Mistral Kitchen

We were on vacation in Seattle for about 1 week and wanted to try a fine dining restaurant.  We took a chance by just looking on open table to see what are the top restaurants with the most positive reviews.  Mistral Kitchen was one of them.  I saw mixed reviews and was a bit hesitant in trying this place.  Sometimes the bad reviews don't turn out that bad.  We had a long day hiking in Discovery park and came back to our hotel.  Did a little bit of shopping to kill some time before we walked over to Mistral Kitchen.  We came here with our 2 cousins and wanted them to try this restaurant with us.


The decor was very modern and had a trendy feel without feeling pretentious.  They have a lounge area in the back if you wanted to just have a more intimate setting and they are also known for their drinks.  Mistral serves new American cuisine and when we were there, they had a special menu for that month which had Mediterranean cuisines.


For appetizers we ordered the Big Eye Tuna Crudo and that was really good.  The sauce on the side wasn't too strong where you were not able to taste the freshness of the Tuna.  We all really liked this dish a lot.  We also ordered the stuffed zucchini served cold.  My wife really liked this dish a lot because the zucchini itself still maintained it's texture without being too mushy after being cooked and made cold.  We also ordered the clams as an appetizer.  That dish was amazing.  The clams were really BIG and fresh and the broth that it was cooked in was some great flavors..  We had to ask for extra bread to soak up this dish.

For our entrees we had the Roasted Mad Hatcher Farms Half Chicken and the halibut.  In my entire life, this is the best chicken I've had in my entire life.  The chicken was cooked to perfection while maintaining all of it's amazing flavor in every bite.  The chicken is souveed for 1 day and then once that is done, they cook the chicken in a tandoori oven giving that crispy skin on the outside and cooking the meat to perfection.  Everyone tried the chicken and agreed.  This dish really defined fine dining terms for my 2 cousins.  The halibut was also really good.  It was fresh and the fish cooked perfect.  The meat itself slides off like butter as you cut into it.  Because our appetizers and entrees were so good we also had high expectations for their desert.  The desert was okay =/    Service was really good.  The waiter was very attentive and took the time to explain every dish once it came out even after explaining it to us when we ordered.  There was nothing left on each of our plates at the end of the night not even a drop of sauce.  I would highly recommend this restaurant to locals and visitors.  I don't know if Seattle will ever get the Michelin ratings but if they do, I would hope Mistral Kitchen get 1-2 stars.

Tuna Crudo

Clams

Stuffed Zucchini

Halibut

Mad Hatcher Farms Half Chicken

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