Paju (restaurant)

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Paju (restaurant)
Restaurant information
Food type Korean
City Seattle
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°37′27.8″N122°21′22″W / 47.624389°N 122.35611°W / 47.624389; -122.35611
Website pajurestaurant.com

Paju is a Korean restaurant in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [2]

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Description

The Korean restaurant Paju operates in Queen Anne, Seattle. The restaurant serves "innovative seafood-focused cuisine", according to Seattle Magazine. [3] The menu has included Korean fried wings, [4] gochujang-infused beef tartare, salmon carpaccio with lemon dashi and kimchi caviar, and a seafood pancake with Japanese mayo, tonkatsu sauce, and bonito flakes. [5] [6] Paju has also served fried rice with squid ink and quail eggs. [7] [8] [9]

Reception

Paju was included in The New York Times' 2021 list of the "most exciting" restaurants in the U.S., [10] [11] [12] and Seattle Metropolitan 's 2023 list of Seattle's 100 best restaurants. [13] In 2023, The Infatuation said, "Squid ink-infused kimchi fried rice with bacon, truffled ribeye bulgogi topped with crisped-up quinoa and charred enoki mushrooms, and lemon verbena yellowtail with slivers of green apple make Paju the best Korean restaurant in Seattle." [14]

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