Thailand

After the Cheese Festival, Perhaps Some Duck?

Yet another reason to love Viet Wah

Dubai Not Into the Groove

New Devices, New Food Labels, and Other Food News

Satay a while

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

Not Thai, But Close

A new Laotian place on Broadway dishes up a different Southeast Asian cuisine.

The Eye, House of Fools, and May

A new Laotian place on Broadway dishes up a different Southeast Asian cuisine.

Lady Visqueen Returns From Her Tour of Southeast Asia

No gigs, actually, but she handed out plenty of toothbrushes.

Treasure Map in a Plastic Sleeve

For delicious Lao dishes, seek out the secret menu at Thai Palms.

Seattle’s Best Examples of a Thai Cliché

We’re not lacking for options.

Adventure Associates Travel Slideshows

Gather ideas for your next big adventure

Send One Your Love

The lost gift of letter writing.

Guest Worker Program Isn't the Labor and Immigration Panacea It's Cracked Up to Be

Just ask one of nearly 200 Thai workers who have joined in a federal class-action lawsuit.

Triple Door

Just ask one of nearly 200 Thai workers who have joined in a federal class-action lawsuit.

Thai Ginger

Just ask one of nearly 200 Thai workers who have joined in a federal class-action lawsuit.

Genuine Ties

A regal new Wallingford restaurant brings Thailand to Seattle—literally.

Bang Rajan

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The New Abolitionists

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Tokyo Story

Criterion Collection, $39.95

Fly With the Fiery Bird

The only thing wrong with Racha is timid customers.

Snapshots

Porn prince of . . . Bangkok?

Hot Dish

Porn prince of . . . Bangkok?

SIFF News

Week 3: The fest looks west.

Wild weather

A Portland-based Thai chain storms into a familiar space.

Nostalgic > Tragic: Broadway Siam Closes

Siam on Broadway will close, just as another Thai restaurant sprouts from the building rehab across the street, Rom Mai Thai (613 Broadway E., still have to check it out). I don't know what's up with that end of Broadway, except the same owners of the building that houses(ed) Siam also own the Jade ... More >>

Restaurant Closures for April 2009

Last time I summarized all the restaurant closures, I looked at all the other cities making the same list and thought, damn, Seattle's doing well. This month: Not so well. April, like February, is traditionally a killer month for restaurants -- tax time, some say, or that slump before the summer hit ... More >>

STIFF Review: I Speak Soccer

While everybody flocks to SIFF, there's another film festival going on in town. STIFF (Seattle's True Independent Film Festival) features all sorts of good stuff--including the festival's opener, I Speak Soccer: A Documentary About the International Language of Pickup, written, directed, and edited ... More >>

Free Showing Today: I Speak Soccer

​There's no shortage of things to do today if you're looking to get out of the house--for example there's Hempfest at Myrtle Edwards, a Mariners/Yankees game at Safeco Field, The Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs, and a "slickly entertaining" documentary about industrial design at the Northwest ... More >>

Morning Food News: Dumpling House and Vegan Restaurant Coming to Capitol Hill, Plus Chocolate Fest

Dumpling Dojo is scheduled to open on Broadway by March 1. ​Getting tired of your usual hangouts on the Hill? Two new eateries are coming soon to the Broadway strip. CHS Blog reports that Uyen Phem intends to open Dumpling Dojo, a quick serve joint featuring a variety of housemade dumplings by ... More >>

Go: Dumpling Dojo

photo by Adriana Grant​Dumpling Dojo is a pop-up dumpling shop located in Siam's old spot at 616 Broadway Ave. E., just waiting for Bank of America to take over the space it's in. As such, the decor is a bit minimal, but the food is worth a visit, whether for appetizers or a more substantial d ... More >>

Ask the Critic: Deconstructing Pad Thai

American as apple pie, chop suey and California rolls​Earlier, I dealt with one of the comments relating (vaguely) to last week's review of Bai Tong. This week's Ask the Critic inspiration comes from the same place and concerns a question (more of an accusation, really) about my statement that ... More >>

Doin' the Robot in Bangkok and Looking at Nasty (Food) Porn

​Okay, so we've got no Food Porn slideshow this week to go along with the review of Kylie's Chicago Pizza and Wallingford Pizza House. This is partly because I wasn't crazy for the pies at either place, but mostly because pictures of deep-dish pizzas all look essentially the same: a big tub of ... More >>

Malay Satay Hut, In a Letter Written In 1797

Sundry beasts and strange flora can be found in this savage land known as Malaya!​Dearest, After an unfortunate night of peccadilloes, fueled in part by opium and in part by the favors of a lass of sultry vapors and ill repute, I found myself at the mercy of His Majesty's Most Honourable Priv ... More >>

When Fiancés Need to STFU About the Past

Sundry beasts and strange flora can be found in this savage land known as Malaya!​Dearest, After an unfortunate night of peccadilloes, fueled in part by opium and in part by the favors of a lass of sultry vapors and ill repute, I found myself at the mercy of His Majesty's Most Honourable Priv ... More >>

Morning Food News: Capitol Hill Restaurant Owners Fear Street Food Court, Dim Sum Debuts in Wallingford

Bangkok is a street food mecca. ​Earlier this year, we reported that city planners wanted to change laws so that street venders could set up semi-permanent shops on sidewalks and parks. This sounded awesome to some, sketchy to others. An update from Capitol Hill Seattle indicates that many of ... More >>

Yakima Labor Importer Global Horizons Subject Of Largest Federal Human Trafficking Case In U.S. History

​Five years ago, the California-based company Grand Horizons Manpower was luring Thai laborers to the U.S. with promises of several months worth of high paying work. But when they got to places like Yakima, they found themselves getting less money, living in poor conditions, then being abandon ... More >>

Sign Language

​Five years ago, the California-based company Grand Horizons Manpower was luring Thai laborers to the U.S. with promises of several months worth of high paying work. But when they got to places like Yakima, they found themselves getting less money, living in poor conditions, then being abandon ... More >>

Get A Load Of Shophouse, Like No Other Thai Food In Seattle

Photo by Leslie KellyWiley Frank creates authentic Thai dishes each Monday at Licorous.​We're so fired up about the one-night-a-week "pop-up" restaurant from Lark's well-seasoned sous chef Wiley Frank and his wife, Poncharee Kounpungchart, aka PK. On Mondays, at Licorous, the couple use pristi ... More >>

Some of the Best Ribs In Seattle? One Night A Week... at Shophouse

Photo by Leslie KellyThe char-broiled ribs at Shophouse really rock!​Wiley Frank, the seasoned sous chef at Lark, does terrific Thai every Monday at Licorous, with his wife, PK, in the co-pilot role at a pop-up restaurant venture called Shophouse. The couple -- who recently returned from a yea ... More >>

Kamrai Misses the Boat With Its Noodles

​Dish: Boat Noodles. Place: Kamrai Thai Cuisine, Shoreline. Price: $9.50. In the Bowl: Per the menu: "Rice noodle with steam beef, green onions, cilantro and bean prouts." Supporting Cast: A caddy of condiments: salt, chili flakes, chili oil, and Sriracha, I believe. What to do: Just eat ... More >>

Eatside: Tongue Thai'd at O'Char

A Bellevue stalwart transcends Pad Thai.

The Hangover Part II: Less Funny, More Offensive

A Bellevue stalwart transcends Pad Thai.

Uptown Espresso #9 to Open in Magnolia; Artid Siam Closes on Capitol Hill

​Uptown Espresso is opening at 3223 W. McGraw St. next week, according to Magnolia Voice. This marks the coffee company's ninth shop. In other news, Capitol Hill Seattle reports that Thai restaurant Artid Siam at 209 Broadway Ave. E. has closed after a mere four-month run. Follow Voracious o ... More >>

Save a Seat at Savatdee

​Savatdee, housed in what used to be the Blue Onion Bistro and before that an old gas station, offers both Lao and Thai cuisine. After six years, Savatdee hasn't lost its gas station look, but there is something pleasant about walking into a restaurant with a nondescript exterior, only to be s ... More >>

Root Dreams' Bizarrely Beautiful Ménage-a-Thai

Root Table​Root Table is a "dream come true" for Kalan Intawong, the owner and head chef who opened the restaurant three years ago on Market Street in Ballard. The space, previously occupied by Floating Leaves Tea, is only a short walk from his sustainable furniture store and cafe Enlighten, w ... More >>

Seattle Scientists Inching Toward HIV Vaccine

Image Source​As our feature story this week makes clear, the fight against HIV/AIDS is far from over. But researchers from the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have made significant progress developing a vaccine for the virus, and the Gates Foundation has ... More >>

Ayutthaya Thai Cuisine is Pretty Lean on Serving Size and Spice

​Dish: Ayutthaya Noodles Place: Ayutthaya Thai Cuisine, Capitol Hill Price: $8.50 On the plate: From the menu: "Seasoned stir-fried wide noodles with chicken, egg & garlic. Served over green lettuce. Garnish with ground peanuts & green onions." Julienned carrots add color and crunch. Suppor ... More >>

Seattle's Top 5 Tom Khas

​ Oh, Pho! Some claim your magical properties can stave off a cold, stop the flu in its tracks and help us lose five pounds in the process. But for all the Pho-hoopla there is only one soup that will do when you've crossed the county line to Sickville and your head feels 20 pounds heavy with g ... More >>