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Jay Friedman is a freelance food writer who does monthly restaurant reviews for Seattle Sound magazine. Growing up as part of an east coast, Chinese food-loving, Jewish-identified family, he thought shrimp with lobster sauce was the ultimate Asian dish until reading a recipe and realizing there ain’t no lobster there. Recovering from disillusionment, he’s traveled extensively in Asia , taken Thai cooking classes, and vowed to learn food-related kanji so that when he orders organ meats from the Chinese menu, servers won’t stare at him in disbelief.

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Boom Noodle's boom bounds beyond Japan

If you read the back of Boom Noodle’s menu, you’ll see that “my boom” is a popular Japanese term meaning “the thing I am...
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Aloha Ramen will replace Falafel King in Greenwood

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The Phinneywood blog reports that King Falafel has closed, but I'm excited about what's set to take its place at 8102 Greenwood Avenue North: Aloha...
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Kisaku continues to delight with Seattle's best sushi

In last year's listing of Seattle's top five Asian restaurants, I included Kisaku as my top Japanese pick. A recent visit reconfirmed why this is my...
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Obamakase means stimulating sushi at Chiso Kappo

Doing his part to stimulate the economy and your taste buds, Taichi Kitamura is offering up Obamakase at Chiso...
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Top Seattle Asian restaurants, and challenges

It's been about five months since I wrote up my top five Asian restaurants in Seattle. Since I'll soon be changing my writing focus here, I thought...
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Slurping Okinawa soba at Taka Sushi

The search for good, slurpable noodles in the Seattle area continues.I got a tip that I could find some at Taka Sushi in Lynnwood, the kind of tiny...
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Top secret: Top ramen at Tsukushinbo on Friday

Actually, it's not such a secret, as ramen regulars will testify. If you're looking for some of the best shoyu (soy sauce-based) ramen in Seattle, you...
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50% off at 5:00 at Maruta Shoten

In Tokyo, we enjoy going to the fish market close to closing time, hovering with the other customers and stalking the man with the marker. About 7:45...
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To try or to fly by Waji's

Having recently returned to the States from Asia, I'm thinking about all the great noodles, dumplings, and sushi you can get at airports on the other...
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This land is Sushi Land

Since I've been on the topic of kaiten sushi in Seattle and mentioned the battle in Queen Anne, it seems appropriate to pass along a report on one of...
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