[Authentic Mexican Food in King/Snohomish County?]

Just posted about a new breakfast and lunch spot in Georgetown - La Sabrosita - off Michigan on 5th? I think it is worth checking out.

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Thanks! Will do when I go over to visit art studios/gallerys!

[Authentic Mexican Food in King/Snohomish County?]

There's a lot of good Mexican food in Seattle. What part of town are you in and what are you looking for?

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I'm on the Eastside. I cook at home far more than I go out these days, but some fresh inspriation is welcomed. If there's a sweet little cantina in Redmond, Sammamish, Issaquah, Woodinville, Duvall, Carnation, Fall City... I'd make a trip for it. Guess I'm looking for rural/farm fresh type meals!

My toritillas from masa harina were ok, but not inspiring. I don't think I'm up for grinding my own masa. Thanks for your ideas.

[Authentic Mexican Food in King/Snohomish County?]

Native Texan here, eating more economically (ie, that giant bag of beans from Costco!) now refering to her Rick Bayless book, needs FRESH MASA for the best homemade tortillas! Any chance someone can tell me where to get fresh Masa? I drove to Woodinville yesterday for supplies at a small Mexican grocery. Masa Harina worked ok for my first shot at making my own tortillas.

I didn't see any thread about Mexican food up here (saw the thread on tacos in North Portland/Gresham/Vancouver, WA), so I'm hoping there are some jewels to be discovered closer to Seattle. Anyone?

[Growing Japanese food plants & herbs]

I have been looking too! for ten years.....

I would love to know of a place I could buy seedlings all year round.

I have come to the conclusion though that since these are really seasonal products we might just have to wait until their season. I see the herbs start to make an appearance in the nurseries around mid to late April with an early peak around Golden week, for te sturdier ones. The rest (like shiso, basil, etc) seem to peak in June and by August you will have a hard time finding anything again. Some sturdier herbs can be found sporadicly at different times of the year, this morning at a home center near my house I saw curly leaf parsley and I have bought rosemary and mint in the dead of winter.

You might have better luck with seeds, shiso doesn't take too long to grow.

Oh, and welcome to the Japan Forum!

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Thank you Torakris! I'm pleased to be here.

I'll wait impatiently for springtime, and will look for seeds meantime, and maybe pick up some rosemary and mint, and parsely if I'm lucky, too. I have started some little guys from Kobocha seeds, knowing that squash plants are the very easiest to get going. While the Kobocha are still in season, I'm saving more seeds from the best tasting to plant after winter. I haven't really looked for commercial seeds. Are they easy enough to find in the neighborhood shops?

Another thought: The "Market Guide" brochure I picked up in Tsukiji shows wholesale flower markets at Itabashi, Kita-Adachi, Kasai, Ota, and Setagaya. Have you explored any of these for living (rather than cut) plants? Might be interesting....

[Growing Japanese food plants & herbs]

I posted this on General Food Topics, but here it is again...

Do you have any questions about growing Japanese food plants - herbs, vegetables, fruits in containers or gardens?

I'm doing a project on writing up information about Japanese plants in English with my local university horticulture department, eager to hear which plants people outside Japan are interested in growing.

So ask away! You may see some of them responding directly on this forum, and I'll collate other responses and post them. 

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My question does not exactly fit your criteria (I am not outside Japan), so please forgive me. I would like to start an herb garden in containers, and I need some advice on where to buy very young plants here in Tokyo. My neighborhood nursery does not carry shiso, for example. Is there a wholesale market for plants here in Tokyo?

Any direction you can send me will help. Thanks.