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Vietnamese Food and Cooking

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    From the Pho File: Pho Mignon

    If an eater was presented with a bowl of pho as murky as the celebrated beef broth's history, he'd likely slam down his spoon and chopsticks in disgust. Although the Vietnamese soup dates back only to the late 19th century, the precise circumstances of its invention are a culinary mystery. "Is this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    From the Pho File: Pho Shizzle

    Where there is pho, there are puns. In King County, which our Pho Filers are busily canvassing, there's a Just Pho You, a Jenny Pho, a Pho King and a trio of What the Pho?s. But the best local pho joint name by far is Pho Shizzle, which existed primarily as an urban legend until Alex Le opened his r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    From The Pho File: Pho Hiho

    "Made with love, always," Tony Kim of Pho Hiho says when asked to describe the method he uses to create his restaurant's signature broth. Jim Stennett, who documented Kim's Georgetown restaurant for The Pho File, suspects there's more than love flavoring the soup. He tasted hints of star anise in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    From the Pho File: What the Pho?

    Duke Pham got started in the food industry at the age of 11, helping his parents man food booths at the Pullayup fair. And when his family opened a restaurant near the Bremerton ferry docks, he worked there too. Pham now owns three locations of What the Pho?, the newest addition to Voracious' Pho F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    From the Pho File: Bamboo House

    More than 100 pho lovers have already signed up to assist with our Pho File, an effort to catalog every pho joint in King County, and the results of their work are beginning to roll in. This week, we heard back from a census taker assigned to Bamboo House, a four-year old restaurant in Bothell. Sin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Rain Shadow Meats Experiments With Pho Made From Locally-Raised Beef

    In an effort to catalog every pho joint in the county, Voracious has marshaled an army of "pho filers" to collect beef broth intelligence. At his artisan butcher shop in Melrose Market, Russ Flint is doing much the same thing. "I just have a lot of bones," Rain Shadow Meats' Flint says of his curre ... More >>

  • Food

    March 28, 2012

    The Great Seattle Pho Census

    A project takes phonaticism to wildly wonky heights.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Pho Lovers Needed for Countywide Project

    Books and covers may inhabit totally separate spheres, but an experienced diner can usually capably assess a restaurant from its exterior. If there's a vinyl banner advertising ladies' night shots, it's probably not the best place to ask for a wine list. If the nameplate is brass and smaller than a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Meet Ng Catering, the Truck That Serves Everything But the Kitchen Sink

    ​The Truck: Ng Catering, found at erratic times on weekdays near Boren and Republican. The Fare: Almost everything, it seems: banh mi, breakfast sandwiches, teriyaki, fried rice, hamburgers, tacos. The Stop: Known to some of the Amazon crowd as "that Vietnamese truck," Ng Catering's lack of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Authenticity isn't Hidden at Vietnam House

    ​Tamarind Tree may be the belle of the Vietnamese restaurant ball, but hidden in plain sight right next door is Vietnam House. The crowds pack into Tamarind Tree, its glitzy lighting and people-pleasing cocktail lists well known to Seattle's food-loving crowd. Less than ten yards away, in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Pho So 1 Could Be #1

    Dish: Pho Place: Pho So 1, Little Saigon Price: $6.99, large ($6.15, small) In the bowl: Pictured is #20: pho tai, nam, gau, gan, sach with rare beef, well-done flank, fatty flank, tendon and tripe along with banh pho rice noodles, onions, green onions, and beef broth Supporting cast/What to do: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Vermicelli and Very Strange Service at Ba Bar

    ​Dish: Combo Vermicelli Place: Ba Bar, Capitol Hill Price: $12.00 In the bowl: From the menu: "Imperial roll, grilled white prawn, grass-fed beef bo mo chai, cucumber, rau thom." This and more (see below) over cold rice vermicelli noodles. Supporting cast: A side of nuoc cham (made with nuo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Food Allergies Don't Always Mean Phogetting Favorites

    http://www.boston.comPho 2000 in Boston.​If I could have any superpower, as a food blogger with so many allergies, I think it would be the ability to speak and understand any language at will. Well, maybe it would be the ability to make summer finally get here. But my second choice would be th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Sampling Pho With the Seattle Pho-Natics

    ​"What people don't understand is different phos are so different," Tracy Wellington, vice president of Seattle's Pho-Natics club, told me. To prove the point, Wellington and club president Sean Hoops yesterday led me on a tour of five pho joints in Pioneer Square and the International Distri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    SPAM and Sriracha Fried Recipe From The Sriracha Cookbook

    ​A big part of the appeal of The Sriracha Cookbook is its use of this spicy, irresistible condiment IN the recipes rather than just on top of them. Author Randy Clemens mixes Sriracha into marinades, dressings, and Bloody Marys, and bakes it into bread. The resulting dishes are super-spicy, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Hoping for a Hock at Thanh Thao

    ​Dish: Bun Moa (#141) Place: Thanh Thao in Columbia City. Price: $6.95. In the Bowl: The menu advertises it as "mashed pork-pie, ham, pig's feet, and vermicelli spicy soup." Supporting Cast: A side dish of bean sprouts, shredded cabbage, a few strips of iceberg lettuce, Thai basil, banana ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Pho Aroma is Pho-King Awesome, Despite Its Shitty Name

    If you like to make sure people hear you talking about this guy, you'll LOVE overpronouncing the word "pho!"​Everybody loves pho. I don't think anyone in Vietnam makes any other kind of soup. Why bother? Pho is awesome. It comes to your table in a bowl as big as a witch's cauldron, with a secr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Friday Food Porn: Drinking It Down at Pho Cyclo

    Photo courtesy Joshua Huston​ "Accept the fact that a meal will take as long as it will take and be as scattered as it will be. Relax into the unique speed and particular idiosyncrasies of Cyclo, and look around at the pin-lighted murals of a Vietnamese cityscape (not unlike those in the main ... More >>

  • Food

    November 17, 2010

    Phear Not Pho Cyclo

    Huong Binh's simpler sibling still has plenty going for it.

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    The Best Damn Mexican Stew Ever

    Photos by Matthew Piel​The Stop: Othello The Vibe: Three mini malls surround the Othello stations--each containing storefront after storefront of Vietnamese restaurants. And between the signs advertising pho or banh mi are banners in Vietnamese script over salons, jewelry, and video stores. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Cafe Car: Olympic Express Is International Junk Food Paradise

    ​Most of us board the light rail downtown after work or on our way to the airport and bury our heads in books and iPods until our destination. But look out the window and you'll discover that the thirty-minute stretch of train tracks is one of the most economically and culturally diverse in th ... More >>

  • Food

    July 14, 2010

    Phoget Pho Bac Not

    An ID original’s still got it.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Seattle's Essential Dishes: Pho Tai from Pho Bac

    ​ Pho tai from the original location of Pho Bac: From the parking lot of the original Pho Bac--the triangular bunker situated in the weird triangle where Jackson, Boren and Rainier all come together--you can see three different pho shops without straining. Then another Vietnamese restaurant, ... More >>

  • Food

    May 5, 2010

    The Joy Duck Club

    Ecstatic as a little girl in a tiara over Huong Binh's Vietnamese authenticity.

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Popsicles and Pork Meatballs at Huong Binh

    ​Banh beo are steamed, rice flour pancakes, topped with ground shrimp the same bright orange as a traffic cone, and green scallions like shards of jade. You pour fish sauce over the top and cut off bites with a spoon. The taste is like eating shrimp Jell-O garnished with pencil shavings only d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Serving Sake to a Serb: Green Leaf

    Fresh spring rolls with shrimp and pork​Slavko's experience with Vietnamese cuisine was limited: Pho. Once. Hungover. At What the Pho in Bellevue. Vietnamese soup certainly possesses healing power over hangovers and other ailments. But the Vietnamese have a style of cooking that deserves so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Top Five Pho-nniest Pho Restaurant Name Puns

    Noodles in broth: even better when they come from a place with a funny name​If you're opening a pho joint in a city inundated with pho joints, it can be difficult to distinguish yourself from the pack. While this list has absolutely no bearing on the quality of the actual food at these establi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Monica Dimas, Part One

    ​Monica Dimas is twenty-five years old, and she's already cooked at some of Seattle's most well-known restaurants: Le Pichet, Campagne, and Spinasse (where she works on the weekdays), to name a few. On the weekends, Dimas is in charge of the kitchen at Monsoon, Eric and Sophie Banh's long belo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Versus: The Banh Mis on Broadway Square Off

    Pho Cyclo's pork banh mi​It's widely known that Seattle has its own little banh mi heaven. When French baguettes and pickled daikon radishes cross paths anywhere near the corner of 12th and Jackson, delicious things happen. Who knew colonialism could produce something so tasy and budget friend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Versus: Tamarind Tree Takes on Green Leaf in Battle Banh Xeo

    Tamarind Tree: joyous​Compared to pho or banh mi, banh xeo is an underappreciated Vietnamese dish. And that's a shame. A crispy turmeric-tinted, coconut-scented crepe filled with pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts that's served up with a giant plate of fresh lettuce and herbs, banh xeo manages to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    A General Correction to a Typo I See Every Day

    Vietnamese sandwiches are spelled banh mi, not bahn mi. Nh is a specific sound in Vietnamese -- one that's almost impossible for Westerners to pronounce intelligibly when it appears at the end of a word, but that shouldn't matter. So: Banh mi Banh xeo Banh cuon Poor Eric Banh, Monsoon's chef, whose ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Cold Noodle Season, Dispatch #2: Bun

    Noodle: House special bun Source: Pho Cyclo, 406 Broadway E., 329-9256, phocyclocafe.com. Price: $8.15 Seattleites have the most overdeveloped sense of entitlement when it comes to weather. It's too gray. Its too rainy. It snowed for two days this month. Whine, whine, whine. Last week, apparent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    The Vegan Banh Mi: It Can Be Good

    I was talking about banh mi last night with a friend whose Vietnamese American coworkers are obsessive lunch-hunters. When I told him my favorite ID sandwich shop was Seattle Deli, he replied, "Yeah, Seattle Deli's all right, but I preferred the pork banh mi a block away." He couldn't remember the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Hu Tieu: Pho's Quieter, Sweeter Sister Noodle

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly Voracious feature profiling noodles in Seattle. Noodle: Hu tieu nam vang Source: Tu Oanh, 1207 S. Jackson St., B101, 568-7208 Price: $7.25 (small) Back in my mid 20s, when I was eating pho two to three times a week, I used to occasionally mix it up with a bowl of hu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    New Fremont Pho (and Frozen Yogurt) Place

    What could be Fremont's first pho place (at least as far as anyone can remember) is now open for business, and it comes with a surprising added bonus. Owner Sam Han originally opened in the former Sonic Boom location in January under the name Kiwi and served only frozen yogurt, as he does at his Bal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Phnom Penh House Serves a Four-Way Noodle

    P.S. One of my new year's resolutions is to get a cell phone with a better camera.Noodle: Foursome Beef NoodleSource: Phnom Penh Noodle House, 660 S. King St., 748-9825.Price: $6.50Cincinnati has five-way chili. Olivar serves "rabbit three ways." And Phnom Penh Noodle House sells beef foursome nood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Where the Wall Special Sometimes Takes You

    A lunch expedition to scout out noodles for next week's Thin Wheat Line box just led me into the realm of the unexpected. I stopped in at the relatively new Tu Oanh (1207 S. Jackson) -- "relatively new" means the "Grand Opening" sign on the window has only been there for six months. The menu listed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2008

    Street Food Part 1: Southeast Asia Menu

    A lunch expedition to scout out noodles for next week's Thin Wheat Line box just led me into the realm of the unexpected. I stopped in at the relatively new Tu Oanh (1207 S. Jackson) -- "relatively new" means the "Grand Opening" sign on the window has only been there for six months. The menu listed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2007

    $13 at Saigon Deli

    A lunch expedition to scout out noodles for next week's Thin Wheat Line box just led me into the realm of the unexpected. I stopped in at the relatively new Tu Oanh (1207 S. Jackson) -- "relatively new" means the "Grand Opening" sign on the window has only been there for six months. The menu listed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2007

    I Ate This: Banh Cuon

    A lunch expedition to scout out noodles for next week's Thin Wheat Line box just led me into the realm of the unexpected. I stopped in at the relatively new Tu Oanh (1207 S. Jackson) -- "relatively new" means the "Grand Opening" sign on the window has only been there for six months. The menu listed ... More >>

  • Food

    December 27, 2006

    Lovingly Constructed

    Two new MLK restaurants make it worth braving the light-rail chaos.

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2006

    Pho Sure

    Two new MLK restaurants make it worth braving the light-rail chaos.

  • Food

    October 26, 2005

    The Green Papaya

    Two new MLK restaurants make it worth braving the light-rail chaos.

  • Food

    February 23, 2005

    Saigon Gourmet

    Two new MLK restaurants make it worth braving the light-rail chaos.

  • Food

    January 1, 2003

    Yo' Vietnamese Granny

    Better than sex and pizza? You be the judge.

  • Food

    January 9, 2002

    Noodly goodness

    It's cold and we're broke—time for pho, the king of soup.

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    faux.com

    An article—based on true facts!--about how dot-com reality is moving off-line to a panhandler or restaurant near you.

  • Food

    July 28, 1999

    Hole-in-the-Wall, Inc.

    A chain-in-the-making offers up an intriguing mix of inspired cuisine and corporate cool.

  • Food

    June 24, 1998

    Next stop: Mekong Delta

    A trip to Vietnam inspires this culinary tour of Seattle's Little Saigon.

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