Paju | |
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Restaurant information | |
Food type | Korean |
City | Seattle |
State | Washington |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 47°37′27.8″N 122°21′22″W / 47.624389°N 122.35611°W |
Website | pajurestaurant |
Paju is a Korean restaurant in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington.[1][2]
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]
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]