Seattle's Must Try Dish: Porchetta

When we were planning what to do and where to eat in Seattle,  several foodie friends of mine recommended the Porchetta at Salumi, the deli of Mario Batalli's parents. Unfortunately, Salumi is only open from 11am-4pm Mondays to Fridays, while we were only in Seattle one Saturday and one Sunday.

Porchetta is pork loin, roasted the Italian way, served with crisp Pork Skin. Our mouths were watering at the thought of yummy roast pork that we googled until we found an alternative porchetta place with good reviews that we could go to.

We opted to go with Lecosho since their porchetta also made
it to several Must Try Lists.
If the menu is any indication, it seemed like a good choice.

Lecosho is mid-way along the Harbor Steps,
On University Street.

We all wanted to order porchetta but we played it safe by ordering 1 dish to share between 2 people so we could also order something else.

I ordered the Columbia City Bakery Baguette (US $3)
with sea salted butter and olive relish for Fi because I wasn't
sure if she'd like the porchetta,  but the artisanal baguette
was so good, we kept on ordering more.

The sea salted butter went really well with the crusty bread.

Ady and I shared the house salad with boiled egg (US$7),
Cooked in the semi-soft way as when served with ramen.

The highlight of our meal was the Lecosho Porchetta (US $19),
Described as Pork Belly wrapped around Pork Tenderloin,
Usually served with Corona Beans and baby turnips.
However,  as our family is not fond of beans, they changed it.

You can see from the picture that the pork skin was cooked till it was crisp, and if I remember right, the fat of the pork was evenly distributed,  so you can pretend it never existed, as if you eat it fast enough, there would be no evidence left. It was good that we ordered it to share with a salad so it felt like we tried to make it a healthier meal.

We also ordered a Cheese Plate (US $12).

And a Chocolate dessert which I remember tasted better
than it looks.

Lecosho has an open kitchen set-up.

You can see the chefs cook, but I don't think we ended up
smelling like dinner afterwards. 

The place wasn't crowded on a Sunday night, but the concierge
at our hotel made us a reservation just to make sure.

This was the last meal in our US-Alaska trip and it was just
the right way to end our holiday. 

While I really enjoyed all the dishes we ordered from Lecosho,  I can't wait to try Salumi. If I ever find myself in Seattle again, I will definitely plan to be there for a weekday lunch. just saying.

Lecosho
The Harbor Steps (Mid-way)
89 University Street
Seattle,  Washington