Seattle restaurant review: Phuket

Can't say I've been here before, but I love Thailand foods, particularly Phad Thai (although it had to be in meat substitite. I'm herbivorous :D).

How about their Tom Yum? Haven't you tried eating that?

Haven't tried it yet, but i'm sure it's great... everything i've had has been outstanding.

speaking of foods, what are some good filipino foods to try? i'm not very knowledgeable about the cuisine, though we have several restaurants here. any suggestions?

Brad,

If you're into sweet foods, try Bibingka, Kesong Puti, Puto, Puto Bumbong, Buko Pie, Suman, Ube Cake, Banana-Q (Banana Que ROCKS!), Turon, and Kamote-Q . I'm not sure if there's any of these available in the Philippine restaurants near you though, because these foods are considered "street foods". Just be warned that they're quite heavy and fatty; then again most Filipino foods are. I would advice that you wrap some of these foods to take home. Most of these can be eaten as snacks.

Definitely try halo-halo. It's a dessert with ice cream, milk, crushed ice and assorted confectioneries. Halo-halo is, IMO, the most essential Filipino food. Again, it's fatty.

For breakfast, as if they have this small bun called Pan De Sal. It's quite plain tasting, but it can be very tasty when prepared by a good chef. Best eaten while hot.

And for lunch and dinner, if you want to eat rice, be sure to try these viands: Kare-kare, Menudo, Langka, and Curry. If you don't want to eat rice, try Pancit Canton (it's a noodle).

And be sure to let me know what you think after you tried some of these, okay? ; )

Btw, I can also recommend Taiwan foods. But that's for some other time.

I forgot the soup. Try monggo (which can also be used for viand) and sinigang.

Phuket? Hmmm... I walk past that place on my way to Racha all the time and I usually just make a corny remark like... "Hey, do you want to ear there instead?" To which my wife says, "Where?". And I say, "Just "fuk it". And we laugh because I do it all the time. Of course, I know that's not how it's pronounced, but it's funny.

Never been inside though. Racha's lunch specials are hard to beat. I love the free soup and spring roll they give you just for sitting down, not to mention the spoonful of chai ice-cream and almond cookie after you're done.

Speaking of Phuket, though Brad, Uptown Espresso next door makes an awesome Caffe Mezzo. It's some sort of hybrid between a latte and an americano. About 80% americano with just a bit of foamed up milk on top. Awesome.

The above comment was by Enduro. Forgot to type my name in.

Hey man, good to hear from you.

Yeah, i'm a fan of Uptown... i like their orange mocha, it's not called a Valencia but something else, though the name escapes me at the moment.

if you like Racha, i'm sure you'll like Phuket a lot better. i've had both, and Phuket is by far the tastier. granted, Racha does give you the freebies (lacking at Phuket) but the entrees are so good, i choose Phuket over Racha every time.