A 36-Course Wu-Tang-Themed Dinner Is Coming to Seattle
The event will feature rappers, art, and dishes from nine of Seattles best chefs
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Around four years ago, Syd Suntha (who now runs popular
Sri Lankan food cart Kottu) was jotting down ideas for different food events, when he landed on the idea of putting on a Wu-Tang-themed dinner. Ive loved them since I was a kid, and I think theyre one of those groups that resonate with every single person, Suntha says. At first, it was just going to be a five-course event with just him cooking. But then he thought, Theres nine members of the Wu-Tang Clan. Why not have nine chefs at the event? And since the number 36 is featured in the groups debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Suntha decided to serve 36 courses instead of five.
The event was postponed twice during the pandemic, but its now scheduled for September or October of this year. Suntha is also a finalist for a $10,000 prize from Eventbrite (in a contest that
can be vote on once until June 29), though hell put on the event whether he wins or not. If I win, its going to be one version of it where were going to bring in some special guests and have a little more money to play with, Suntha says. And if I dont win, its still going to be fucking awesome.
Eighteen of the courses in the meal will be food, nine will be drinks, and nine will be experiences like shows from rappers, MCs, and musicians. Suntha says the nine chefs are yet to be decided, and that hell announce them over the next few months. But he hinted that hes talking to some local
Top Chef alums, among other big names in Seattles food world. Dave Storm from Snoqualmie barbecue restaurant
Buckshot Honey has already committed to contributing a couple of dishes. Dishes Suntha has already developed for the event include Ooh Baby, I Like it Raw, a dish inspired by the lyrics of the song Shimmy Shimmy Ya, with local albacore, beets, roasted chilis, and amaranth. One Blood Under W, based on a song of the same name, is a dish with blood sausage on brioche.
The drinks will be curated by Friendly Gomez, a local mixologist whos done several pop-culture pop-ups in the past and has served Wu-Tang-themed cocktails at afterparties for Wu-Tang shows. (Suntha also recently threw a wildly successful pop-up at the Shambles based on the TV show
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.) Gomezs drinks include the Ghost-Trace Killah (a play on the name of Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah) made with Buffalo Trace bourbon, maple, lemon, mint, and egg white, and Old Dirty Plastered (an ode to Wu-Tang member Ol Dirty Bastard), a lager with a mini martini. Suntha doesnt drink alcohol, and Gomez will be serving nonalcoholic versions of many of the drinks as well.
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