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It’s time to close out the opening week of Seattle Asian Eats. Earlier this week, we debuted with a report on duck noodles soup at Green Leaf. My hope is to review one Asian restaurant at the beginning of each week, and then to spotlight an Asian food product toward the end of each week. That product might be anything from a Japanese crepe or cream puff (stay tuned for more about that!), to a Vietnamese sandwich or sausage, to an interesting or offbeat grocery store item.This week I was picking up some Chinese and Thai ingredients in Viet Wah when, hungry for an immediate snack, a “Howdy Rodeo” product caught my eye. A happy-looking chef is serving up what the package claims to be the “best roasted chestnuts”—without shell and ready-to-eat.
They got two of three right: Definitely de-shelled and convenient to eat, though I wouldn’t quite label them the best quality. But not bad. I like that they’re naturally sweet, with nothing adding, including preservatives.
Chestnuts are serious business in Seattle. It’s hard to resist the smell of them roasting outside of Uwajimaya year-round. And it’s fascinating to watch the elderly Asian women hang out from dusk ‘til dawn (and sometimes earlier and later, flashlights in hand) autumn days on Bigelow street at the top of Queen Anne, meticulously poking around for fallen chestnuts, or waiting patiently to hear the next one fall to the ground for harvesting. Sometimes, I must admit, I’m tempted to join them.Related Articles:
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