So Far So Good Heading to the airport at about 4:30 a.m. to catch my 6:00 flight, I felt like a zombie–severely sleep-deprived from last-minute work and packing. After a short, smooth flight, during which I slept most of the way, the plane landed in Seattle under heavy clouds. Leaving the airport in a rental car, my first stop was Chinatown, an area that stretches for 4 or 5 blocks on both sides of I-5. Stopped in a fruit market to buy some Rainier cherries & tangerines and to ask for a restaurant recommendation. They recommended 全記麵家 (chun4 gei3 min6 ga1), a congee and noodle shop located in Chinatown on Maynard Avenue S. What a great recommendation and what a popular place! Had to share a table (撘檯), and people kept coming in. Ordered 荔灣艇仔粥 and 水餃墨丸麵. The food was excellent--fresh seafood, tasty soup stock, slightly-crispy noodles, no MSG. After lunch, I wandered into 萬禧大餅家, a bakery located on S King Street around the corner from 全記. The owners come from Hong Kong (銅鑼灣). Their pastries had just come out of the oven, so I got a couple of 蛋撻 and 椰撻 and sat down to enjoy them while they were still warm. With lunch out of the way, it was time to check in at my hotel--the Watertown, a unique, modernistic hotel located a few blocks from the University of Washington. Judging from their website and the reviews, the Watertown was supposed to have large rooms with lots of natural lighting and custom furniture and artwork. It didn't disappoint! More on that later. After taking a much-needed nap, I decided to go to an Indian restaurant for dinner--Cedars Restaurant on Brooklyn Avenue NE. Ordered Madras chili masala (lamb), shahi korma (chicken), plain nan, and spinach nan. Before going to Cedars, I previously had eaten excellent Indian food in Hong Kong (International Curry House, Wanchai) and the San Francisco Bay Area (Shalimar, Fremont). But I have to say that the food at Cedars was a cut above. The sauces seemed richer and more complex, and the nan was softer than usual. What a spectacular meal! A pleasant walk back to the hotel, and I jumped into bed, ready to explore Seattle the next day.  ¶ 10:00 PM