Boom Noodle restaurant

Boom Noodle restaurant on Capitol Hill

Red Bean and Ice Cream topped waffle

In Japan, when you are currently obsessed with something, be it food or cell phone accessories, they use the term “my boom.” Boom Noodle, Capitol Hill’s new trendy restaurant, states that the restaurant’s “my boom” is Japanese cuisine. With the plethora of Vietnamese Pho places opening up everywhere, Boom Noodle is a great change for those seeking another taste of authentic noodle dishes.

Boom Noodle is not solely a noodle restaurant as one would expect, but offers a diverse set of choices that range from tapas styled plates to wok prepared specialty dishes. My favorite small plate was the Sizzling Toban Beef, a sake marinated steak with mushrooms and onions that comes out on a hot plate. The Pork Gyoza is another small plate that is not to be missed. For the main course, I decided to try their Tokyo Ramen, with braised pork, egg and a soy seasoned chicken-pork broth.

It was the mouth-watering broth that won me over and had me slurping those noodles as if I didn’t have ramen everyday in college (apparently, slurping is encouraged as it shows signs of appreciation). For dessert, I had the Red Bean and Ice Cream topped waffle, which had me proclaiming, “My Boom!!!”

While most people migrate to the International District for “authentic” Asian cuisine, now you can visit Capitol Hill to taste that great authentic Japanese cuisine. Just try not to eat too much as I did, because then your stomach may go Boom!

Boom Noodle
1121 East Pike Street
Seattle, Washington 98122
p 206.701.9130

Hours:
sunday—thursday 12—10pm
friday—saturday 12—2am

Happy hour:
everyday 4—6pm
friday—saturday 10pm—2am

Boom Noodle Events
“Join Boom Noodle every Friday night from 11pm to close when they roll out the ping pong table in the bar. In the near future they will be holding tournaments and hope to build boom rankings.”