Gastrolust

Still catching up on all my pre-December restaurant reports. Consider these quick bites of the Asian variety:

Buddha Ruksa serves up some beautiful plates, placing it in the upper echelon of Thai restaurants in the Seattle area. Not as high as Noodle Boat in Issaquah, which might be the best around, but certainly a solid choice [...]

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Seattle is saturated with Thai restaurants, most of which, for me, are just so-so. So when I get a hankering for food from that part of the world, I’m glad to know that Viengthong is a viable option, offering a sprinkling of Laotian dishes to the mix.
 
I’m amazed that Viengthong has hung in there for [...]

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I’m disappointed with Thai food in Seattle. It’s not bad, but it’s uninspiring. So why would I want to go to Tukwila to sample more? That’s what I thought when invited to the new Racha Thai & Asian Kitchen at Southcenter Mall.
Southcenter’s interesting. There are “suburban” shoppers (Caucasians, etc.) who are happy with food court [...]

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After heading to Manhattan and walking/shopping off our Chinese lunch at Flushing’s Golden Mall, tired from the red-eye and eager to see Obama’s acceptance speech, we decided to head back to our hotel in Flushing fairly early. But not without first stopping off in Woodside for dinner at Sripraphai.
During our trips to New York, we’ve [...]

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We really hesitate to head out for curry, as it’s a staple in our cooking repertoire – sort of our emergency food. But when we found ourselves at Racha recently, we decided to give the exotic sounding Jungle Curry a try.
It’s not that it was bad… we just don’t get it. A small [...]

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