Food
Viet Wah
I recently took a friend on her first tour of Viet Wah, the Vietnamese supermarket at 1320 S. Jackson St. that specializes in inexpensive meats and produce, Asian sauces and other ingredients. For $11, I brought home a bag of Vietnamese sandwich rolls, a large squeeze-bottle of Sriracha chili sauce, two bananas, a pound of fresh red peppers for pickling, a package of Vietnamese rice pancakes for making summer rolls and two gorgeous bunches of fresh pea vines for sauteing (for which I paid $2.78 vs. the $5.99 they'd likely cost in a traditional supermarket — if I could find them). For more Little Saigon deals, go to www.seattletimes.com/allyoucaneat.
Nancy Leson, Seattle Times food writer
DVDs
"Intelligence"
The best series you've never watched — especially if you dug the smart and sprawling saga of HBO's "The Wire." Set in Vancouver, the action revolves around the tenuous alliance between standup-guy dealer Jimmy "the weed king" Reardon (Ian Tracey) and ruthlessly ambitious Organized Crime Unit head Mary Spalding (Klea Scott). Both have more to worry about from within their own ranks than each other, most notably Spalding's underling Ted "the nasty bastard" (a surprisingly evil Matt Frewer, of all people). From "Da Vinci's Inquest" creator Chris Haddock (available now on DVD from Acorn, $59).
Mark Rahner, Seattle Times DVD writer
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