Musang (restaurant)
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2017 |
| Owner(s) | Melissa Miranda |
| Chef | Melissa Miranda |
| Food type | Filipino |
| Street address | 2524 Beacon Ave S |
| City | Seattle |
| County | King |
| State | Washington |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 98144 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 47°34′49.2″N 122°18′46.3″W / 47.580333°N 122.312861°W |
Musang is a Filipino restaurant in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Description
[edit]The menu has included buttermilk fried chicken, pork lumpia with sawsawan, short rib kare-kare basted with peanut butter bagoong, as well as vegetables in coconut sauce and vegan shrimp paste.[1]
History
[edit]Chef and owner Melissa Miranda started Musang as a brunch popup series in the summer of 2017.[2] Later that year Miranda came together with other local Filipino American chefs and aspiring entrepreneurs, including Chera Amlag of Hood Famous and Aaron Verzosa of Archipelago, to create ILAW Coalition.[3]
In March 2019, Miranda announced publicly that her popup Musang was going to be a brick and mortar. She raised funds for the transition through Kickstarter and successfully exceeded exceeded her of $75000 goal in 30 days.[4] The brick and mortar restaurant opened in early 2020.[5]
Miranda incorporated a community-based approach to managing the restaurant, starting multiple community service efforts. Once the restaurant shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, they provided over 200 meals a day.[6] They funded this effort through community donations and grants.[6] Even after re-opening, Miranda continued to provide free community meals for the rest of 2021.[7] Furthermore, Miranda provided free Filipino food education programming for children through her Musang Little Wildcats program[7] which was converted into Wildcats Catering in 2023.
In January 2024, Musang closed temporarily for repairs.[8]
Reception
[edit]In November 2020, Musang was named Seattle Metropolitan's Restaurant of the Year.[7] In 2021 it was named Eater Seattle's Best Community-Focused Restaurant.[9] Food & Wine named Miranda one of eleven best new chefs in the United States for her work at the restaurant.[10][11] In The Infatuation's 2022 list of "The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle", Aimee Rizzo wrote, "Eating at Musang is like being guests at a pal's dreamy dinner party" with "phenomenal takes on Filipino classics" that "make us want to stop everything and sing about them as if life were a movie musical".[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Rizzo, Aimee (November 6, 2022). "The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle". The Infatuation. Archived from the original on November 19, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "Instagram".
- ^ "Don't Miss This Modern Filipino Collaboration Dinner".
- ^ "Melissa Miranda's Filipino Restaurant Will Take over the Travelers Thali House Space".
- ^ Russell, Angela Poe (November 9, 2022). "Filipino cuisine meets southern soul food in unique pop-up event". king5.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ a b Yap, Liz. "Melissa Miranda". outofprint.ph. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ a b c "Musang Is Seattle Met's Restaurant of the Year". Seattle Met. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ Cheadle, Harry (2024-01-26). "Musang Is Closed Temporarily for Emergency Repairs". Eater Seattle. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "Seattle's 2021 Eater Awards Winners". 8 December 2021.
- ^ Vinh, Tan (2022-09-12). "Seattle chef named one of Food & Wine magazine's best new chefs in America". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "Melissa Miranda named Food & Wine Best New Chef". Northwest Asian Weekly. 2022-09-29. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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