Jump to Recipe This post may contain affiliate links.See my disclosure policy.Having lived in the Greater Seattle area for over 15 years, I frequently visited Pike Place Market where you can enjoy some of the best and freshest seafood in the world.

After a morning of shopping you can stop for lunch at one of the restaurants to enjoy some Seattle smoked salmon chowder, one of the city’s most iconic dishes.Here is my Seattle-inspired smoked salmon chowder that’s positively packed with flavor and is sure to make you smile! Smoked salmon will always remind me of two places: Germany (where I’m from) and Washington State (where I later moved to).On our family vacations to North Germany where seafood is in abundance, we would always make pit stops to get some freshly smoked salmon from local shops and vendors.

I can still smell it as we unwrapped it in the car and passed it around to enjoy while en route to our next destination.Years later I moved to the Greater Seattle area of Washington State, another big seafood hub, where I was greeted by that familiar smell and flavor.At Pike Place Market you can get everything from the freshest salmon and smoked salmon to restaurants a-plenty serving salmon prepared in every which way.

Probably the most famous way to enjoy smoked salmon at Pike Place Market is to sit down to a bowl of Seattle Smoked Salmon Chowder, a favorite among locals and tourists alike.And so here is my invitation to you to pull up a chair an

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