Nue Seattle

Day 5 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
This culinary tour was fully planned as a parade of seafood, small plates, anchovies, octopus, percebes, those barnacles that look like dinosaur toes but taste like pure ocean, and long lunches fueled by dangerously inexpensive wine.

One of the things I love most here is how unpretentious wine culture is. Good wine is just part of everyday life.

About two months ago we started doing $7 glasses of wine every single day at Nue, and honestly this is exactly the kind of culture we wanted to foster back home

Seattle Restaurant Week at Nue
Three courses, nine countries, one table

April 19 – May 2

Our dishes include our Turkish wet burger soaked in tomato and brown butter, Cambodian lemongrass chicken skewers, a rich (and vegan) Malaysian Dhal and of course, our famous South African bunny chow.

Dessert’s in there too and as always, $7 house wine!

Featuring our second spot in a new series where we’re sharing some of our favorite places to eat around Seattle.

If you like dining with us, these are the kinds of places you’ll probably want to check out too.

This one goes to Theary Cambodian Khmer Food in Federal Way.

I’ve been there twice in the last week, ordered way too much, and somehow by the next morning I’m thinking I didn’t order enough and already want to go back.

As someone who builds a menu around global street food, I’m always paying attention to places that feel real. Not polished, not trying to be anything else, just doing their thing, and this is one of those spots.

From the outside it’s super unassuming, just tucked into a strip mall. Inside, it feels like a place you’d walk into in Southeast Asia. Simple, nothing overthought, it just makes sense.

And then comes the food. Not Thai, not Vietnamese, not Lao. Cambodian, Khmer. Different flavor profile, deeper, more fermented, coconut, herbs, savory, all layered in a way that just works.

One of the biggest standouts for me was the grilled chicken with her imported Cambodian rice. Turmeric, galangal, ginger, garlic, herbs, spices, and this crunchy bottom layer that eats like the crisp rice from dolsot bibimbap. The rice alone is worth going for.

Theary herself is almost always there running everything. Super warm, loves to talk, really fun to be around. Both times I went, we ended up in long conversations. I can be a talker too, so when she’s doing a hundred things at once and the two of us get going, I start to feel a little guilty holding things up, but that’s part of what makes it feel so real :)

I travel a lot to find food like this, and it’s always a good reminder you don’t have to go that far. This one’s a 5 minute walk from the Federal Way Light Rail station.

If you’ve got spots like this, places that aren’t on every Foodie list getting all the attention, let me know. I’m always looking and will feature my favorites in upcoming posts.

Spicy Chengdu wings and ice cold Rupee Beer
$2 off Rupee beers with any wing order.

We’re running this all day, every day…...for now :)