Gastrolust

I’m a bit perplexed about pork right now. It’s still an incredible ingredient—bacon in the salmon chowder might be the reason that Matt’s in the Market bested Bobby Flay in this week’s Food Network Throwdown. And I wait with bated breath for Seattle’s third annual Cochon 555 event, where I’ll be again sitting as a [...]

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I have a new (co-) favorite sushi restaurant to recommend: Sushi Kappo Tamura. Oh, I still love Kisaku, with some unique offerings and slightly lower prices, but Tamura offers a slightly more upscale dining experience and high quality fish at prices slightly below Shiro’s—which rounds out my top tier of sushi restaurants in Seattle. But [...]

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Dish: Boat Noodles Place: Kamrai Thai Cuisine, Shoreline Price: $9.50 In the Bowl: Per the menu: “Rice noodle with steam beef, green onions, cilantro and bean prouts.” Supporting Cast: A caddy of condiments: salt, chili flakes, chili oil, and Sriracha, I believe. What to do: Just eat. You can spice up the soup if you [...]

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Ahead of National Pie Day today (funny…we thought it would be on 3.14), a couple of your crack (pie) SunBreak staff checked out the new High 5 Pie on Capitol Hill. And the neighborhood smells great. You’ve been able to get some of these pies at Fuel Coffee and other cafes, but now Dani Cone [...]

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When a group of food writers was gathering on a late Sunday morning for brunch, I suggested Lecosho. (I’m not big on egg and batter dishes, so I liked that Lecosho served real lunch.) The menu looked perfect, and we sampled a number of the items, enjoying most–including octopus salad and Sardinian fish soup. Sandwiches [...]

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She knew she wanted to be a baker at a young age, back when she was living in Osaka. “At age 5 or 6, I would make a mess in the kitchen,” Setsuko Tanaka tells me. “I wanted to see how things mixed together, and what happened when you heated things up.” So while she [...]

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Dish: Bun Moa (#141) Place: Thanh Thao in Columbia City, Seattle Price: $6.95 In the Bowl: The menu advertises it as “mashed pork-pie, ham, pig’s feet and vermicelli spicy soup.” Supporting Cast: A side dish of bean sprouts, shredded cabbage, a few strips of iceberg lettuce, Thai basil, banana blossom, jalapeno, and lemon. What to [...]

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Early last year, I was dining at the counter of a favorite sushi restaurant with a couple of food writers who were seated to my left. The conversation was pretty passionate, as we were bantering about best and worst places to eat in the Seattle area. It turns out that a diner immediately to my [...]

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I think it’s fair to say it’s one of the classic dishes of the Seattle area: lasagna at Cafe Lago. The restaurant’s faithful have been coming for it since 1990, while others are just discovering it–most recently on Monday night when Chef/Owner Jordi Viladas offered a lasagna cooking class. (Cafe Lago is serving up free [...]

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Dish: Bee Bim Naeng Myun Place: Hae-Nam Kalbi & Calamari in Shoreline Price: $8.95 In the Bowl: A fiery red mass of buckwheat noodles with daikon kimchi, cucumber, beef slices, Asian pear, and half of a boiled egg. Supporting Cast: Scissors, and a small bowl of clear beef broth. Also a nice selection of banchan [...]

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