We already knew that the Seattle empire builder favors Pho Bac and Tai Tung and Sea Garden when he’s not eating in his own restaurants, and I was struck by a couple of items on his “10 thoughts” list printed in Restaurant Hospitality:

#4. If there was no duck, I’d have no reason to live.

#6. If I were on death row my last meal would be a whole Chinese barbecue duck with green onion pancakes, Chinese broccoli (gai lan), ginger-steamed rice and hoisin chili sauce.

#9. My idea of a perfect day is work, dim sum at 11 a.m., golf at noon, work 4-8, dinner with Jackie on the sunny side of the house and some wine.

So, with Northwest, Greek, and pizza already covered, why don’t we have a Tom Douglas restaurant inspired by the ID?

#7 was also noteworthy, where Douglas says what he hates most about this business is the “ripoff” of credit card fees. “We do the work, they make the money.”

Full list from the article is here.

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