South Bank Projects

Fish Club restaurant located in the Seattle Waterfront Marriott is a wonderful open venue and offered an intriguing menu as part of the Dine Around Seattle promotion.

Colleen started with an asparagus soup with dungeness crab, an interesting blend of flavours that she enjoyed while I surprised her by trying the fried olives in a tomato ragu. Fresh olives languish in my bowl at most meals but the delicious hot olives with fresh baked bread won me over but their salty goodness can overwhelm your palate.

We selected Fish Club for the Seafood Gumbo, and though the kitchen produced a spice explosion it lacked the profusion of seafood that we expected in this dish. A small piece of unremarkable fish did not replace the mussels and shrimp we anticipated in this Cajun favourite.

Rich vanilla-ginger panna cotta in an apricot anglaise saved the dinner but only just for these diners. Fish Club‘s regular menu may offer better choices but we’ll try elsewhere for our next seafood meal.