kosher for dairy which means no meat, or meat products, they even have a mock chicken soup. They make a mini Challah, which are perfect for breakfast or a sandwich. Plan early, since they close at 3 on Fridays and are not open on Saturdays. If you need a little jolt of Jewish soul food this is a good place to start. -
Jeff’s 4-star review: I used to work with Russian Emmigre children in a summer camp and I picked up a few Russian curse words along the way. So several years ago I was in the old location of this store, which was about the size of a small convenience store. The aisles were packed and cramped. I turned and accidentally bumped the basket of an older woman and she mumbled a curse in Russian(something about me being a pig). She probably figured I wouldn't know any better. This sparkling, spacious location in the CrossRoads mall is fantastic. The Deli Counter alone would put most of the Delis in Seattle to shame. Sausages, smoked fish, borscht, it's all there. The refrigerator case has at least a dozen types of pickled herring, and many delicoius looking wieners, bolognas and more sausages. The beer selection is huge and there's enough candy and chocolate to put several dentists out of business. Get your borscht on. -
Jeff’s 5-star review: One thing about us displaced Jews is that we love to kvetch about not being able to get any good Jewish soul food anywhere. There are a few places in town to do this here but not many. (Don't get me started about Goldberg's in Bellevue. Oy Vey). My benchmarks for food to kvel over are Ruben Sandwiches and Matzo Ball soup. Both of these are outstanding. The Ruben has just the right amount of grease and perfectly toasted rye bread. The matzo balls are big, fluffy and not salty. These are so good that we've served them for passover! I say mazeltov! -
Jeff’s 2-star review: I haven't been in there in over a year so decided to check it out for breakfast. Sadly the breakfasts are still pretty crummy and the same crummy waitress I've had a couple of times in the past is still there and still......crummy. It took longer for her to come to our table to take our order than it did for the kitchen to make our food. The breakfast foods here are still ho hum. The Jewish foods are a little better; the matzo ball soup was decent. We bought some knishes to go which are tasty. I know the place is popular and I'm still not sure quite why. It's sort of the PF Changs of Jewish food as far as I'm concerned. -
Jeff’s 2-star review: One of these days I'm going to arrange a field trip for all the wannabe Deli owners of Seattle to Cantors in Los Angeles, or the Carnegie Deli in New York. As hard as they try no one here really totally pulls it off. This place is giving it a good try but doesn't make with the goods. They advertise the sandwiches as "really big" but the only BIG thing is the price; ten bucks for a Ruben. These are not the huge "fresser" sandwiches you'd get at one of the classic delis. For me the Ruben is the test of a deli and this one fails with way too little meat and cheese and a flavorless and thin Russian dressing. The homemade chicken soup is good but nothin you'd write home to your Uncle Sol about. -
Jeff’s 1-star review: Noah what happened to you. I hardly recognized you. I grew up with Noah's back in the Bay Area. Huge, delicious bagels, lox and strong coffee. Yeah, And even when the chain first started up here they were pretty good. Some branches are still okay(the QFC UVillage one is pretty good, and much more deli-like). But this place is just annoying. The bagels are pretty small,they often don't have all the lox and spreads they should. The staff here always seems bored and confused and the place is laid out so badly that the line is always jammed up. The sandwich board is near the door, the food case is to the right of the line so people are always bumping into each other. Just give me a good place where I can run in, grab my bagel and shmear and leave. -
Jeff’s 5-star review: Ignore the hipsters who have to eat their dim sum in the busiest, grungiest place in the ID for it to be good. This is some of the best Dim Sum in Seattle, and that's coming from someone who spent his weekends eating Dim Sum in San Francisco. I love their shrimp noodles and their pork or beef spare ribs.
