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OMG, You Guys! Hard Rock Cafe Is Coming to Seattle!

Satay a while

Pan-Asian goes palatial—without neglecting our favorite dishes.

Metal in a bottle

From Aberdeen, Wash., to Copenhagen, Denmark, the Melvins still bring the pain.

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 >>

Keeping it Simple

All theater simple needs to blow audiences away are actors and imagination.

Francophobia

France comes to Seattle in search of American tourists.

SIFF Week 4: Picks & Pans

Russian mobsters, Hong Kong gangsters, murder in Italy, sex tourism in Nepal, and sheep rustling in Sardinia—it’s an international crime wave! See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more. By SW staff and contributors

22,000 Songs and Nothing to Listen To

One day, every song ever recorded will fit into your back pocket. But will you listen to any of them?

Wild Drinks, White Curry, and Can’t-Miss Crispy Bits at Julia’s Indonesian Kitchen

Everything about Julia’s is built on the scale of cute.

Teapot Vegetarian House

This recently relocated Capitol Hill restaurant charms with fountains, lotus-root chips, and pressed gluten.

Where Dorothy Shops

Urbanite boutiques.

The Urbanite

Dorothy Ho cuts an international figure.

Viet Wah Group

Best Asian Empire

Mesdames Ambassadors

Two very rich Eastside Republican donors are suddenly faces of America abroad.

Nanny Seattle

The city is inching toward the suburbs—and Singapore.

Grand Hotel

The Sorrento's Hunt Club offers a bygone glamour on your plate.

HAPPY HOUR!

The Sorrento's Hunt Club offers a bygone glamour on your plate.

Hot Dish

The Sorrento's Hunt Club offers a bygone glamour on your plate.

Eating Rainier

A report from the field by a self-taught expert.

Tailor made

Choreographer Val Caniparoli has his way with PNB.

Blue law bonanza

Seattle's new Victorians have a banner week.

The mask slips

The Third World blocks US plans at the WTO's Seattle round.

Big Hangover

Building your own or add to someone else's liquid love lounge

"If you are a transit user, your waits are going to be longer, your connections less frequent, your buses dirtier, and your fares higher."

Building your own or add to someone else's liquid love lounge

Fear of flying coach

Port of Seattle officials soar high, golf far, and a "fiscal conservative" blazes the trail.

Books Quarterly: All in a Day's Work at Virtual i/O

Backstabbing, Burn Rates, and Darth Vadar Voice Boxes. Inside the start-up that flamed out.

Hacks turned flacks

Backstabbing, Burn Rates, and Darth Vadar Voice Boxes. Inside the start-up that flamed out.

Media Culpa

Backstabbing, Burn Rates, and Darth Vadar Voice Boxes. Inside the start-up that flamed out.

Thin Wheat Line: Do Re Mi La Cay

Jonathan KauffmanThin Wheat Line is a weekly exploration of noodles in Seattle. Noodle: Chaozhou-style mi soup noodle Source: Mi La Cay, 718 Rainier Ave. S., 322-6840 Price: $6.75 In the looks department, your average International District storefront is more Adrien Brody than Chace Crawford. Mi ... More >>

Kanye Busts a Rhetorical Noggin

Novoselic In Singapore 1992. Photo: Kurt Cobain​Now Kanye West knows what it's like to embarrass yourself on the VMA's - at least dropping a bass on my head wasn't on purpose so there was no need to make any apologies!!!!

Can the U.S. Government Help Amanda Knox?

Or a fantastic appeals attorney​Speaking on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanaopoulos, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confessed that, unlike the rest of the world's populace, she had not in fact been waiting breathlessly for the verdict in the Amanda Knox trial. The former UW s ... More >>

Seattle Blogs: Seahawks Fan High on Crack Terrorizes Motel

Note: The real Lofa Tatupu had nothing to do with the crack-fueled crime spree.​The blogospheres tastiest morsels. Delivered to you hot and fresh every day. - SeattleCrime has a delightful story about a man in a Lofa Tatupu jersey, some crack and the Aurora Avenue motel that hosted this night ... More >>

Illegal Loogies: Seattle Considers Banning Spitting in Parks

If the Parks Department gets its way, mouth juice like this will no longer be tolerated within city limits.​Singapore gets a lot of gruff for having laws on the books banning spitting in public. But if Seattle Park Board members pass a code of conduct tonight, Jet City just might replace the A ... More >>

Tasting the Trees at The Herbfarm

Look yummy, don't they?​I have seen a lot of unusual menu inspirations in my day. Movies, music, the hyper-regional cuisines of entire countries most people couldn't pick out on a map. I remember one done entirely based on films that cooks love (Big Night, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas and such) ... More >>

Recapturing Brighter Days and the Cuisine of Indonesia

​One of the greatest meals I ever ate was at Penang, an Indonesian restaurant in Philadelphia's Chinatown. I fell in love with my wife here (one of the dozen or so restaurants, scattered between Philly, Rochester, Ithaca, New York, Santa Fe, Boulder, Colorado and Manhattan where this slow proc ... More >>

Top Chef

The Lams' cluttered, delicious Asian-American dream.

Ming Wong: Life of Imitation

The Lams' cluttered, delicious Asian-American dream.

The Fussy Eye: Lost in the Movies, Lost at the Movies

The Frye turns into a multiplex.

Anything but Wallbangers at Easy Joe's

Be sure to ask Nancy about "Pajama Jeans."​The Watering Hole: Easy Joe's, 2359 10th Ave. E., CAPITOL HILL The Atmosphere: Easy Joe's opened in early November as a '70s-style neighborhood diner serving Capitol Hill's quieter end. Children of the '70s will appreciate the decor--retro colors and ... More >>

Chef Tyler Has Some Major Chops

​Salish Lodge chef Tyler Hefford-Anderson has a resume that includes some big awards from a hard-to-pronounce fancy-food organization in France. Dang! Yet he has managed to keep his feet on the ground and his hands in the dirt. In addition to cooking at this destination dining landmark, he lov ... More >>

First Call: Immaculate Conception at Easy Joe's

Thankfully, Capitol Hill's newest bar doesn't conjure visions of parental sex.

Down for the Ten-Count at Uptown China

​Dish: Ten ingredient sautéed rice thread noodles Place: Uptown China, Queen Anne, Seattle. Price: $9.25. On the plate: A heaping pile of stir-fried rice stick noodles with, as promised, 10 other visible ingredients. Supporting Cast: Nothing else. Unless you ask for something more. Which i ... More >>

Din Tai Fung's Dumpling Dilemma

Does this Bellevue hot spot's signature dish live up to its legend?

This Week in Starbucks Crime: Camper Sex, Peeper Suicide, Secret Police, and More!

​Welcome back to TWISC, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 17,000-odd worldwide locations over the past seven days, as well as the week's fallout from prior Starbucks-related misdeeds. This was a busy week for Starbucks crime, so we'll jump right in with a sad update from ... More >>

Have You Read the New(-ish) Cometbus? It's About Touring Asia with Green Day and Some Other Stuff...

ride the wohl whip​Weezer concerts, Retromania, one other obligatory thing to complete a list of three--seems like everybody is getting swept up by nostalgia these days! Add to that list the latest issue of Cometbus, the venerable punk zine that namesake Aaron Cometbus has been self-publishing ... More >>

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 >>

Tiki Drinks Are Finding a Home in Seattle

Forget the rum float, I like to shake the heck out of my mai tais and drink immediately.​Tiki drinks such as the Singapore sling, zombie and mai tai may have had their heyday in the 1940s and 50s, but thanks to the renewed interested in classic, finely crafted cocktails, tiki drinks are findin ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

Forget the rum float, I like to shake the heck out of my mai tais and drink immediately.​Tiki drinks such as the Singapore sling, zombie and mai tai may have had their heyday in the 1940s and 50s, but thanks to the renewed interested in classic, finely crafted cocktails, tiki drinks are findin ... More >>