Jay Eats Worldwide

The 25th Annual Mutual Trading Co. Japanese Food & Restaurant Expo Pasadena Convention Center October 19. 2013 I've been going to the Mutual Trading Co Show almost every year since 2000, I even attended their show in the NY/NJ area.  Mutual Trading is one of the oldest Japanese food distributors in the U.S.  Based in the Los Angeles, MTC has sales offices in Honolulu, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Boston, New Jersey, and New York.  Mutual Trading has beautiful showrooms in Los Angeles and New York City.  I should do a post on their showroom one of these days... Ready for the breaking of the  sake barrel  to open the expo  Once inside, lots of food, beverages, equipment, knives, and products of all kinds. With 88 vendors, 30 from Japan, this event had over 2,000 registered attendees. At the entrance, I ran into my friend  Tommy Kosaka (chef/owner - Sushi Dragon )  and Mr. Kosei Yamamoto...

It's October and time for Mutual Trading Co., Inc's Annual Restaurant Trade Show.  This showcases their new and popular Japanese food and drink skus available through Mutual Trading Co and their subsidiaries.  I met up with Foodstory founder, Yoko Isassi , and we explored the floor looking for new ingredients and the next food story at: The 24th Annual Mutual Trading  Japanese Food and Restaurant Expo Pasadena Convention Center October 13, 2012 This year, Mutual Trading moved it's show to Pasadena to accommodate the increasing  interest in  Japanese cuisine. Lots of vendors and plenty of items to sample Here's What Jay Eats... (Or sampled) Too many noodle choices from Sun Noodle Soba Noodles with a dash of yuzu I was hoping to jazz up the soba taste, but the yuzu they had wasn't citrus enough, like you would with pho. Until I found this one... My New Favorite Yuzu! Shibori Yuzu ...