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Malaysia

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Satay's Peter Ringold and Patrick McCredie Start a Restaurant from Scratch

    College buddies Peter Ringold and Patrick McCredie started Satay with the scent of the roti and satay from Malaysia still fresh on their minds. After a backpacking trip throughout India, Malaysia, and Thailand, the idea for the restaurant we now know as Satay started growing in their minds. However, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Malaysian Night at Perche No Takes You Back to a Homeland You Never Had

    Since I've never been to Malaysia, it was an odd sensation to feel like I was at home at an auntie's house, slurping housemade laksa noodles out of the murky orange broth. Equally disorienting was doing so while surrounded by the faux-talian décor of Perche No, which, aside from one Monday a month, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Congolese Cocoa Headed to Theo Chocolate

    ​A ship loaded with Congolese cocoa beans bound for Theo Chocolate is now sailing east across the Pacific Ocean. Theo Chocolate has been working closely with the Eastern Congo Initiative since 2010 to develop a cocoa crop quality improvement plan to aid the troubled region's economic developm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Valentine's Day Special: Lovebirds Reconnect Via WeMetOnAPlane.com

    It has probably happened to everyone at some point in their life. You meet someone on an airplane, most likely a seatmate. For hours you talk and laugh together, you eat and drink -- you flirt. Then the plane lands, ending one your most pleasurable flights ever. But for whatever reason, you forgot t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    New at the Puyallup Fair: Curried Vegetables

    ​Fisher Flour will sell over one million scones during this year's edition of the Puyallup Fair, but there's more to eat at the fair than pastry. This week, Voracious spotlights four new-to-the-fair foods worth checking out should the scone lines grow unbearably long. Unless eaters are confin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Is Boeing Heading from Second Place to First Loser?

    image sourceThe 737 is dead! Long live the 737!​Imagine this scenario: Sometime in the mid-1990's, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox managed to muscle out or swallow up every other team in Major League Baseball, and since then have played every game of every season, from spring train ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Silver Noodles and a Strange Experience at Penang Food Court

    ​Dish: Spicy Silver Noodle Soup Place: Penang Food Court, International District Price: $7.50 In the bowl: Per the listing on the wall: "Thin silver noodles with fish balls, pork, shrimp and bean sprouts in a light soup." I didn't notice any pork, though also swimming in the broth were a few ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Din Tai Fung: A First Look

    Photo courtesy chowtimes.com​As reported earlier today, Din Tai Fung--the highly anticipated Taiwanese dumpling house--opened very quietly over the weekend at 700 Bellevue Way Northeast, inside Lincoln Square. There was no big announcement, no fireworks. But because this was one of those resta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Microsoft Puts a Stop to Sham Piracy Investigations

    ​Just a month ago, Microsoft seemed like a villain after The New York Times exposed the company's cooperation with efforts by the Russian government to crack down on political dissidents. The scenario went like this: Russia would accuse advocacy organizations it didn't like of pirating Microso ... More >>

  • Film

    May 26, 2010

    SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

    ​Just a month ago, Microsoft seemed like a villain after The New York Times exposed the company's cooperation with efforts by the Russian government to crack down on political dissidents. The scenario went like this: Russia would accuse advocacy organizations it didn't like of pirating Microso ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2010

    Bladder Control

    Bears aren’t the only ones who value their gall bladders.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Bear Gall Bladder: The Hemorrhoid Cure That Can Get You Sent to Jail

    Bear gall bladders fetch big money in Asia​According to state Department of Fish and Wildlife officials, there's a huge local, national and international business in selling bear gall bladders. The organs are smuggled into Asia, where they are sold for $1,000 a piece and used as medicine to tr ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2009

    Biodiesel Blows Up

    No, not in a good way.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    The Vegetable Oil Syndrome: Explosion at a Biofuels Plant Shows No Signs of Conspiracy Yet

    No way are these two going to buy the official explanation.​Poor biodiesel. Only a few years ago, it was the cutest thing among greenies to tool around in a vegetable-oil-powered Mercedes with exhaust smelling of French fries. Then other greenies started to realize that the fuel's ingredients ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    No Depression Festival Announced!

    Damn! This is awesome. Talk about No Depression for the Great Recession...Gillian Welch, Iron & Wine, Patterson Hood, Jesse Sykes & more...all for $45! Per ND's press release: All-Day Event In Seattle Area Also Features Patterson Hood & The Screwtopians, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Justin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    News Flash: Singapore-Style Rice Noodles Aren't From Singapore

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly exploration of noodles in Seattle. Read the whole series here.Noodle: Singapore rice noodleSource: Pacific Cafe, 416 Fifth Ave. S., 682-0908, www.pacifichkcafe.com.Price: $5.95 at lunchI was meeting a friend for lunch at Tsukushinbo last Wednesday, and after waiting outs ... More >>

  • Food

    October 29, 2008

    No Ordinary Fry

    Exploring the city’s multicultural offerings of fries, frites, and chips.

  • News

    September 3, 2008

    Harassing Gas

    A Green Party gubernatorial candidate rings a biodiesel merchant’s bell, and gets accused of criminal behavior for it.

  • Food

    June 25, 2008

    How to Prevent Scurvy and Get a Buzz

    Just add lime.

  • News

    August 1, 2007

    Thanks For the "Misguided Diversity"

    Just add lime.

  • Film

    July 25, 2007

    I Don't Want to Sleep Alone: Kuala Lumpur Is Flooded With Longing

    Just add lime.

  • News

    July 18, 2007

    Should It Matter Where Your Biodiesel Comes From?

    As the area’s biodiesel industry prepares to explode, a Ballard pioneer throws down the ethical gauntlet.

  • Film

    May 30, 2007

    SIFF Week Two: Picks and Pans

    As the area’s biodiesel industry prepares to explode, a Ballard pioneer throws down the ethical gauntlet.

  • Film

    May 23, 2007

    SIFF Week One: Picks and Pans

    As the area’s biodiesel industry prepares to explode, a Ballard pioneer throws down the ethical gauntlet.

  • Food

    December 27, 2006

    Lovingly Constructed

    Two new MLK restaurants make it worth braving the light-rail chaos.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2006

    Monday Telegraph Room

    Two new MLK restaurants make it worth braving the light-rail chaos.

  • News

    November 24, 2004

    Is This What Failure Looks Like?

    Five years after the Battle in Seattle, results are mixed. Third World delegates have gridlocked the WTO but in the U.S. anti-globalization organizers have struggled to convert street heat into policy.

  • Arts

    October 13, 2004

    Learning to Love Pat Buchanan

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend. To a point.

  • News

    September 29, 2004

    Citizen Microsoft

    It's time we stopped acquiescing to the behemoth in Redmond, because what's good for big business isn't necessarily good for Washington.

  • Music

    April 14, 2004

    Hiding in Plain Sight

    The Sun City Girls are Seattle's biggest cult band, with 70-odd albums that run the gamut from fascinating to infuriating. They're also changing the face of aural ethnography with their Sublime Frequencies record label. So why haven't you heard of them?

  • Food

    December 31, 2003

    Ex-Rasa Makes Good

    Former Seattle Malaysian chain survives on Green Lake.

  • Arts

    November 12, 2003

    This Week's Reads

    M. Dylan Raskin, David Montgomery, Joseph Stiglitz & John Newhouse, and Peter Carey.

  • News

    December 4, 2002

    Find Yourself

    Mapping out gifts at Metsker.

  • News

    August 14, 2002

    I've . . . been solicited by prostitutes, and witnessed public urination more times than I care to recall. Why is that worth preserving?

    Mapping out gifts at Metsker.

  • Music

    June 26, 2002

    Through the Grinder

    Neil Hamburger slays himself.

  • Arts

    May 22, 2002

    Parting Glances

    One of S.F.'s edgier talents shares his life thus far in 20 sharp, emotion-packed essays.

  • News

    December 12, 2001

    Beyond the Fruitcake

    Cataloging the random treasures of the season.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    High-flying crime

    Boeing's latest fine sends its corporate rap sheet soaring to $100 million in the last three years.

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    Moore power or less?

    The new head of the WTO hopes no one notices he's the Wizard of Oz.

  • Arts

    June 2, 1999

    Welcome to the Day After Tomorrow

    Kurt Andersen lives 48 hours ahead of the rest of us.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    CONFESSIONS OF A LAPSED LEFTIST

    Kurt Andersen lives 48 hours ahead of the rest of us.

  • News

    February 17, 1999

    Corporate Mardi Gras

    Kurt Andersen lives 48 hours ahead of the rest of us.

  • Film

    December 2, 1998

    THE FALLING RISE OF Jerry Springer

    From mayor to news anchor to talk show host to . . . movie star?

  • Film

    August 12, 1998

    Clunk

    If this is Paradise, I'll take the Inferno.

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