LA Mutual Trading Company will host its 31st Annual Japanese Food Expo at the Pasadena Convention Center on Saturday September 28, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
The Expo is the largest showcase of Japanese food, alcoholic beverage, and restaurant supplies and is the principal meeting place for food-service professionals and suppliers. The show is strictly for the food-service trade, not the general public; additionally, no one under 18 is allowed.
Suppliers come from not only all over the US, but also Japan, as well as other parts of Asia to showcase their products and services and offer show special pricing, often up to 25% off. A large ceramics section will offer white chinaware at 30% off. Kitchen utensils and tools will be displayed as well, and knives will be engraved for free with purchase.
Food suppliers will showcase the full range of Japanese culinary products, offerings samples. Included will be dry goods like rice, beans, noodle varieties, seaweeds, seasonings and sauces; meat and fish, as well as prepared dishes like sashimi, sushi, curries, and ramens. A liquor pavillion will offer hard liquor, beers and wines with sampling till 3pm.
The show’s mission includes a strong focus on learning. Topics include: Rice vs Rice: The Ultimate Rice Taste-Off; UTLS Super Frozen Seafood: Taste the Fresh Difference on Kurushio Hon-Maguro, Japan; Sake Terroir, Exploring Japan’s Regional Sake; Bubbling Up! The Next Biggest Sake Trend: Discover Sparkling Sake & Cheese Pairing; Building Profitable Shochu Cocktail Menus; Showcasing Unique and Distinctive Wines from Yamanashi and Nagano; Craft Beer Evolution: Featuring Unique Ingredients for Elevated Drinking Experience.
Other seminars and workshops include: Zero Waste: Redefining Wagyu Scraps and Trimmings Trade Tricks to Using Every Ounce of Miyazaki Beef by Nobuo Fukuda, Chef & Owner, Teeter House; How to Increase Sake Sales and Satisfy Customers’ Wants Panel Discussion by Mark Tarbell, Chef & Owner, Tarbell’s, and Yuko Sakurai, Beverage Director, Shunji Japanese Cuisine; and Koji Fermentation: Secret to a Happy Gut and Healthy Life by Shoko Baba, Fermentation Specialist & International Sake Sommelier, Hakkaisan Brewery.
For more information, please visit https://lamtc.com/