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  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Top 5 Ways Seattle Tastes Like Paris

    Holy crap! I nearly oui oui'd my Spanx LMFAO after spotting this sign near an apartment building in Belltown. Yeah, like Parisians let their doggies dump wherever and just stroll on in their designer stilletoes. I've been to the City of Lights a few times and have never stepped in a pile of pooh. Un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Vietnam's Sesame Answer to the Donut Hole

    ​The Place: After a jaunt up Rattlesnake Ledge, a very hungry friend and I were looking forward to stopping in at Chuck's Donuts in Renton. I'd heard rumors of the delights produced by the fryer inside, and was very much looking forward to biting into one. Unfortunately, Chuck's is shuttered o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Missed Opportunities at Mekong Rainier

    The menu at Mekong Rainier.​One of the first Counter Intel posts I wrote focused on Vientian Asian Grocery, a store I love for its selection of Lao and Thai ingredients, and also for its sweet employees and their chatter with my husband in his native tongue. So when I found out that another mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Diners Reap Rewards Of Lark's Sous Chef's Trip To Thailand

    Photo by Leslie KellyShophouse is a family affair, with Wiley Frank and his wife, Poncharee Kounpungchart, sharing kitchen duties.​Wiley Frank and his wife Poncharee Kounpungchart (PK) spend Mondays cooking down-home Thai food at Licorous, dishes that reflect their inspirational year living in ... More >>

  • Food

    November 3, 2010

    Specialty Food Guide Listings

    A list of some of our favorite purveyors of specialty foods and items.

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    The Find: Sniffing the Fragrant Pear

    ​The "Fragrant Pear" signs you're seeing at all the Asian markets in the area aren't a bit of marketing speak, or even a newly branded cultivar (i.e., SweeTango, Single Pink Lady, JazzerCize). They're actually a unique variety of pear native to northwest China.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Late-Bearing Longans, the Perfect Fall Fruit

    ​Sitting on my desk right now is a bowl of longans that I picked up at Viet Wah last night ($2.99 a pound). The longan season normally begins in August, but a few cultivars can be harvested even later than that. Their mellow, almost boozy flavor is quintessentially autumnal. Just like with ly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    S & D Addendum: Tequila Mixers

    Stocking a variety of mixers is the only way to stretch your drinking repertoire. Along with cans of tonic and ginger ale, I always raid Uwajimaya and Viet Wah in an effort to stumble upon the next greatest mixed drink.My new favorite is tequila and Chaokoh young coconut juice with a splash of whate ... More >>

  • Food

    July 2, 2008

    Asian Fusion Hits the Beer World

    And South Park.

  • Food

    May 21, 2008

    Tofu Haz a Flavor

    Tasting the wares of three local soybean grinders, we discover: Fresh is better.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2007

    What is the taste of nostalgia?

    Tasting the wares of three local soybean grinders, we discover: Fresh is better.

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2006

    Yet another reason to love Viet Wah

    Tasting the wares of three local soybean grinders, we discover: Fresh is better.

  • Diversions

    August 2, 2006

    Special World City Edition

    We're flavoring our annual review of the city's best with the freshest of ingredients: immigrant Seattleites.

  • Diversions

    August 2, 2006

    Viet Wah Group

    Best Asian Empire

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