Seattlest: Dishin’: Longing for Our Pal, Pelmeni

Jay Friedman

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:11:41 -0800

Saxtor, that's a crazy website, isn't it? I'll be in Madison before I'm next in Bellingham. Maybe I'll check out the pelmeni there!

TroyJMorris

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:50:41 -0800

I wasn't terribly impressed either, but damn, it certainly hit the spot.

Katelyn

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:59:09 -0800

This makes my mouth water. Damnit!

Saxtor

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:52:45 -0800

Reading this, I kept thinking, "Wow, that really sounds like the place in Bellingham..." It seemed like they had a few stores scattered about in random towns, and finally tracked it down. The Juneau Pelmeni shop is the original. They have two others, one in Madison, WI and one in Bellingham, WA. So there you go. This is the closest they have to a website...

Jay Friedman

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:44:36 -0800

Kris, maybe I'll have to trade you some xiao long bao for some delicious dumplings of the Russian variety!

Kris

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:45:09 -0800

My girlfriend is a Russian immigrant -- she and her parents came over when she was 8. There is a cottage industry in the Russian community where Russian women make food in large batches and sell it to other Russians -- pelmeni, blini, pirogi, etc. We have a heaps of this in our freezer, as her mother doesn't want her to starve. (For mothers of every culture, stuffing children with yummy food is a biological imperative.) My point is this: if you make the right connections, you can get all sorts of delicious, authentic dumplings in bulk for cheap and enjoy them at home any day, anytime.

bigtimetopbanana

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:35:47 -0800

There is definately a place in Bellingham, but whether it is a sister store to Juneau I do not know: http://www.yelp.com/biz_link?biz_id=UGvM834A9gflJ0FezftX8g