In honor of being chosen as one of former Seattle Met food editor Jessica Voelker’s favorite meals of the year, our Saigon Pepper Crab will be available every single day during the month of January at both Monsoon locations. A whole 2 pound Dungeness Crab with papaya salad for $30. Every day of the week!

Promotion starts Sunday January 8th.

Read the whole article on the PSBJ website.

Join us at Monsoon Seattle to celebrate summer’s arrival with a special Rau Muống Wine Dinner. Six courses of morning glory vegetable with both riesling and rosé wine pairings. There will be a 5:45PM ($45) seating and an 8PM ($55) seating. Call (206) 325.2111 to reserve your spot.

Rau muống is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable. It is known in English as Water Spinach, Water Morning Glory, Water Convolvulus, or by the more ambiguous names “Chinese spinach” and “swamp cabbage”. It is delicious!

What: Six courses of rau muống with wine pairing
Where: Monsoon Seattle on Capitol Hill
When: June 7th, 2011 5:45PM or 8PM
How: Call 206.325.2111 for reservations
Cost: $45/$55 per person + tax and gratuity

Menu

1st – Rau muống salad with Wagyu beef

2nd – Rau muống soup with dried shrimp & tomato

3rd – Seared lemongrass Petrole sole with rau muống & nuoc cham

4th – Wokked rau muống with Carlton Farms pork belly & shrimp sauce

5th – Rau muống & seafood bun rieu, Vietnamese bouillabaisse

6th – Happiness dumplings with red & mung bean

We interrupt this workday to tantalize you with some delicious local treat. Today: spring rolls.
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There will be pigs! Whole roasted! And $12 Drunken Chicken and $12 Catfish Claypot and Free Sparkling Wine! Join us on Monday, February 21st to celebrate twelve years on the hill. Thanks to all of our customers for making it all possible. We can’t do it without you.

Join us this Monday! We’d love to raise a glass with you.

Eric & Sophie

Share The Love With Us

Join us at Monsoon East and Monsoon Seattle for two different Valentine’s tasting menus. Monsoon East will have the regular menu available as well. Monsoon Seattle is only offering the tasting menu. Join us!

Bellevue

Cost: $95 per couple + tax and gratuity
When: February 14th, 2011
Where: Monsoon East in Bellevue
How: Call 425.365.1112 for reservations
What: Six Courses with couples sharing from each course:

1st – Half dozen of kusshi oysters OR choice of fresh rolls
2nd – Wilted cabbage salad with red grapefruit
3rd – Butternut squash soup
4th – Grilled scallop + sweet onion OR filet mignon tartar
5th – Dungeness crab cake with asian pear slaw OR rib eye shaking beef – both served with wokked egg noodles
6th – Marble cheesecake OR decadent truffles
Regular menu also available during this event

Seattle

Cost: $55 per person + tax and gratuity
When: February 14th, 2011
Where: Monsoon Seattle on Capitol Hill
How: Call 206.325.2111 for reservations
What: Four Course Tasting Menu:

First Course (Choose One)
Kusshi + shiguku oysters with grapefruit sorbet + saigon mignonette
Lobster bisque congee with hon black trumpet mushroom + white truffle oil
Seared idaho trout with grilled endive + ginger nuoc cham
Roasted red beets with asian eggplant + tofu paper

Second Course
Grapefruit & asian pear salad with green papaya + candied cashew

Third Course (Choose One)
Seared Pacific Scallop with Roasted Leeks + Butternut Squash
Pan-roasted hawaiian opah with lemongrass, pickled greens + soubise
Roasted oregon quail with stuffed forbidden rice, hedgehog mushroom + lap suong
Braised wagyu beef cheek with lemongrass, star anise + hominy

Fourth Course (Choose One)
Double happiness dumplings with red beans, chinese red dates + sweet ginger soup
Banana cake with savory coconut sauce
Peanut fudge chocolate ganache

Both Seattle Met and The Stranger have Monsoon writeups this week:

Seattle Met: Best Asian Restaurants: Vietnamese
Northwest by Far East: the Insider’s Guide to Asian Food in Seattle

The Stranger: Soup!
Our Favorite Bowls

The Seattle Times picks the Top Ten Happy Hours in the Seattle Area and Monsoon East makes the list. From the article:

Trendy Eastsiders hit downtown Bellevue or inside The Bravern for happy hour. But go off the main drag and hit chef Eric Banh’s joint for some gourmet noshes: frog legs, Carlton Farms pork ribs, beef carpaccio and his signature bo la lot, flank steak wrapped in leaves and grilled.

Read the whole article at seattletimes.com

Join us at Monsoon Seattle and Monsoon East for two different New Year’s Eve tasting menus.

Seattle

Cost: $50 per person with optional $20 wine pairing
When: December 31st, 2010 – Call 206.325.2111 for reservations
What: Four Courses with your choice of the following items, choose a single dish for each course:

Appetizer (choose one)
Kusshi & shigoku oysters w/grapefruit sorbet & saigon mignonette
Lobster bisque congee w/hon shimeji mushroom & white truffle oil
Seared idaho trout w/grilled endive & ginger nuoc cham
Grilled wagyu flank steak w/oyster mushroom & lemongrass vinaigrette

Salad
Grapefruit & asian pear salad with green papaya & candied almond

Entreé (choose one)
Seared pacific scallop w/roasted leeks & butternut squash
Pan roasted branzino w/lemongrass, pickled greens & soubise
Seared moulard duck breast w/fuyu persimmon & turnip
Anderson farms lamb chop w/tamarind sauce & braised yu choy

Dessert (choose one)
Black sesame sticky rice dumplings w/cara cara orange & ginger soup
Banana cake w savory coconut sauce
Peanut fudge chocolate granache

Bellevue

Cost: $90 For 2 People (Includes 2 glasses of sparkling wine)
When: December 31st, 2010 – Call 425.635.1112 for reservations
What: Five Course Tasting Menu:

First Course
Half dozen oysters on the half shell

Second Course
Wilted cabbage salad, almonds, grapefruit, sesame
Butternut squash soup, apple, honey, creme fresh, toasted garlic

Third Course
Wagyu beef tartare, persimmon relish, taro chips

Main Course
Rainbow trout, endive, spaghetti squash, bacon, ginger
Wokked soft egg noodles, oyster mushrooms, egg, onion

Dessert
Coconut amaretto bread pudding, vanilla ice cream
Decadent truffles

Call for reservations.
Menu items subject to change based on availability.

The Morning Meal is the topic and both Monsoon locations are mentioned for our weekend dim sum brunch. If you haven’t already please join us for some of the best morning food in the area.

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