Seattle Eats - what's good?
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Haha, I was waiting for that. I remember some people not loving it, but I'm no sushi aficionado.
Chan: I'll check the PM. It'd be cool to get up with folks - maybe for dinner tonight (it's the only free night I have since my wife and kid get up to Seattle tomorrow). I think Joe Schloss might be in the house too.
better check out the kingfish... i think its on 12th on the backside of capital ill. i could tell you $5-6 spots to grab a quick bite all day long, but if you're looking for a good meal, kingfish doesn't disappoint. hit up red mill for the fat burgers. mae's phinney ridge cafe is also a dope breakfast spot - or it was anyway. eff a ivar's, spud's fish and chips is the best fried fish in town. there's one on alkai and one on green lake. also, mama's mexican kitchen used to be good too. but i digress, i'm sure chan is the man.
chan, did you ever go to "2 dagos from texas?" it was on first and vine, that place was the shit until it went out of business. i miss that joint.
chan, did you ever go to "2 dagos from texas?" it was on first and vine, that place was the shit until it went out of business. i miss that joint.
I like Kingfish but like a lot of upscale soul spots, I find the food to be good but overpriced.
Chan is talking Vietnamese - I can deal with that.
Chan is talking Vietnamese - I can deal with that.
Word. It's on. Just got a text from the one Jake Weezey and he will join us for dinner tonight. We'll go to a REALLY good Vietnamese spot in Chinatown. Call me as soon as you are done at the EMP thing and I will get you directions to the restaurant. Have a safe flight up here today and I hope you are not flying on American.
Kingfish is good, but the food at JoAnna's on 25th & Cherry is really good soul/southern food. We had the guys from JoAnna's come out and cook for Earth Wind And Fire and Stevie Wonder and all the band and crew were raving about the food. Spud's fish and chips on Alki is the realness and Red Mill burgers are EXTRA OFFICIAL!!!!!! I love their verde burger with the green chile.
anything of the panels in particular you're excited about?
also, cosine on the 5 Spot - and it's just over a mile from the EMP (head up Quenn Anne hill). Just don't go there between 10am-1pm on the weekends. It would be great for a Friday morning breakfast tho.
the other place I'd suggest is about 5 blocks south of the EMP on 5th Ave and it's called Panos Kleftiko. If you're into real greek food, it's legit. Futhermore, it's right next to Cafe Vita, which is near the best coffee in town, IMO.
fronting on asian food in seattle is a bad move. outside of the bay and nyc, there is no place outside of asia that can fuck with seattle on the asian food tip.
i know i'm new around these parts and i haven't lived in seattle for a while, but i'll take the pepsi challenge on this one.
tamarid (sp?) in the i.d. (more like the c.d., but i digress) is killin it. it seems to be better when it's not busy though.
cafe flora breakfast/brunch is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. the hi spot in madrona also used to be chronic, but it's been a while. most of the ethiopian food in seattle is legit. red mill gets co-signed a million times. and romio's kicks the teeth out of piecoras as far as pizza goes. garlic crust is a must. is ms. helens still in effect? that is the soul food jump. and what's that place on rainier where the fat white lady made seriously large hamburgers?....and ezells never dissapoints anyone i've ever sent there/took there.
i could go on and on. it looks like you got it covered but i had to chime in. food is one reason i had to get back to the town for a while.
i know i'm new around these parts and i haven't lived in seattle for a while, but i'll take the pepsi challenge on this one.
tamarid (sp?) in the i.d. (more like the c.d., but i digress) is killin it. it seems to be better when it's not busy though.
cafe flora breakfast/brunch is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. the hi spot in madrona also used to be chronic, but it's been a while. most of the ethiopian food in seattle is legit. red mill gets co-signed a million times. and romio's kicks the teeth out of piecoras as far as pizza goes. garlic crust is a must. is ms. helens still in effect? that is the soul food jump. and what's that place on rainier where the fat white lady made seriously large hamburgers?....and ezells never dissapoints anyone i've ever sent there/took there.
i could go on and on. it looks like you got it covered but i had to chime in. food is one reason i had to get back to the town for a while.
there is no place outside of asia that can fuck with seattle on the asian food tip.
WOW! LOL. That is a serious statement there Ziggy. I have some news for you. I LOVE Seattle and all the great Asian food we have here and I live in Chinatown hommie so believe me, I know the deal. Besides the bay and NYC here is the deal... The Asian food in Vancouver and Toronto Canada is KILLIN' Seattle!!!!! The HK Chinese food and East Indian food in Richmond B.C. is incredible. You should go up there for a weekend. Toronto has THREE Chinatowns and they also have next level joints like 24 HR pho shops. Toronto is NO joke with the Asian food. Garden Grove, CA in Orange County has the largest Vietnamese population in the U.S. and the Vietnamese food there is off the hook. You really think the Korean food in the Seattle area is fuckin' with Korea town in Los Angeles? No way. I have also had excellent Korean, Thai and Japanese food in London. I could go on and on but I think you get the point.
Now on to the places you mentioned in Seattle,
Tamarind Tree is good, but Greenleaf Vietnamese restaurant is much better. Greenleaf has the best Vietnamese food in the city.
Cafe Flora is top notch. No one in their right mind will argue with that.
There is mos def a lot of good Ethiopian food in Seatown.
Red Mill burgers all day.
Romio's pizza is straight garbation like all the rest of the pizza in Seattle except for a couple spots.
Ms. Helen's closed back in like 2002 after the big earthquake and never re-opened. Ms. Helen has been cooking at various restaurants around town. Currently she is cooking at Rose Petals Restaurant, 6901 Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
Ezell's is official, even Oprah Winfrey knows that.
alright. i haven't been in seattle, so i'm probably talking out my ass a tad bit, but i would say, pound for pound, across the board, seattle dominates over most places.
korean...i'll concede that l.a. has it on lock. it's my least fav. of all asian persuasions, but my korean friend made a bold statement about l.a. being official with the bbq, so i'll go with that.
vietnamese...i'll agree to disagree with that. i dated a vietnamese chick who grew up in norwalk and every spot she took me to, i was like "nah honey." i did have outlandishly on point vietnamese food in houston (i heard that they have the most vietnamese folks, but this was 99).
and london? for real? unless you are willing to shell out dumb loot, i would say you were tripping on this point. even my folks in london concede that the food there is wrong. you can get good indian, but other than that....i don't know man. and i only eat asian food (or nandos) when i am in london.
here's my point on seattle: you can get a pretty banging meal from any asian country in seattle. even left-field thangs like cambodian, loastion (meaning food from laos, i'm not sure on how to phrase that), and indonesian.
and the other thing about seattle, and again i haven't been around for a while, you can kind of blindly walk into a spot and it will score at least a 7. the same cannot be said for most major cities i've been to, at least in my experience.
i've been meaning to check out van. a bit more, and it makes sense given their racial make up.
i grew up on romio's so i am biased, but straight garbation? i don't know. it's way different than your usual pie, but their sauce does it for me, plus the garlic crust?!? son....
but if you live in l.a. for awhile (like i did), even that nasty pizza dude used to sell outside of art bar seems truthful. good pizza in l.a. is very hard to find.
but this is one of those things that literally comes down to taste.
is richlen's still around and is their chicken still kickin? i heard about a cuban/pork sandwhich spot that popped up in fremont. i've heard good things.
do you big chan, or anyone else, know the place on rainier i am talking about? i can't remember what that place was called. all i remember is the big lady in the kitchen cooking the biggest burgers i've ever seen. it took forever to cook, but was well worth the wait.
korean...i'll concede that l.a. has it on lock. it's my least fav. of all asian persuasions, but my korean friend made a bold statement about l.a. being official with the bbq, so i'll go with that.
vietnamese...i'll agree to disagree with that. i dated a vietnamese chick who grew up in norwalk and every spot she took me to, i was like "nah honey." i did have outlandishly on point vietnamese food in houston (i heard that they have the most vietnamese folks, but this was 99).
and london? for real? unless you are willing to shell out dumb loot, i would say you were tripping on this point. even my folks in london concede that the food there is wrong. you can get good indian, but other than that....i don't know man. and i only eat asian food (or nandos) when i am in london.
here's my point on seattle: you can get a pretty banging meal from any asian country in seattle. even left-field thangs like cambodian, loastion (meaning food from laos, i'm not sure on how to phrase that), and indonesian.
and the other thing about seattle, and again i haven't been around for a while, you can kind of blindly walk into a spot and it will score at least a 7. the same cannot be said for most major cities i've been to, at least in my experience.
i've been meaning to check out van. a bit more, and it makes sense given their racial make up.
i grew up on romio's so i am biased, but straight garbation? i don't know. it's way different than your usual pie, but their sauce does it for me, plus the garlic crust?!? son....
but if you live in l.a. for awhile (like i did), even that nasty pizza dude used to sell outside of art bar seems truthful. good pizza in l.a. is very hard to find.
but this is one of those things that literally comes down to taste.
is richlen's still around and is their chicken still kickin? i heard about a cuban/pork sandwhich spot that popped up in fremont. i've heard good things.
do you big chan, or anyone else, know the place on rainier i am talking about? i can't remember what that place was called. all i remember is the big lady in the kitchen cooking the biggest burgers i've ever seen. it took forever to cook, but was well worth the wait.
wait... what?
one thing i miss about seattle, and this might sound horrible, but there are teriyaki spots everywhere! simple, quick, cheap and filling. there isn't a single teriyaki spot in mpls. i'm not saying it compares to good asian food, but its good fast food.
Seriously. I pretty much only eat Teriyaki and Thai. It's everywhere around here. I remember Otto used to murder the Yakisoba! Big shouts to everyone in town for stopping by my club night last evening. Was a really good night until some jack ass jumped over the bar and punched the bar tender around 12:30. The girl to guy ratio was bananas last night.
I loved Tamarind Tree. Haven't been to the other Vietnamese spot, but TT was some of the best I've ever had. And Ron REagan jr was there, so it had to be official.
Palace Kitchen is a classic and still really good...Tom Douglas is like the Mario Batali/Bobby Flay of Seattle. I liked Lark a lot. The NYTimes, for whatever that's worth, just named a spot called Tilth one of the ten best new restaurants in the country.
I think Seattle is a pretty strong food town.
Palace Kitchen is a classic and still really good...Tom Douglas is like the Mario Batali/Bobby Flay of Seattle. I liked Lark a lot. The NYTimes, for whatever that's worth, just named a spot called Tilth one of the ten best new restaurants in the country.
I think Seattle is a pretty strong food town.
