One-Stop Shop for Salted Egg Seafood Boil & Beef Hot Pot 🦀🍲

Once again, I'm amazed by Seattle's vibrant Vietnamese community—the endless variety of Vietnamese restaurants and coffee shops never fails to impress! This hidden gem was a random find thanks to a 🍠 foodie's post. Since we were heading to the lake over the weekend, we decided to swing by. The staff were super friendly, cracking jokes and chatting like old friends. Their Cajun-style seafood boil offers multiple combo options, plus à la carte choices (shrimp, crawfish, mussels—all by the pound). Don’t sleep on the complimentary seasoned waffle fries—they’re so good they’ll blow your mind. 🤯 The salted egg yolk sauce clinging to the shrimp and potatoes? Pure umami magic. I never knew Vietnamese chefs could master salted egg flavors this well—I’m in awe. 😭 Vietnamese cuisine (and desserts!) often features salted egg yolk, taro paste, and other nostalgic Cantonese/Fujian flavors that traveled overseas with sailors and evolved into unique local twists across Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and beyond. Food is like a secret thread weaving through human migration—tasting familiar flavors in unfamiliar places feels like decoding a delicious, distant-yet-intimate message. Science calls scent-triggered nostalgia the Proust Effect, but I bet we all have our own version—be it braised pork, osmanthus cake, or egg burgers. The beef hot pot broth is packed with depth—almost like spicy instant beef noodles meets Bún bò Huế (Vietnamese spicy beef noodle soup). A small pot (~$30) comes loaded with bone marrow, tripe, tendon, taro, tofu, and more. The meat platter includes thinly sliced beef, tongue, tendon, plus crown daisy and egg noodles. Fun fact 💡: In Vietnamese hot pot culture, noodles aren’t a "main carb"—they’re treated as an ingredient, added midway through cooking. Just 20 mins from downtown Seattle and close to the airport. They’ve got parking, and rumor has it there’s even Vietnamese-style karaoke upstairs! 🎤 📍 Crawfish & Hotpot 📍 9447 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 #SeattleEats #SeattleFood #VietnameseFood #SeafoodBoil #HotPot #AsianCuisine #FoodieAdventure #HiddenGems