Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Heather

Well, darn, that's the exact tapioca I used. I'm stumped. I haven't made that pudding in a while so I'm going to try it again and play around.

For Tacoma....I used to live there but over ten years ago, and have been back only occasionally so (hopefully) these restaurants are still there, and still as good as they were.

There's a great Japanese restaurant called Fujiya that's right downtown, just a few blocks from the new glass museum. Fab sushi and (at lunch) udon soup. Near Tacoma Mall (almost across the street from it, on the I-5 side) is East and West, a really good Vietnamese restaurant in a little house. Really good sweet and sour shrimp and veggies - and not deep fried!

There's the standby Old Spaghetti Factory, also downtown near the museums. If you can eat cooked tomatoes, their mushroom red sauce with spaghetti is pretty good. And their fresh baked sourdough bread is wonderful - they bring as much as you can eat! Plus they're cheap.

If you're in the Proctor district near UPS, there's a good southeast Asian place called May's. For fast but good food from scratch, you can get chicken gyros at It's Greek to Me, a drive through place on 6th avenue between UPS and downtown. It's a pretty well-known landmark.

If you're feeling adventurous...and you can tolerate VERY HOT, spicy foods...the best Korean restaurants in all of Washington are in Tacoma, along South Tacoma Way. It's like a whole Korean neighborhood for miles, with shops and restaurants galore. If you're into food, stop into one of the big grocery stores - it's a real thrill. And the markets will probably have Korean sushi rolls, Kim Bop, ready to go and packaged by the cash register. They're wonderul. For the restaurants, I can't say the service will be good, but the food almost certainly will. Load up on white rice and order Bi Bim Bap without meat or egg, or Jap Chae without meat. They'll also have grilled fish. Korean food is my treat whenever I get to Tacoma, but I always try different places so I don't have a favorite.

Hope this helps! BTW, post your city/state in your profile!

- Heather

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