My best guess with my poor chinese:

1. Honey pepper scallops and shrimp
5. Pineapple sweet and sour pork ribs (HK style)
7. Malay [something] pork jowl? can't read the third character
8. Roast duck and taro fried rice
9. Pan fried fuzzy melon and oyster

I just went to Fuji in Bellevue yesterday and purchased a couple things. It's not even in the same ballpark as the previous incarnation and is now sadly not worth the trip IMHO.

It's probably not THE best restaurant in Seattle but I find it consistently good. Plus hey it's my local cheap eats so I'll be happy once it slows down a bit and it's easier to get a table.

Not sure if you are still looking for a recommendation but apparently the people from HKL have just opened a branch in the old Lychee Garden space on Powell between Broadway and Vallejo and Green right in Chinatown. I haven't personally eaten there but have been told it's the same quality as either location on Geary.

I agree with the comments above that HKL is much better than Yank Sing. YS is not bad though although severely overpriced, and the service is always excellent.

Serious biscuit. Yum!

Try the biscuit with crispy ham hock and collard greens.

I quite like King Noodle especially since you can customize the order pretty much however you like. Their chive, shrimp, and pork potstickers are the best I've had in a while. They are plump and extremely juicy with nicely crisped bottoms. I think something like 6 for $4. I could eat a dozen.They also make some szechuan style appetizers which we found very fresh and tasty.

663 is famous for their salt and pepper chicken wings which are really dry fried chicken wings with a slightly sweet, slightly spicy glaze. Their noodle dishes are generally good (avoid the XO sauce here) with a nice "breath of wok" sear to them. The main dishes tend to be greasy and salty.

I find that Dim Sum King is actually not bad. Especially anything that uses a glutinous rice dough (sesame balls, salt water dumpling) they do really well. Their rice noodle crepe is a pass. I would say their food is about on par with all the other mediocre dim sum in Seattle.

Jade Garden has acceptable dim sum but the place is filthy. They used to make excellent egg rolls with just shrimp and yellow chives but last time I went they started to cheap out and add cabbage.The pan fried dumpling with green chive and shrimp is always good here.

I quite like Hard Wok Cafe. I'm not much of an authority on Taiwanese food but my friends from Taiwan quite like it. They make an excellent soy egg. Their tofu and grass jelly or shaved ice desserts are especially good.

Henry's Taiwan is very inconsistent. Sometime is pretty decent, othertimes it's intolerable. Not sure what's going on.

Uwajimaya sells Ohsawa.

Uwajimaya also sells two different kinds of nama shoyu from Kikkoman Japan. they come in plastic pouches with almost now english writing on them. Super delicious stuff.

+1 on Fuji Bakery. Excellent quality traditional french viennoserie and some pretty interesting japanese-french fusion offerings (mini brioche "cube" filled with red bean and raspberry....yummmmm)

Although not nearly as clean or as organized, I find I prefer the 99 Ranch down in Renton next to Ikea.

For Asian grocery stores, Uwajimaya is excellent but can be a bit expensive for essentials. Two other ones worth checking out: Jing Jing market in the same strip mall as Top Gun restaurant in Factoria and the other one (forgot the name) is in the strip mall on the southwest corner of 148th and NE 20th in Overlake. Both are less expensive than Uwajimaya and have a broader range of asian (chinese) groceries.

H-Mart in Lynnwood mentioned above is an excellent source for Korean groceries. Their meat selection is especially good. The produce is very good quality (about on par with Uwajimaya IMO) and much less expensive. It's huge so they have a lot of variety.

One other supermarket for Filipino specialties is Seafood City which is oddly enough attached to the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila. Decent meat counter (seems pretty pork oriented) and moderately priced seafood; the selection tends more towards what's cooked in Filipino cuisine.

If you make it into Seattle, Mutual Fish would be my go to choice for a fish market. Uwajimaya in the International District would be a good choice as well.

I've read that you can make one by taking a disposable plastic container (eg gladware or ziploc) and drill some holes on the bottom and sides to allow for drainage. Or you could make kunigoshi (silken style) which you can let set in any closed container.

I completely agree with Hung Wei Lo. Growing up eating dim sum in the bay area, the places up here just cannot compare to Vancouver, Bay Area, LA. There isn't enough competition to force better quality food or service. Although Sun Sui Wah is not my favorite in Vancouver, it's still in a different league compared to places in Seattle. I'd recommend Fisherman's Terrace or Kirin in Vancouver.

That said, Jade Garden or Harbour City (across the street from Jade Garden) will do in a fix. Top Gun in Factoria would be my choice on the east side.

thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm planning on bringing my folks up to Vancouver for some king crab probably at one of the chinese dim sum palaces like Kirin, Sun Sui Wah, Fisherman's Terrace etc.. I think I remember the peak of the season is mid-March. Is that right? Does anyone remember from last year?

Also any recommendations on a venue?

thanks!

+1 on Sushi Kappo Tamura

If you're going to be at Spinasse for dinner on the 26th there are a number of places to have a nice drink before or after, Artusi next door to Seattle makes some nice amari (italian bitter aperitif/digestif) cocktails, Tavern Law, Rock Box etc.

Also Molly Moon's for ice cream!

Not sure of a restaurant that has them but they're really easy to make at home. You can buy the buns at Uwajimaya or in pretty much any asian store (I've read that even at Momofuku they don't make them in house). The pork belly requires an overnight brine then some time in a low oven before a last minute blast of heat to crisp up the skin. The hoisin sauce is purchased and you can choose whether or not to lightly pickle the cucumbers. Here's a recipe:

http://kitchenmusings.com/2011/01/mom...

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Uwajimaya
600 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA

Totally agree with FoodDoog. It really depends on what you want to eat. Some of the things I like at specific places:

1. Roast pork or Soy Sauce duck at King's BBQ. I find the roast duck just ok
2. Paper wrapped cupcakes at Yummy Bakery
3. Banh mi at Saigon Deli. Specifically the bi and xiu mai kind.
4. BBQ pork buns at Duk Li (Lee?)
5. Sesame balls at Dim Sum King
6. Prawn and yellow chive egg rolls at Jade Garden
7. Salt and pepper chicken wings at 663 Bistro

For groceries, I prefer Uwajimaya for the cleanliness but Dong Hing on Jackson and Lam's on King St are not bad.

Also must mention the viennoserie at Fuji Bakery. Some of the best I've had outside of Paris and Payard (before they closed) in NYC.

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Uwajimaya
600 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA

Saigon Deli
1237 S Jackson St Ste E, Seattle, WA 98144

Jade Garden Restaurant
7th S King S, Seattle, WA 98101

Fuji Bakery
526 S King St, Seattle, WA 98104

Frozen butter chicken and basmati rice. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Incredibly watery sauce, very little chicken whatsoever, and sopping wet rice with zero basmati aroma or flavor. Definitely one of the weakest items I've had at TJs.

Try some of the other asian stores closer to 12th and Jackson. Dong Hing, Hao Hao, Lam's etc. all have the same ones as Uwajimaya (but fresh and unrefrigerated) so they are much more pliable.

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Uwajimaya
600 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA

Actually peking duck and cantonese roast duck are prepared and presented differently. I guess you could make a reasonable approximation if you were to buy or make the pancakes (or split buns if you prefer) and serve it with the scallions, cucumber, and sweet bean paste/hoisin sauce. You'd probably need to reheat the cantonese roast duck to crisp up the skin as well otherwise it would be flabbier and fattier than a good peking duck.

I know plenty of Japanese people in Japan that still enjoy okayu and pickles for breakfast.