Sunday, February 15, 2009

Simon and Seafort's


Simon and Seafort's is located at the western edge of downtown Anchorage, overlooking Bootlegger Cove and Knik Arm. It's a long-established 'fine dining' venue in Anchorage and is the sort of place the extended family goes to when they are in town for little Johnny's graduation.


Over all, the menu is made up of seafood and steaks, and the quality of the ingredients is high and the preparations well executed. They usually serve things like spot shrimp and halibut cheeks, both good signs.

The trick here is to get into the saloon during their happy hour (4-6pm) for the half priced appetizers. This is one of the best deals in town.

They have kobe beef sliders, king crab cakes, king crab dip, salmon wrapped scallops, and more. All of it is excellent, and as it's half-price, they cost just a bit more than a Happy Meal.


The setting is brilliant, with sweeping views of the ocean, mountains, trains, planes, and ships all coming and going. It's a great spot for a slow afternoon out eating and drinking with friends.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Hula Hands


Hula Hands is a small Hawaii style restaurant located in the Mountain View neighborhood. The menu is Local all the way and they do a good job of keeping it authentic by offering things like mix-plates, loco mocos, spam, poke, lau lau, and even turkey tails, all with two scoop rice, one scoop mac!


It's a diner, so what you get is good value for big portions of relatively simple food Everything I've had there is delicious and would stand up against the typical Local joint in Hawaii. They do a good job. There are loads of Hawaii expats here in Anchorage so they have a very loyal following and I think that is well deserved.

I ordered the kalbi plate.