Musang (restaurant)

Musang is a Filipino restaurant in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington.

Musang
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Melissa Miranda
ChefMelissa Miranda
Food typeFilipino
Street address2524 Beacon Ave S
CitySeattle
CountyKing
StateWashington
Postal/ZIP Code98144
CountryUnited States
Coordinates47°34′49.2″N 122°18′46.3″W

Description

The menu has included buttermilk fried chicken, pork lumpia with sawsawan, short rib kare-kare basted with peanut butter bagoong, as well as vegetables in coconut sauce and vegan shrimp paste.[1]

Miranda incorporates a community-based approach to managing the restaurant, starting multiple community service efforts. Once the restaurant shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, they provided over 200 meals a day.[2] They funded this effort through community donations and grants.[2] Even after re-opening, Miranda continued to provide free community meals.[3] Furthermore, Miranda provides free Filipino food education programming for children through her Musang Little Wildcats program.[3]

History

Chef and owner Melissa Miranda opened the restaurant in early 2020.[4]

Reception

In November 2020, Musang was named Seattle Met's Restaurant of the Year.[5]

Food & Wine named Miranda one of eleven best new chefs in the United States for her work at the restaurant.[6][7] In The Infatuation's 2022 list of "The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle", Aimee Rizzo wrote, "Eating at Musang is like being guests at a pal's dreamy dinner party" with "phenomenal takes on Filipino classics" that "make us want to stop everything and sing about them as if life were a movie musical".[1]

See also

References
  1. Rizzo, Aimee (November 6, 2022). "The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle". The Infatuation. Archived from the original on November 19, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  2. Yap, Liz. "Melissa Miranda". outofprint.ph. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. "Musang Is Seattle Met's Restaurant of the Year". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  4. Russell, Angela Poe (November 9, 2022). "Filipino cuisine meets southern soul food in unique pop-up event". king5.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  5. "Musang Is Seattle Met's Restaurant of the Year". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  6. Vinh, Tan (2022-09-12). "Seattle chef named one of Food & Wine magazine's best new chefs in America". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  7. "Melissa Miranda named Food & Wine Best New Chef". Northwest Asian Weekly. 2022-09-29. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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