34. Mee Sum Pastry
4343 University Way NE
This place sits just one storefront south of the main U District intersection of 45th and the Ave, which means I’ve passed by this place a million times. But I never made the connection between this place and the excellent storefront by the same name in Pike Place Market, where my friends and I would go to get humbows when I worked downtown. This place first came to my attention in a feature on best places to eat in the U District in The Stranger (other entries were Aladdin’s Gyro-Cery and Caliburger). Once I saw that, I knew it was next on my list.











