I subscribe to Sunset Magazine (“the favorite large-type magazine of grandmas across the West”), and I’m not afraid to admit it. But today’s Sunset piece—a Seattle/Portland food smackdown—actually comes courtesy of the PI.com’s Big Blog, which linked to the slideshow earlier today.
Seattle wins out over Portland, but just by a hair—in large part because of our southern neighbor’s “smugness factor,” which lost Portland 7 points, giving Seattle a 54-52 advantage.
You can find any kind of ethnic food in Seattle. Korean eateries are huge. There’s pho on every third corner. Dim sum’s new king is Din Tai Fung in Bellevue, an outpost of a Taiwanese soup-dumpling chain that’s reputed to make the best in the world. And a large Indian population on the east side means there’s great Indian food there—something that’s almost nonexistent in P-Town
Sunset’s list is a little Ballard- and downtown/Capitol Hill-specific for my taste (what? no love for Full Tilt Ice Cream or all the amazing Ethiopian restaurants down in Southeast Seattle?) but it’s hard to argue with any of their specific choices, which include Salumi Meats in Pioneer Square; Oddfellows Cafe on Capitol Hill; Green Leaf Vietnamese restaurant in the ID; and Cafe Besalu in Ballard.
