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Adventures in the Silk Road

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Diane's a good sport. In my obsession to try restaurants I think might be good, we've gone to places where we were ignored. We've gone to places where many minutes later, we see them bringing frozen fried fish from Safeway to make our meal. We've gone to popular places that served terrible food, and we've gone to empty places that served delightful food. But until last night, we've never gone to a place where a shouting match erupted between customers and the owner, where the customers called 911 requesting police because they claimed to feel threatened. I'm talking about the Silk Road Cafe, an Afghani restaurant in Kent, at 23609 104th Avenue SE. The place is tiny, with seating for sixteen, and a small menu, with seven entrees, three sandwiches, a couple of sides, and a couple of home made desserts. It's a one man show, with the owner doing the cooking,  waiting on tables, cashiering , and washing dishes, so if you're expecting fast food, go

More Comings and Goings

Comings: 1.  Tomorrow, December 29th,  the Vude event space on S. Lake Union will be hosting a family holiday meal featuring the 98178's own Brad Inserra. Brad is the former chef/owner of the Swingside Cafe in Fremont, and just about everything he cooks is amazingly good. At this point, it is almost sold out. The ticket price includes food, alcohol, gratuity, tax and live music. https://vudedinnerbradinserra.brownpapertickets.com/ 2. A teriyaki place is opening in Skyway, where the Afriq bar/hookah bar was on Renton Avenue. While restaurants may be opening up all over the Seattle area, Skyway, sadly, has been left out, with many places gone but not replaced. So this is good news. Especially with Nevzat Cankaya relocating his coffee stand across the street from it's current location, and with it he will open up a sit down coffee shop and serve Turkish food, scheduled to open sometime this summer. 3. Asadero Sinaloa, the only Mexican steakhouse in the state, will be reloca