![]() UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND PIKE PLACE MARKETĪ hum bao from Mee Sum Pastry is the OG broke-joke Seattle snack. (MEG VAN HUYGEN)Įven more excellent Black-owned restaurants: Cafe Campagne (Pike Place Market), Plum Bistro (Capitol Hill), Fat’s Chicken and Waffles (Central District), Osteria La Spiga (Capitol Hill), Island Soul Rum Bar and Soul Shack (Columbia City) The award for Best Thing I’ve Ever Put in My Mouth probably goes to their neck bone stew. Chef Kristi Brown nods to the neighborhood’s diversity, for example, with the catfish po’mi, a bánh mì made with cornmeal-crusted fried catfish, cukes, pickled daikon and carrots, grilled jalapeños, pté, and tangy remoulade. Communion’s menu serves as a historical document. You’ll find soul food in the CD, yes, but also Vietnamese cuisine, Middle Eastern food, and Ethiopian restaurants. Communion is a place to meet old friends, make new ones, and foster community while celebrating the singular, very specific culinary heritage of the Central District, both past and present. Condé Nast Traveler named it one of the 12 Best New Restaurants in the World 2021. The New York Times put it on their Restaurant List 2021. More vegetarian and vegan favorites: Plum Bistro (Capitol Hill), the Wayward Vegan (Roosevelt), Cafe Flora (Madison Valley), Georgetown Liquor Company (Georgetown), Araya’s Place (University District) Baker), Dong Thap Noodles (Chinatown-International District) More pho-vorites: Pho Than Brothers (various locations), Ba Bar (various locations), Pho Viet Anh (Belltown), Pho Bac (Mt. The bar feels dark, date-y, with flickering candles and the ebb and flow of conversation. There are around 10 drinks on offer at any given time, a comfortable cluster of two-tops and bar seating, and a tight selection of satisfying snacks, including a sweet, creamy, savory crab dip served with Vietnamese “Sky Flakes” saltine crackers, as well as pho from downstairs offered in an oversized Cup O’ Noodles bucket. Guests at PST enter first through the soup shop, then up a flight of stairs into a space that feels like a secret. ![]() Phòcific Standard Time, referred to less formally as PST, is the collaborative work of sisters Yenvy and Quynh Pham-who grew up in their family’s multi-location Phò Băc chain of soup shops-and bartender Katie Frazier. One more thing: best to get the Sriracha sauce that’s on the main counter to use with the meals.Phòcific Standard Time and Phò Băc Sup Shop Next time I will try the Broccoli beef or the Dan Dan Noodles as a separate entrée. It wasn’t the worst entrée, but this dish has now sworn me off the chicken entrees here. After all, what exactly IS Szechuan Chicken. This was an example of a chicken filling that could be served anywhere and had no real creativity to it. The sauce was a light reddish color and was supposed to be spicy it absolutely wasn’t. Not good –it tastes faintly sweet and the onion to actual chicken ratio was pretty high. This time I ordered the Szechuan Chicken. On my recent visit I chose another spicy chicken entrée for my lunch special. That was disappointing because I mean how hard is it to make this –unless it doesn’t seem freshly made. It tasted stale and dry and didn’t seem to have too much flavor. One distinct minus was the fried rice I ordered with the special. Nothing spectacular and I would have liked more veggies served with it. The Orange Chicken thankfully tasted nothing like Panda Express, but the buttload of chicken was batter-fried and the sauce was just OK. The heat of the sauce just smoldering enough and the dish was not buried in peanuts. While I don’t normally eat a lot of shrimp, his order tasted fresh and crisp. The entrees the first time were Orange Chicken and Kung Pao Shrimp, which my friend ordered. So in SF is first rate but the real crown jewel still remains Eric’s in SF. It had a substantial presence of pepper but it wasn’t too overpowering. On both visits the hot and sour soup we were served as part of the lunch meal was very good. Also, the kitchen is almost smack in the middle of everything. If it seems a tad cramped, it’s because the place fills up quickly and with a lot of regulars too. ![]() Especially when it’s warm out you want the coolness this provides. It’s an airy place, and it seems like the ceilings are open but in fact it’s the outdoor windows that give it an al fresco feel. Let me start by saying how much I like the atmosphere and décor. We came at lunch and this second time was lunch as well. Because of that we were greeted very warmly and I was even introduced to the owners. I was brought here initially by a colleague who is a regular here. This place is right beside the freeway and in a semi residential area, with some service businesses nearby. ![]() You don’t have to wade through traffic and parking meters downtown. First, it’s an interesting location and really quite a find. This is my second time at Hot Wok Bistro. ![]()
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