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Top Seattle Sushi Chefs Collaborate On a Feast to Benefit Japan

Sushi Chef Dream Team sounds like the meal of a lifetime. Seriously.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Apr 07, 2011 at 12:18PM 1 Comments

Photo: Paul Kooiman

Sushi Chef Dream Team brings together seven Seattle sushi stars for a benefit to raise funds for Japan.

With aftershocks still rocking Japan nearly a month after the devastating quake and tsunami this March, benefits continue to pop up around Seattle.

And this one—it must be said—sounds incredible. Seven of our best sushi chefs are collaborating on a feast to be served with wine and sake at Bell Harbor Pier 66 on Thursday, May 5. It’s called Sushi Chef Dream Team, and it really is just that.

Behold who is participating:
Taichi Kitamura (Sushi Kappo Tamura), Hiro Kirita (Chiso), Shiro Kashiba (Shiro’s Sushi Restaurant), Ryuichi Nakano (Kisaku), Hideaki Taneda (I Love Sushi in Lake Union), Billy Beach (Japonessa), and Yoshiaki Nishizawa (Shūn).

Oh and then, Hiroki Inoue from Setsuko Pastry and Fumie’s Gold is doing dessert.

On top of that, three other local chefs will be making dishes: Campagne’s Daisley Gordon, Tamara Murphy of Elliott Bay Café, and Seth Caswell from Emmer and Rye.

Proceeds will go to Peace Winds America and Peace Winds Japan, organizations providing humanitarian relief in Japan.

If you want to meet all the chefs and get a photo with them, opt for the the $200 early-admission ticket and show up at 5pm. GA tickets are $175 and let you in beginning at 6:30. Purchase here.

For additional information about many of the chefs serving up supper, check out our Asian Food feature.

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Tags: Fundraiser, Sushi, Seattle Japanese Food, Japan Relief Efforts

UPDATED: Seattle Restaurants Rallying for Japan, Part II

The list keeps growing and growing.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Mar 18, 2011 at 09:15AM 0 Comments

Kushibar in Belltown is one of many Seattle restaurants taking part in Red, White, Unite for Japan.

The outpouring of support from Seattle’s food community has been commendable, to say the least. Earlier in the week I posted a roundup of Seattle restaurants donating to Red Cross and other relief organizations. Since then, the number of businesses lending a hand has grown considerably. Which means it’s time for an update.

A whole huge crop signed on with Red, White, Unite. On April 6 participants are handing over ten percent of their sales to Peace Winds America. Those participants include Heather and Scott Staples’s trio of eateries, Quinn’s, Uneeda Burger, and Restaurant Zoë. In Belltown there’s also Kushibar and Umi Sake House. On Capitol Hill, The Saint, Poppy, The Honey Hole, Tidbit Bistro, and Tango.

And that’s just naming a few of ‘em folks—there’s about 20 more in this most recent batch of contributors, sprinkled throughout the city (and Puget Sound). Here’s the full list of Red, White, Unite restaurants.

UPDATED 3/22 KOMO News brings word of a bevy of West Seattle restaurants donating to Peace Winds Japan and KnK International on Sunday, March 27.

If you don’t want to have to sit down to help, all Metropolitan Market coffee shops are donating any tips to Save the Children’s Children in Emergency fund. That’s happening through March 21.

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Tags: Benefit Dinners, Japan Relief Efforts

Boat Street Fundraiser to Benefit Employee’s Relatives in Japan

Monday, March 21: Pay $25, support one Japanese family made homeless by the tsunami.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Mar 16, 2011 at 02:43PM 0 Comments

Where to go next Monday evening.

The feeling of helplessness about the Japan situation is not good, is it? Here’s something you can do:

As Chris Werner mentioned in his roundup of restaurants helping Japan, Renee Erickson, chef and owner of Boat Street Cafe, is hosting a fundraiser party to raise money for the family of longtime BSC employee Sachie Mikawa.

Mikawa’s mother and sister back in Japan lost their home—apparently their entire village was destroyed by the tsunami—and they are currently living in a shelter.

Helping them get back on their feet is simple, really. Head to Boat Street on Monday, March 21 and pay $25 at the door, then go inside and party. There will be food and wine plus items to buy including art work, restaurant vouchers, cookbooks, and specialty foods.

The fundraiser starts at 5pm and ends at 10pm. I suggest you arrive early to make sure you get in—small restaurant, big hearts (can’t lose).

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Tags: Queen Anne, Fundraiser, Japan Relief Efforts

UPDATED: Seattle Restaurants Rallying for Japan

A simple way to help: swing into these spots, where the bill benefits relief organizations.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Mar 14, 2011 at 11:50AM 12 Comments

Eat at King’s Hardware in Ballard, boost relief efforts in Japan.

Nosh is keeping its ears to the ground for local eateries doing their part to help Japan. Here’s what we’ve got so far; if you know of more, tell us in the comments box and we’ll update accordingly.

Oddfellows is donating one hundred percent of its sales profits (wow) from Tuesday, March 15, to International Medical Corps. Linda D’s other hot spots, King’s Hardware, Smith, and Linda’s, are doing the same.

Blue C Sushi is donating ten percent of sales from Monday and Tuesday of this week to the American Red Cross, as is Boom Noodle.

Japanese grill Issian in Wallingford is handing over all sales from miso soup.

Fresh Bistro will put five percent of sales from this week toward the cause.

Picnic is hosting a wine-tasting fundraiser Thursday, March 17, from 5:30-7:30, says phinneywood.com. A $20 tasting fee is encouraged; that, along with some of the shop’s sales from the day, will benefit ShelterBoxUSA.org.

On March 31 the very fun Hajime Sato will lead a sushi rolling class at Dish It Up! in Ballard; registration costs are $85, with $20 of it going to Red Cross.

Through March 19, five percent of proceeds at Fuji Bakery are benefitting Seattle Japan Relief.

Kisaku, Sushi Kappo Tamura, Rover’s, Chiso, I Love Sushi, and Ethan Stowell Restaurants have signed on with Red, White, Unite, a booster for Peace Winds America. On April 6 these participants will entrust ten percent of sales.

Stowell also took to Twitter to say he’d “donate ALL proceeds from cookbook sales for the rest of the year.”

Bai Tong in Redmond is joining the cause on March 19.

On March 21 from 5-10, Boat Street Cafe is throwing a fundraiser for the family of restaurant employee Sachie Mikawa. $25 entrance donation.

In that same spirit, Mosh Moshi is giving fifty percent of revenues from a benefit on Tuesday, March 22 to its sushi chef, Nic Miura, and his family.

You can drop off monetary donations at Uwajimaya.

Over the weekend Lisa Nakamura and her crew at Allium on Orcas Island also gave tenners to the Red Cross, and Street Treats tweeted they, too, have donated to the org. Cantinetta held a benefit dinner on Sunday.

Nice showing, Seatown.

Note: You can always text REDCROSS to 90999 to make your own $10 donation.

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Tags: Benefit Dinners, Japan Relief Efforts