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Okinawa Prefecture

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Assessing the "Where Should I Eat?" Apps

    Urbanspoon last week released a redone version of its popular app, supplementing its shake-to-suggest slot machine with interactive maps and lists of restaurants favored by Eater or helmed by James Beard-nominated chefs. Another new feature notifies registered users when they're in the vicinity of a ... More >>

  • Food

    March 21, 2012

    Voracious Dining Guide

    Our 2012 neighborhood snackdown!

  • Food

    February 29, 2012

    Okinawa's Top Ramen

    Seattle's most slurpable bowl.

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Okinawa Teriyaki Serves Seattle's Most Slurpable Ramen

    For the vast majority of American eaters, the word "ramen" implies a pale brick of instant noodles wrapped in plastic, and packaged with a silver packet of salty beef, chicken, or shrimp bouillon. It is the bargain-priced, sodium-saturated food staple that has kept countless college students from st ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Afghanistan 2001-2011

    For the vast majority of American eaters, the word "ramen" implies a pale brick of instant noodles wrapped in plastic, and packaged with a silver packet of salty beef, chicken, or shrimp bouillon. It is the bargain-priced, sodium-saturated food staple that has kept countless college students from st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    What's Wrong With Ramen in Seattle?

    G-Men's ramen.​When I attended the Culinary Institute of America's annual Worlds of Flavor conference last year, one speaker mentioned that there are more than 80,000 ramen restaurants in Japan. Those are dedicated ramen shops, selling little more than gyoza on the side. Seattle has two such ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Far From Okinawa, Far From Ramen

    ​Dish: Ramen (chosen with chicken) Place: Okinawa Teriyaki, Downtown Price: $6.99 In the bowl: Ramen noodles and broth. (So far, so good, sort of. And then it gets weird.) Chicken. Strands of egg. And lots of vegetables: mushrooms, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, and zucchini. Supporting cast: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Someone REALLY Hates This Week's Issue of Seattle Weekly

    ​It would appear that bovine friends of the Marquardt bull slaughtered by guerrilla restaurateur Lou Kohl in this week's issue of Seattle Weekly have exacted at least partial revenge for their friend's brass-knuckles dispatching. That, or someone ran over our newspaper box.

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Okinawa Teriyaki Takes Over John's Wok Downtown, Charlestown Street Café Closes in West Seattle, & More

    Okinawa Teriyaki is now bigger and better!​You may recall Mike Seely wrote a heartfelt eulogy after John's Wok at 1022 Alaskan Way closed. The closest convenience store to Seattle Weekly headquarters sold many staffers its overpriced bags of Doritos, hangover-curing breakfast sandwiches, and c ... More >>

  • Food

    April 7, 2010

    Our Favorite Restaurants 2010

    Okinawa Teriyaki is now bigger and better!​You may recall Mike Seely wrote a heartfelt eulogy after John's Wok at 1022 Alaskan Way closed. The closest convenience store to Seattle Weekly headquarters sold many staffers its overpriced bags of Doritos, hangover-curing breakfast sandwiches, and c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Versus: Talkin' Teriyaki

    Okinawa's spicy chicken teriyaki​As Seely pointed out last week, Kauffman and his awesome, sprawling piece on teriyaki got a nod from John T. Edge in The New York Times. There was a lot of chatter and debate among food types in the days after--which piece was better, why does teriyaki have to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Versus: Slim Spam Sliders

    Marination Mobile's Spam sliders​Versus is a big fan of Hawaiian cuisine, due in no small part to the fact that it's the ultimate brown people food. Hawaiian food, just like the islands' population, is a rich mash-up of Polynesian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Portuguese. Hawaiian ... More >>

  • Arts

    November 18, 2009

    Classical: Shock of the Old

    Peter Hallock turned medieval tradition into a contemporary phenomenon.

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Thin Wheat Line: Shio & Miso Ramen, Not So Hawaiian at All

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly exploration of Seattle noodles. Noodle: Shio ramen Source: Aloha Ramen, 8102 Greenwood Ave., 838-3837 -- open for dinner only Price: $6.50 After my saimin expedition of a few weeks ago, I wasn't sure what to make of a Hawaiian ramen shop. Turns out, though, that Lore ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    Teriyaki Favorites

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly exploration of Seattle noodles. Noodle: Shio ramen Source: Aloha Ramen, 8102 Greenwood Ave., 838-3837 -- open for dinner only Price: $6.50 After my saimin expedition of a few weeks ago, I wasn't sure what to make of a Hawaiian ramen shop. Turns out, though, that Lore ... More >>

  • Food

    July 27, 2005

    A Raft of Openings

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly exploration of Seattle noodles. Noodle: Shio ramen Source: Aloha Ramen, 8102 Greenwood Ave., 838-3837 -- open for dinner only Price: $6.50 After my saimin expedition of a few weeks ago, I wasn't sure what to make of a Hawaiian ramen shop. Turns out, though, that Lore ... More >>

  • Food

    March 31, 2004

    Not Tiki, Just Freaky

    Leave your grass skirt at home if you venture to the Islander.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Afghanistan

    Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    Running With Fear

    Confessions of a breast cancer poster child.

  • Film

    August 28, 2002

    Growing Uneasy

    Affecting, e-mail-heavy teen drama launches three-week Japanese cinema series. But was junior high really that bad?

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