Dragonfish Asian Cafe Downtown near the Paramount

Seattle’s downtown is full of choices.  The Dragonfish Asian Cafe, right across from the Paramount is fun and worth a visit, especially if you’re in the area.  It’s been called “sort of a pop-culture Asian restaurant where you can snack on cuisines from ’round the Pacific Rim” by the Stranger critic, and features a very nice Happy Hour 3-6 and 9-1 daily, and all day Mondays.  Their Happy Hour features $2.95 sake, beer and cocktail specials, and $1.95 sushi.  The roasted duck spring rolls were great, and people love the Lemongrass Lime Ricky (vodka infused with lemongrass and lime peel).  We also tried the deep fried calamari, which was different and interesting with little tempura crumbles added.  Others I’ve heard are good include Chinese bacon and scallion mini-quiche, shiitake and salmon satay with a  noodle salad, and shrimp with cashews and house-made lemongrass vodka sauce.  The Dragonfish website will provide you with four menus, lunch, dinner, breakfast (dim sum on weekends) or happy hour.  Take a look, it’s even fun to read the menu!

http://www.dragonfishcafe.com/