![]() ![]() January is a great time to visit Seattle! Particularly if you aren’t planning to do much hiking. ![]() THINGS I LOVED ABOUT OUR TRIP AND RANDOM TIPS It’s so possible to visit AMAZING places and not break your budget! It’s a chance for me to get to spend tie with dear friends, see some incredible places that God created for us to enjoy and experience, and learn about culture… and about myself. ![]() Since I didn’t travel for about 5 years in college and right after (except for family or work-related travel), I am embracing the value of this season of singleness and not-yet-motherhood. I truly believe that if you make travel a priority, it can happen! You just have to be vigilant at searching for cheap flights (or be willing to drive). Museums: $25 to Museum of Flight, $10 tickets for Smith Tower happy hour Transportation: $60 using bus, train, and uber/lyft (and lots of free walking!) Lodging: FREE! (staying with friends does that. $227 for airplane tickets (thanks Frontier and cheeeeap January one-way flights!) Since I’m hoping to travel more in 2019, but not drop thousands of dollars, I thought I’d share how we did this trip for under $500. Not only did one of my Instagram photos get the most likes ever, but I had a BLAST unplugging from work and normal life for a week! Seattle and the PNW has been on my bucket list to visit for about 10 years (!!!) and y’all bet your coffee addictions I’ll be back soon! There are so many incredible spots to visit, and next time I’ll be packing my REAL camera and some hiking gear to explore the PNW outdoors. They have a killer dinner menu too.Kicking off 2019 with a trip to Seattle was definitely a move in the right direction. I regard this spot and Harbor City with the same respect. ![]() It doesn’t really matter, but I prefer the big tables in the room upstairs. Also, if we have guests, I can order the honey walnut prawns without getting in trouble with my wife. The lines (were) long, but when we have visitors from out of town we want to catch up with anyway, it’s never a big deal. 664 S Weller St, Chinatown–International District, 20 Jade Garden I always order the beef rice noodle roll with no egg, a milk tea with light sugar, and stuffed tofu skin. My son loves the taro bread from the small pastry case. They make their own rice noodle rolls fresh to order and they’re perfect. The family behind A+ Hong Kong Kitchen, one of my favorite restaurants, also owns this place. Chinatown–International District Homestyle Dim Sum I crave their salt and pepper squid 24-7. The steamed tripe dish and plate of pea vines here are especially tasty. We mainly stick with the basics above but like to be adventurous when we see something we haven’t tried before. Right across the street from Jade Garden. You can order by the piece here, so make a random choice to change it up from time to time. I get the spareribs with rice, whatever looks good, a ramekin of hot sauce, and two fried pork footballs. Mark your order on a sheet with a tiny golf pencil. They open at 7am, thus creating my longtime weekday morning “heading into work” tradition. Nevertheless, here are some of my favorite spots, nearly all in Chinatown–International District. An attempt last summer to pick up a meal and eat it near a park in the trunk of our Subaru Outback proved a frustrating and messy failure. My family pretty much orders everything we used to, as takeout, but that ride home may affect the overall flavor or texture. The world (and my family's ability to gather up with our friends) may have changed since the pandemic, but the quality of food hasn’t. My final #HellaRice recipe for Seattle Met celebrates an underrated favorite from countless Sunday morning sessions of dim sum. We are sharing these online, a little ahead of schedule, as a reminder of the many AAPI-owned businesses that enrich our city, and could use your support. Editor's note: Herschell chronicles favorite dim sum spots along with a recipe for our upcoming summer issue. ![]()
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