Recommended

Asian, generally

• Little Ting's Dumplings
• Din Tai Fung
  • Get: xiao long bao
• Dough Zone
• 19 Gold
  • Get: green onion pancake, beef noodle soup, malatang, minced pork over rice
• By Tae* (Chirashi bowls) (closed)
• Happy Grillmore (Filipino-inspired burgers) (closed)
• Kathmandu Momocha
  • Has a physical location in SLU now
• Yes Siam (Thai)
• Ba Ba Lio* (Taiwanese inspired)
• Musang (Filipino)
• Itsumono
  • Get: karaage, whatever creative food-of-the-day they cook up
• Jeepney
• Masakan (Malay)*
  • probably the best Malay food I've had since Singapore days
• Marimakan (Singapore/Malay)*
  • pickup in Lynnwood; delivery available for a fee
  • Have tried: chili crab, char kway teow, duck egg kaya
• Rasai (Modernized Indian)
• Kamonegi
  • specializes in soba
• Chiang's Gourmet (dim sum)
  • weekends only; have off menu items, like har gow!
• Kobuta and Ookami (pork katsu)
• Paju (Korean)
• Kricket Club (Modern Indian)
  • Good for being our neighborhood indian place, but average overall (and kind of pricey)
  • Most items have a nice spicy kick to them
• Seattle Fish Guys (poke)
• 45th Stop n Shop (poke)
• Biang Biang Noodles
• Saigon Deli
• Bunsoy (Filipino) (closed)
• Hi Life
• Dumpling the Noodle
• Green Tree (Vietnamese)
  • Chonky banh mi
  • Rivals Pho88
• Enseamada Cafe
• Ban Hua Sai
  • Really good roti
• Ludi's
• Made In House (Korean)
• Red Bowls
• Koku Cafe and Market (closed)
• Local Tide
  • Not really "Asian", PNW fish with some Asian influence on flavors
• Akebono Japanese Cuisine
  • Surprisingly decent, especially for the distance-to-value ratio
  • But don't go out of your way to eat here (:
• Minato
  • Very nice fish bowls
• Aroy Mak
  • Hits the chicken and rice spot
• Taurus Ox -Loumpia*
  • They like experimenting with flavors, like a superb halo halo lumpia

Americanized Mexican

• Heavy Restaurant Group

Peruvian

• Don Lucho's
• Mumu's Kitchen*
• Señor Carbon
  • specialty: Nikkei (Peruvian-Japanese) sushi rolls
  • Amazing homemade Basque-style cheesecake (may no longer be offered)
• Pink Salt (upscale/fusion-y)
  • Still need to try their pollo a la brasa

Sandwich-like

• Ma'ono
  • Get: sandwich, tenders, mac & kimcheese, hawaiian BBQ
  • Pass: drumsticks
• Arepa Venezuelan Kitchen
  • Get: special steak
• Un Bien
  • Get: the press
• The Grilled Cheese Experience (closed?)
• Anchor End Pretzel Shoppe (closed)

American/European etc, generally

• Meet the Moon (closed)
  • Is now another Pablo y Pablo location ):
• The Shambles
• Eight Row (closed)
• The Greenwood American Bistro
  • Shaping up to be the next Eight Row, but only time will tell
  • Sides and apps are really good, mains have been unmemorable
• Bateau
• Korochka Tavern
• Pel Meni Dumpling Tzar
• Salare
• Manolin (closed)
• JuneBaby (closed)
• Thackeray (closed)
• S/T Hooligans
  • Get: bread pudding and brisket sandwich
• Sunny Hill
• Corvus & Co.
• Pasta Casalinga
• Off Alley
  • Order the whole menu and split between 4 people
• Ciudad
  • The option to order meat by the pound is solid. Also features a Stacey Rozich mural
• Kona Kitchen - Maple Leaf
• Samara (closed)
• Pancita @ Pair
• Atoma

Decent

• Isarn Thai Soul Kitchen
• Monsoon
• Kokkaku ("Japanese inspired" steakhouse)
• Ishoni Yakiniku
• Martino's (sandwiches, BBQ)
• Paseo (Caribbean sandwiches)
  • Note: now has a different owner than the much lauded original, but may or may not have some of the same staff
• Yoroshiku
• Than Vi (U-District)
• Gainsbourg
  • very generous cheese board portions
• Reunion (Malay, Kirkland)
• Flavor Lao Bowl
• The Harvest Vine
• Radiator Whiskey
  • Good: burnt ends
• Phocific Standard Time
  • Way too loud, which ruins the experience
  • Good food, okay drinks
• Ba Sa (Bainbridge Island)
  • Not bad, but not worth a long wait
  • Food highlight: Karaage chicken banh mi
  • Drink highlights: Tropic Like It's Hot, Passionfruit Lemondrop

Not recommended

• Siembra (Peruvian inspired)*
• Proper Fish (Bainbridge Island)