SEATTLE TIMES: 25 Best Dishes of 2015

The Seattle Times restaurant critic ranks 25 unforgettable moments at the table from 2015.

WAGYU KATSU

At Naka, Shota Nakajima’s wagyu beef katsu, cooked rare and encased in a pebbled breading, offered an elegant Japanese take on chicken-fried steak.

SEAFOOD TARTARE

Taro chips came with Naka’s delicate seafood tartare, a blend of madai, tuna, kampachi and soy-cured salmon roe, bound with chive-flecked yuzu aioli.

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