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S&B Golden Curry
S&B Golden Curry
November 16, 2020
Curry was first introduced to Japan in the late 1800s by the British. Japanese chefs at the time made changes to the dish to better fit the Japanese palate, and to go better with Japanese short grain rice. Many of the spices used in Western and Indian style curries were...
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Taiwanese Food Week
Taiwanese Food Week
November 10, 2020
This week at Uwajimaya, we’re celebrating Taiwanese Food Week (November 11-17, 2020) featuring specialties from the Pingtung region of Taiwan in partnership with Pingtung Good Foods. Pingtung is located at the southernmost point of Taiwan where the region is gifted with warm sunlight and abundant fields – a combination...
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How to Use a Hot Pot
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How to Use a Hot Pot
October 22, 2020
Hot pots and why they rule In many ways, hot pots exemplify all the best things that food brings to our lives. They’re warming, socially engaging, comforting, nutritious (or, the food inside them is), and, most of all, tasty. While the term “hot pot” often...
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Celebrating our 92nd Anniversary
Celebrating our 92nd Anniversary
October 12, 2020
In 1928 Calvin Coolidge was president, milk cost 35 cents a gallon and Fujimatsu Moriguchi started Uwajimaya in Tacoma, Washington selling handmade fishcakes to Japanese laborers in the Pacific Northwest. Now led by Fujimatsu’s granddaughter, almost a century later Uwajimaya has grown from the back of Moriguchi’s truck...
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We’re Remodeling our Seattle Store
We’re Remodeling our Seattle Store
September 29, 2020
COMING 2020 Exciting changes are coming to Uwajimaya! Starting this fall we will be updating our Seattle store to improve your shopping experience, so things will look a little different around here for a while. We are committed to providing the same level of service you have come to expect...
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On Our Tasty Autumn Friend the Mooncake
On Our Tasty Autumn Friend the Mooncake
September 22, 2020
Depending on what time of year you’re reading this, you might be feeling a bit melancholy about summer fading into the chillier fall months. We want to look on the bright side, though — this seasonal transition means we’re getting closer to the Mid-Autumn Festival season,...
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