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Friday, February 10, 2012
Two-Block Radius / Chow Now Open on Capitol Hill: Regent Cafe & Bakery
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:30 PM
- Kelly O
- Fancy cakes! That's one of the owners on the right.
Regent Cafe & Bakery opened yesterday kitty-corner from Artusi (that's the corner bar for Spinasse), where an Online Coffee Company used to be.
The original Redmond location of Regent is such a favorite of software developers that it got mentioned in Valve Software's Portal. The new Capitol Hill branch has brightly lit cases of cakes (green tea mousse!), pastries (chocolate croissant, fruit tarts), and other baked goods, as well as coffee, bubble tea, a full Chinese menu with a sit-down dining area, and a slick bar.
The people there are extremely nice, and I ate a criminally buttery, caramelized-topped sticky-bun-thing that is now going to be calling to me all day, every day. If their chow fun is good, that'll be lunch 19 times a week. And they say they're going to stay open late on the weekends, so yay for that.
Chow Afrikando Afrikando Chef Returns to Rainier
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- Kelly O
- Jacques Saar at Afrikando Afrikando in 2008.
Our friend Jill says there's a sign in front of Banadir, the Somali place on Rainier close to downtown Columbia City, that says the chef from beloved, departed Afrikando Afrikando—Jacques Saar—is coming to cook there. Presumably he'll be making his awesome Senegalese food. Right now they're doing a little remodeling. So, neat neat!
On an unrelated note, Jill also says, "I am deeply satisfied with the fried dill pickles and the cod at Five Fish Bistro."
Chow Even More Delicious Ways to Eat Your Oatmeal
Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:42 PM
- MS
- This is Citizen's oatmeal, waiting for you to make it beautiful.
Still not convinced that oatmeal can be amazing? Commenters have been posting their favorite ways to serve it—using everything from red currants to chai tea to a shot of whiskey.
SpookyCats says: "You will get an even better flavor from rolled oats if you toast them lightly in the pan before you add liquid. Cook on low heat just until you can smell their goodness. Yummy."
SteamDawn says: "Snowy morning oatmeal nirvana: Snoqualmie Falls Lodge rolled oats, cooked NOT in water but in home-made Darjeeling Chai tea (thanks to Kelly Brainard for the recipe!)."
spammy says: While in the Aran Islands of Ireland, our host served us oatmeal with a side of cream. She asked if we wanted to add some honey from her brother's hive. "Yes, please!" Then she added, "would you like a shot of whiskey too?" Who could turn that down? Your oatmeal will never be the same.
And not a fan of the sweet stuff? Commenter jp has a suggestion: "Oatmeal can even be delicious when served all savory-like. My favorite way to make it is with butter, salt, pepper, a little cheddar cheese and a sprinkling of capers. Yum!"
I may never eat cold cereal again.
How do you take your oatmeal? Share your suggestions here!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Health / Chow Americans™, Now with 60 Percent Less Trans Fat!
Posted by Goldy on Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Great news for health-conscious vampires:
The intense battle that public health advocates have waged against trans fats appears to be working: A new report shows that since 2000, levels of trans fats in Americans’ bloodstreams have plummeted nearly 60 percent.
My God, public policy like sensible food labeling can work to help change behavior for the best! Who knew?
Sure, outright trans fat bans, like that imposed on restaurants in King County and other municipalities, have played a role in lowering Americans' consumption of trans fat. But the biggest change has come at the supermarket, where food manufacturers, embarrassed to list trans fat on their labels, have been steadily replacing them with less unhealthy fats.
That said, this trend has slowed in recent years. So maybe it's time for the FDA to impose the total ban that health advocates have been asking for.
Chow In Which Megan Seling Makes You Want to Eat Oatmeal
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:45 AM
I'm not an oatmeal-hater, but I have never once in my life thought, "I'd like to eat some oatmeal." That is, UNTIL THIS AWESOME ARTICLE BY MEGAN SELING hit my eyeballs.
Read it and see if it doesn't propel you immediately in oatmeal's direction.
- Kelly O
- HATERS MAY HATE But admit it: Macrina's oatmeal looks great.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Chow Now Open: New Places for Stuffing Faces
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Look—it's tons more new Seattle restaurants and bars! Currently, we can recommend going to Five Fish Bistro and eating the Peacemaker, which is a po'boy with deep-fried oysters (with not-too-heavy cornmeal breading), bacon, and cheddar cheese. (The lore of the name is that this is the sandwich that drunk guys who stayed out late in New Orleans would bring home to their wives to make the peace.) It is all put on the right kind of roll, and the results are fairly gigantic and very good. Five Fish Bistro is also having a grand-opening party with free snacks today from 4 to 8 p.m. Anyways...
- Ma'ono
- Ma'ono: Chef Mark Fuller's family on Kauai back in the day.
· MA'ONO FRIED CHICKEN & WHISKY in West Seattle: In Hawaiian, "ono" means "delicious," and "ma" is a prefix that means going toward, facing, or making. Ma'ono in West Seattle is the reincarnation of the great Spring Hill, meaning now you can get chef (and Kauai native) Mark Fuller's extremely popular fried chicken (formerly just Mondays) and awesome saimin (formerly just brunch) every night. The new menu also has lots of "mid-Pacific-inspired" dishes that look very delicious-making.
· OFF THE REZ on the road: Off the Rez is a food truck serving fry bread (naked or with honey, or cinnamon sugar, or homemade lemon curd...), Indian tacos (chili verde, 10-hour-smoked pulled pork, etc.), quinoa succotash, and more...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Chow Coming Soon to a Shipping Container Near You: Pizza and Beer!
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:34 PM
At Rainier and Weller this spring (hopefully), it's a walk-up shipping-container pizza window with fenced-in outdoor seating and beer, plus music, movies, and maybe bocce ball. Central District News has the (yay!) story.
Also on CD News: The mayor and city council and Pete Holmes tell the liquor board to leave Central Cinema alone.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Chow Shut Down AGAIN! Goldy and Tom Douglas' Favorite, 663 Bistro
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:13 AM
663 Bistro in the I.D. made it almost a full year since its last closure by the health department (which was for "Potentially hazardous foods (PHF) at unsafe temperatures / Inadequate facilities to control temperature of PHF / Foods not protected from cross contamination / Handwashing sinks unavailable / Toxic chemicals improperly stored/labeled").
You'll recall that 663 Bistro is Goldy's favorite I.D. bbq spot, and that it made Seattle Metropolitan's gigantic list of Seattle's best Asian restaurants last February, which noted:
Who’s here Seattle celeb chef Tom Douglas [a.k.a. T-Doug], for one. Adores the joint.
The latest 663 Bistro shutdown is for:
· Potentially hazardous foods at unsafe temperatures
· Handwashing facilities unavailable and not working
· Toxic items not properly stored (stored above food)
Um, not so bad? You can check for 663's reopening over here. Good morning!
Animals / Chow Man Bites Dog: "Needs More Salt"
Posted by Goldy on Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:12 AM
By now you've probably heard about the three mushroom pickers, who, after lost in the woods for six days, were so hungry they almost ate their dog:
Dan Conne said Sunday from his hospital bed in Gold Beach that he and his wife and son spent the nights huddled in a hollow log with nothing to eat, and considered sacrificing their pit bull, Jesse, for food.
"She's that good a dog, she'd have done it, too," Conne said.
Well, you know, nearly anything slow cooked with onions is delicious. But, it's not like they were entirely without food.
Dan Conne said he tried to eat a hedgehog mushroom while in the forest but found it "nasty."
So, um, they got lost in the woods collecting edible hedgehog and black trumpet mushrooms for resale, but rather than eat those to survive, they considered eating their dog, because they found the mushrooms too "nasty"...?
To be clear, they lacked the tools or skills to start a fire, but they'd rather eat dog sashimi over raw mushrooms.
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