Will Weitzer
If you’re looking for a nice treat, especially Japanese or Asian style, you have to take a trip to one of the best Asian Grocery stores in Oregon, Uwajimaya! I Always love shopping here, they have a super wide selection of Asian sauces and spices, literally aisles of them. They have an amazing section of fun gifts and kitchen tools/cooking utensils, instruments and rice cookers. On one end of the store is their amazing deli with hot food, steam buns, misubi, and fresh teriyaki rice bowls, etc. and right next door to that is their fish department. They make amazing Poké and have many different types. They also have live clams, oysters, even live Dungeness crab when in season. You can buy a whole fillet of fresh frozen hamachi and many other seafood dishes. They have over 40 kinds of miso which is awesome and many different kimchi’s, pickled veggies, etc. They have awesome exotic Asian vegetables and fruit when in season. There is an entire aisle dedicated to everything rice cracker related. They also have a Japanese bookstore in the corner which happens to carry all kinds of amazing things Japanese. Super cool transformers and toys and books/japanese comics and Pokémon, the list goes on. They also have a Japanese Ramen restaurant in a separate end of the building with a shared door to the inside. One of my favorite things here is the wide variety of frozen Shumai, dumplings, and other Dim sum style treats. What’s even better. Their entire beverage selection is in coolers with doors. No more going to a store with imported drinks, just to wait to get it home to chill out and be ready to drink. There is over 30’ of chilled space all with doors, dedicated to this purpose. A wide portion of the back wall of the store. Super awesome and such a treat in summer or when grabbing a snack and want to have something refreshing to drink and ready to enjoy. They have a whole sake and Asian wine section in the store too with great options to choose from and fun treats from over the ocean. Now if you want rice, they have a nice set of the staple sized bags, but they also have a selection of super refined and extra polished high end sushi rice offerings that are excellent. I could probably keep going, but I’m sure you get the point. Don’t just go to Uwajimaya for a quick visit, plan to spend a bit of time to browse an aisle or two and see what they have, I promise you won’t regret it. Thank you for taking the time to read my review and I wish you a wonderful trip to Uwajimaya! Have a lovely day. Thank
