So consider this a pupu platter of International District Chinese restaurant options: a few tastes before you dig deeper into the near-infinite menu.

“Regardless of any particular cuisine, being able to run a business for decades in this market, that’s to be celebrated,” says Chou. “There are different types of restaurants, and they will fulfill different types of needs, and the type of food that you want,” she says.Īny list of favorites can only barely scratch the surface of including every spot and style in the International District worth enjoying a meal at, especially when it comes to honoring the neighborhood's long history. Now, Chou relishes in the variety, and even resents the idea of picking favorites. The single earned the band its first Grammy nomination in 2002 for Best Metal Performance. It was released on August 13, 2001, as the first single from their second album, Toxicity (2001). The author of Vegetarian Chinese Soul Foodjokes that “Cashew chicken paid for my college education,” and notes that customers favored Americanized options and only tried the more traditional dishes her family cooked, like dry-fried string beans, when served buffet style. ' Chop Suey ' is a song by American heavy metal band System of a Down. When Chou’s parents first moved to the US and opened a Chinese restaurant in 1980, traditional dishes didn’t sell. Seattle's favorite throwback party returns to Chop Suey for a night of nonstop 2010-2015 pop & EDM bangers Take it back to a simpler time, where pop and dance music went hand in hand at every party. “That has opened up the access to these regional cuisines and ingredients, created a broader demand and customer base.” “What’s on TV, Tony Bourdain… even people on YouTube, broadcasting from wherever they are,” she says. Our favorite time to show up is Saturday night for their weekly Dance Yourself Clean. You’ll find every type of event here from all-ages performances by the School Of Rock in Issaquah to Candi Pop nights featuring pop music from the 90s and early 2000s. It's a far cry from a generation ago, when most Americans outside the Chinese diaspora barely understood the difference between Americanized Chinese food and the cuisines of China.įood writer Hsiao-Ching credits more people traveling, or even exploring other cultures from their couches. Chop Suey is a terrific music venue on Capitol Hill. Big-budget modern regional Chinese chain outlets share streets with old-school chop suey spots, and takeout dim-sum counters are interspersed with all-you-can-eat premium hot pot vendors. Like most North American cities these days, many of Seattle's most exciting Xi'an noodle spots and curative Yunnan soup purveyors sit in the suburbs, but the traditional home of Chinese food, the Chinatown-International District, stays relevant and still holds the highest concentration of excellent restaurants.

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