Musang (restaurant)
Musang is a Filipino restaurant in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Musang | |
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Restaurant information | |
Owner(s) | Melissa Miranda |
Chef | Melissa Miranda |
Food type | Filipino |
Street address | 2524 Beacon Ave S |
City | Seattle |
County | King |
State | Washington |
Postal/ZIP Code | 98144 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 47°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]
References
- 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.
- Yap, Liz. "Melissa Miranda". outofprint.ph. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- "Musang Is Seattle Met's Restaurant of the Year". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- 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.
- "Musang Is Seattle Met's Restaurant of the Year". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- 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.
- "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.