Uwajimaya
A lot smaller than its parent in the International District, this offshoot in Bellevue still carries everything essentially Asian, from cosmetics and Hello Kitty gifts to Japanese designed dinnerware. And I can’t forget about all the exotic foods you can never quite figure out how to appropriately include in your dinner menu without scaring away your less-than-adventurous guests–pig feet, chicken feet, oxtail, durian…need I continue? If you must learn, though, the recipes available on their website will teach you how to slice and pickle pig ears, and how to sauté up some frog legs. Hungry anyone? Rest assured, Uwajimaya does carry less exotic Asian specialties such as bok choy and shitake mushrooms, and their seafood selection is definitely fresher and tastier than that of um, (cough) Safeway.
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