There are thousands of restaurants all over Puget Sound, and each of these restaurants serve different dishes. So how do you know which ones to pick? Well, The Seattle Times food team tried over 1500 dishes in the past year, so you don’t have to.

In this episode, Tan talks with Times food writers Jackie Varriano and Bethany Jean Clement about the best dishes they ate last year.

Read more about their favorite dishes here.

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Recommendations in this episode:

• Gold Coast Ghal Kitchen, First Hill
• Tivoli, Fremont
• Tacos Extranjeros, Ballard
• Birrieria Grumpy’s, Tukwila
• Paju, South Lake Union
• Jeff’s Texas Style BBQ, Marysville