Subject:

Philippines

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Thanh Vi To Become Fusion World

    Seattle food writer Sara Dickerman's recent contention that "fusion" is no longer a dirty word in culinary circles could bode well for an International District restaurant in the midst of a major redesign. After a decade of serving a purely Vietnamese menu, Thanh Vi has eliminated half of its class ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Boom Noodle, The Cutting Board, and Obasan Use Bento Boxes to Appease Picky Eaters

    Sooner or later, most kids go through a picky eating phase. Sometimes, they never grow out of it. But luckily, it's relatively short-lived for most kids, having something to do with learning to experience new tastes and textures. For especially picky eaters who tend to tantrum when rice, chicken, or ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Afghanistan 2001-2011

    Sooner or later, most kids go through a picky eating phase. Sometimes, they never grow out of it. But luckily, it's relatively short-lived for most kids, having something to do with learning to experience new tastes and textures. For especially picky eaters who tend to tantrum when rice, chicken, or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    The Wino Judges Bottles by Their Labels

    Do cute labels always mean a hangover?​Hey, fellow lushes! Ever notice that the cutesier the label, the worse the hangover? I can just picture high-powered fat cats sitting around the board room, smoking stogies, drinking martinis, and hatching a plan to sell off the bottom-of-the-barrel wine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    4 Seattle Weekly Voracious Writers Make Me Sick

    Just like our friend Harry, here, food poisoning brings out the worst in us, literally.​Almost everyone has suffered from the dreaded food poisoning at one point or another in life. But every now and again, you meet one of those lucky jerks who says, "oh, gosh, no! I've never gotten sick from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Pancit Time at Family Time

    ​Dish: Pancit Bihon Place: Family Time Restaurant, Shoreline Price: $9.95 On the plate: Thin rice noodles plus pork, cabbage, green-bean pieces, julienned carrot, and sliced green onions. Supporting cast: Just a lemon wedge. What to do: Simply spritz some lemon on the noodle dish if you'd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Karaoke Korrespondent Goes Classy and High Tech at Capitol Hill's Rock Box

    The cleanest place KK's ever been.​For the second straight week I was out singing with my work friends, but this time it was on a Saturday, so we got to rip it up. My buddy Juan had been on me for months to help him rustle up a crew to check out Rock Box on Capitol Hill (on Pine just off of Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Crispy Pata: Heart Attack on a Plate? Yes, Please

    Photo by Leslie KellyThe crispy pata at Family Time lived up to its description.​You might think getting prepped to be a judge at this weekend's Cochon 555 would require a pre-pig-out juice fast or endless bowls of oatmeal, but not for this pork lover. On the eve of sitting down to more than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Karaoke Korrespondent Impresses Daddy & a Beyoncé Wannabe at The Dungeon in the Philippines

    Even Filapinas want to be her.​Things settled down during my second and final week in the Philippines. One big Sunday of brandy, Red Horse, and Johnnie Walker Blue with my cousin stopped us dead in our tracks. We spent the next day at his cousin's house in Parañaque. I didn't want to get off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Karaoke Korrespondent Reunites With Buffy the Hooker and Becomes a Gleek in the Philippines

    Glee: a little less freaky than a Filipino strip club.​Day 3 -- Thursday, January 20, 2011 Woke up at sunrise on the couch in my 22nd-floor hotel room in Makati looking out at the city thinking about the wild night of KTV with my cousin and those strippers in the private room the night before, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    A One-Week Break Is Never a Good Sign, My Friend

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He makes regular appearances on the blog throughout the week as well. Send your questions to askduff@seattleweekly.com.​Q: My girlfriend texted me last Monday and said that she needed a week of space, meaning we can't see or talk to each oth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    SeaTac Worker Busted After Allegedly Bragging About Child-Rape Photos to Co-Worker

    ​It takes a special kind of creep to fly halfway across the world, rape a young girl and record the experience. But even the most brazen perv knows better than to do what police are accusing a 60-year-old SeaTac worker of doing last month.

  • Music

    October 6, 2010

    Disappointments and Dreams in the Karaoke Bar

    When you perform as much as I do, you start to miss your friends.

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2010

    Weaving Heritage

    When you perform as much as I do, you start to miss your friends.

  • Food

    July 28, 2010

    Strong Safety

    Flying Fish is unremarkably remarkable.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Kino Gomez: Dead, Alive? Manhunt Continues

    ​Wherever Kino Gomez might be, "If he's still alive and in the U.S.," says Okanogan County Sheriff's detective Mike Murray, "he's doing really well" for a fugitive. The former King County road engineer is accused of the July 17, 2009 murder of Seattle music producer and sound engineer Tom Pfae ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    KJR Caps Off an Epic Memorial Day Karaoke Bender at the Tug

    "Sweet Caroline" might be Diamond's driver, but he's got plenty of clubs in his bag.​I covered every base of my karaoke life this past Memorial Day weekend. I sang in my neighborhood (Greenwood) on Friday, with Filipinos Saturday afternoon, my regular spot (Tarasco) Saturday night and, on Sund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Clam Fans Will Dig This Fiery Kimchi Recipe

    Photo by Leslie KellyDezi Bonow's Kimchi Clams features a double shot of bivalves.​Dahlia Lounge sous chef Dezi Bonow likes to show off kimchi's versatility on the restaurant's ever-changing Sea Bar menu. Check out parts one and two of this week's Grillaxin for his zen approach to the fiery Ko ... More >>

  • Food

    March 10, 2010

    A Mighty Wind

    Mistral's Kitchen's short rib is the standard by which all other entrées will be measured.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    No Trace Yet of Accused Murderer Gomez

    ​Where is fugitive Kino Gomez, and is he dead or alive? "They're looking everywhere, but there's no sign of him," says Twisp Police spokesperson Vicki Hallowell, whose department is the lead agency in the hunt for the former King County road engineer accused of the July 17 murder of Seattle mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Grillaxin' with Joey Serquinia of Txori

    ​When Voracious catches up with Joey Serquinia, chef de cuisine of Txori, he is at the restaurant on what is technically his day off. He's just here, he says, to help the staff implement the new menu, which Serquinia changes every two weeks, but he'll be out of the restaurant early enough to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Tunnel of Grub

    Light rail is here and it is amazing. Riding public transportation is, of course, a great way to see the city in a new way. (Who knew there were beautiful murals hiding on the back sides of warehouses in SODO?) But really, now that light rail has arrived, you have no excuse not to eat your way throu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Thin Wheat Line: Inay's Pancit Is Universally Likeable

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly survey of noodles in Seattle. Noodle: Pancit Source: Inay's Asian Pacific Cuisine, 2503 Beacon Ave. S., 325-5692. Price: $6.75 as part of a combo plate (rice plus two dishes) I always feel a little hinky ordering pancit at a Filipino restaurant. Not that there isn't a ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 15, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly survey of noodles in Seattle. Noodle: Pancit Source: Inay's Asian Pacific Cuisine, 2503 Beacon Ave. S., 325-5692. Price: $6.75 as part of a combo plate (rice plus two dishes) I always feel a little hinky ordering pancit at a Filipino restaurant. Not that there isn't a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Stephanie Syjuco

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly survey of noodles in Seattle. Noodle: Pancit Source: Inay's Asian Pacific Cuisine, 2503 Beacon Ave. S., 325-5692. Price: $6.75 as part of a combo plate (rice plus two dishes) I always feel a little hinky ordering pancit at a Filipino restaurant. Not that there isn't a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Of All the Things

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly survey of noodles in Seattle. Noodle: Pancit Source: Inay's Asian Pacific Cuisine, 2503 Beacon Ave. S., 325-5692. Price: $6.75 as part of a combo plate (rice plus two dishes) I always feel a little hinky ordering pancit at a Filipino restaurant. Not that there isn't a ... More >>

  • Food

    May 7, 2008

    Master Fried Sardines Hot & Spicy Pulutan

    Maybe jellyfish wouldn’t be so bad.

  • Music

    February 20, 2008

    1st Quarter Greet Hip-Hop via Rape, Politics, and the Philippines

    Seattle's only Filipina hip-hop group, and one of only a handful across the United States

  • News

    December 12, 2007

    A Former Rainier Beach Star Was Exiled to the Wacky World of Filipino Basketball

    It might have been the best thing for him.

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Inslee's Hot for Change; Local Soldiers Lost in the Other War

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2007

    Philippines: A Re-return

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2007

    The War Math

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2007

    Unnoticed Milestone: 3,500

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    We Have the Rights Stuff

    Dec. 14-20, 2005

  • Arts

    September 28, 2005

    Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2005

    Dec. 14-20, 2005

  • Arts

    September 21, 2005

    Sept. 21-27, 2005

    Dec. 14-20, 2005

  • Arts

    September 14, 2005

    Sept. 14-20, 2005

    Dec. 14-20, 2005

  • Arts

    February 16, 2005

    Days of Being Wild

    Also: Ergonomicon, Ghostface, Bob Roll, and Rebecca.

  • Food

    January 26, 2005

    Mezzo Fresco

    The pies are lust-worthy at Fremont Classic; the rest, not so much.

  • Food

    June 16, 2004

    Rice World

    If Todai is the future of sushi, kiss your unagi roll goodbye.

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    Culture Shocks

    A dangerous world visits Seattle to market its love of American tourists.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses

    Here's one measure of the cost of fighting terrorism and liberating Iraq and Afghanistan: 395 with Washington state connections are dead.

  • News

    March 6, 2002

    Who Said It?

    Here's one measure of the cost of fighting terrorism and liberating Iraq and Afghanistan: 395 with Washington state connections are dead.

  • News

    March 6, 2002

    Buddy's Monday

    Here's one measure of the cost of fighting terrorism and liberating Iraq and Afghanistan: 395 with Washington state connections are dead.

  • Arts

    January 16, 2002

    Small World

    Teen dream

  • Film

    October 4, 2000

    Deeper

    Upstart film fest expands.

  • News

    May 10, 2000

    From the desk of...

    Upstart film fest expands.

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Resistance is fertile!

    After the WTO, Electrohippies plan online "hacktivism" against biotech targets.

  • Diversions

    November 17, 1999

    I love typing! How to get the Administrative Assistant job of your dreams.

    After the WTO, Electrohippies plan online "hacktivism" against biotech targets.

  • Arts

    October 13, 1999

    Love, honor, and . . . oh, boy

    The perils of polygamy, according to David Hwang's new play Golden Child.

  • More >>
VOICE Daily Deals

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This

About Us | Media Kit | Work for Seattle Weekly | Esubscribe | Free Classifieds | Seattle Weekly Advertising | National Online Advertising | Mobile | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Problems? | RSS | Site Map
© 2012 Seattle Weekly, LLC, All rights reserved.
Browse Voice Nation
avatar
Newsletters | Mobile
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy