Silence-Heart-Nest

This restaurant is called Silence-Heart-Nest. That is its actual name. The food at this restaurant – deliciously vegetarian even to an omnivore – is served to you by women in saris who follow the teachings of the Swami whose face litters the walls. These Swami-littered walls are ruffled with gold prayer cloth and painted sky blue. I can’t remember if there are happy white clouds painted on these walls, but there ought to be. I’m a cynical east-coast bastard so what I’ve described to you approximates the first level of hell, yet I am totally becoming a regular here for brunch. It’s damned tasty.

I really enjoyed our lunch at the Silence-Heart-Nest this Saturday. The food was good, the servers very attentive, calm and polite.

It’s not for everyone, but if you like vegetarian, meditation type stuff it’s not a bad place to check out.

They have little cards on the table with sayings by Sri Chinmoy to take with you. I’m not familiar with his work but his website says -

We are aspiring for harmony
In the inner life and in the outer life.
I deeply value the oneness
Of all human beings.

I’ve eaten here three times now, and the food has always been exceptional. They have the best mashed potatoes I’ve ever tasted. The neatloaf sandwich and teecino are also really good. There’s a good selection of teas and a daily soup/entree. I haven’t had anything bad yet. The waitresses are friendly and happy to answer questions. This has become one of my favorite Seattle breakfast spots, and Fremont is a nice area of the city to visit.

I had brunch here a few months ago, and it was really quite nice. They are completely vegetarian… a plus in my estimation. Their omelette/egg scrambles were a goodly size and tasty. They used Morningstar farms bfast strips as their fake bacon; while I like the stuff, it wasn’t worth getting due to the price.

They also serve dinner, but I have not been back.

They are religiously/spiritually associated with Sri Chinmoy. I did not realize that when I first went, but I should have known something was up with how the waitpersons were dressed. We did not get any preaching and whatnot with the food, though (which would have annoyed me).

Brunch was good anyway.