Did you know you can replace the egg noodles with rice on most of Boom Noodle's entrees? This means even those with wheat sensitivities or dieting diners (heh) can partake of the Japanese noodle house's scrumptious yaki soba flavors. Other Boom dishes we recommend for the wheat-sensitive are the mizuna salad (bright, tangy, has fried shallots), green beans with saikyo miso, sake-marinated Toban Beef, or the edamame puree (it's like hummus, but green). Incidentally, most......

NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL: If you're considering quitting your corporate job--you know, the one with benefits and a customer lunch expense account--to build your own business from the ground up, you're crazy. Have you read the financial pages in the newspapers of late? Sometimes, however, it takes exactly that edge of craziness to make your dreams come true. In that case, let us direct you to the Six Hour Start-Up Conference this weekend. Your bucks......

We’ve been slurping down news of all the new Japanese noodle shops in Seattle. Samurai Noodle’s pretty good; people like it enough that they’ve got a second location. The noodles themselves are better at Kaname, but the broth is lacking. And we’ve heard some good things about Boom Noodle, though our Japanese friends tell us the ramen is disappointing. As we hear more and more about great noodles in New York, LA, and Vancouver,......

It's been open a month already, so on Tuesday Capitol Hill's Boom Noodle had a bunch of media types over for dinner at 1121 E. Pike. On the menu? A couple cocktails (the shiso mojito and kyoto blossom) from their well-stocked bar, a lotta tasty appetizers, an entree of our choosing, and desserts. (No MSG. They didn't think Seattleites would go for it.) To begin with, the drinks were well-balanced and girly-sweet without being cloying.......