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.”

2008 Pike Place Market Street Festival

If your weekend isn’t already packed with activities, maybe you should consider attending the Pike Place Market Street Festival this weekend. It begins on Saturday, May 31st at and ends on Sunday, June 1st. Other than trying to jump over slow walking tourists with baby carriages, here are some of the activities you can partake in:

• Campfire Classic cook-off, 10-11 a.m. May 31
• Wine Tasting Lodge, 10a.m.-7 p.m. both days
• Kids Zone music, activities, bounce house, 11a.m.-3 p.m. both days
• Food vendors, chef demos, arts and crafts, live music, beer garden, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. both days
• Strut Your Mutt dog contest and parade, 10 a.m. June 1, Steinbrueck Park

Joule Restaurant, Urban BBQ Series

Summer is approaching fast and what better way to enjoy the nice weather than an Urban BBQ, indoors?

Every Sunday starting June 1st, Joule Restaurant is breaking the Sunday brunch tradition and bringing you diverse food, summer cocktails and live music to their popular restaurant located in Wallingford.

It begins with an Operation Clam Bake and ends with Patties and Dogs, throw some Korean and Food on Stick in there and you have an eclectic choice of BBQs. After talking with Joule owner and chef, Seif Chirchi, he explained that while most restaurants around him were focusing on brunch, he wanted to bring something different to the neighborhood where you can stop by, have some drinks, meet some neighbors and have an all around good time.

Personally, I am waiting for June 8th of the series entitled “Lets Talk About Goat” because he plans on roasting a whole goat (greek style) in his kitchen. That will definitely get people talking.

Seattle Cheese Festival

As I did the “tourist” stroll through Pike Place Market yesterday, I noticed a workman hanging the banner for the upcoming fourth annual Seattle Cheese Festival scheduled for May 17-18. With no set plans for the upcoming weekend, I  thought this would be a perfect opportunity for taking people photos and to have some cheese.

I did a little bit of research and found that this was the fourth year that the Cheese Festival was returning to Seattle. There are over 250 cheeses that will be available for tasting along with educational seminars, chef demos, and wine tasting.

I have heard that the weather is supposed to be great, but I’ve learned that the only sure thing about Seattle weather is that it’s unpredictable.