Living again in the Midwest, I am hard-pressed to find a few good restaurants serving my favorite comfort foods: chicken chow fun noodles, various assortments of dimsum, and Chinese broccoli. What passes as Asian American food in multiple Midwestern states is a very bland sushi, cheese-topped baked mussels, fake crabmeat doused in mayonnaise, and biscuits [...]
Unagi, uni, abalone, sea cucumber, chilled jellyfish, the list goes on. Asian cuisine features some of the most diverse (some may say strange) seafood on its menus. Yes, serve me the whole fish, and fry those spot prawn heads for later! Yet, how many times have you bitten into that piece of tuna sashimi, with [...]
Sub Sand 419 6th Avenue S (between Jackson St & Jefferson St), Seattle, WA 98104 With crispy and toasted sub-sandwiches with regular condiments, Sub Sand offers a variety of toppings that entices our sweet and spicy taste buds. An order of the barbeque pork sandwich includes a pile of dai-kon, freshly stripped carrots, cilantro, choice of onion [...]
These days eating out is considered a luxury. With our pockets slashed in the midst of an economic recession, “eating in” becomes more frequent, and “dining out” a rare occasion. But how does it affect the other side of things? From family-owned businesses to corporate eateries, restaurant owners to restaurant servers, the food industry has [...]
Gamba’s is a relatively new Japanese and French restaurant, located in the heart of Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. Because its located next to a bar and across the street from a park, Gamba’s gets a lot of foot traffic. But once you set foot into Gamba’s warm setting, there’s a sense of intimacy. The atmosphere is [...]
Green Foodie For this category, we searched Seattle-area eateries with an emphasis on locally-grown ingredients, “green” practices and eclectic dishes. Loving Hut 1226 S. Jackson St., Seattle, WA 98055 (206) 726-8669 www.lovinghut.us/seattle Loving Hut, recently opened in Seattle’s Little Saigon, is one of many chain restaurants in the United States and Asia. The restaurant was created [...]
ALBERT’S SPECIAL GINGER GARLIC SCALLION PEPPERCORN CRAB RECIPE CONTRIBUTED BY ALBERT SHEN, owner of Shen Consulting, Inc. a project/construction management company specializing in airport capital projects. He is board president of the NW Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans and Board Chair of the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation Development Authority. With such great local Dungeness [...]
Cookbooks are more than recipes. They hold standards for posterity. They preserve memories of dishes made, savored, and loved. They are testimonies of cooks who have lived through eating, dining, and feasting. They are ultimately stories containing recipes. The four cookbooks in this collection play a dual role—repositories of stories and manual of cooking instructions. [...]
If you’re in the mood for Korean food with a certain je ne sais quois, look no further than Joule, a restaurant in Wallingford specializing in French/Korean fusion cuisine. Owned and managed by husband and wife team Seif Chirchi and Rachel Yang, the restaurant features a diverse and eclectic menu that merges Korean flavors with [...]
“China: Lost and Found” is the theme of a new series of artwork created by award-winning Seattle artist Cheryll Leo-Gwin. Funded by a King County grant, Leo-Gwin’s paintings and sculpture explore the impact of the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 on women and their families. Leo-Gwin sees parallels between the historic period of virulent [...]
Gambas Japanese and French Restaurant 2230 Third Ave Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 728-5092 Ganbat Puntsag was a lawyer before becoming a chef. With over thirty years of culinary experience, Chef Puntsag pairs his Japanese Izakaya and French dining background into beautifully crafted plates of familiar Japanese flavors and French inspired plating. Recommendation: Sushi sandwich with a [...]
