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2018 - 30th Annual Japanese Food & Restaurant Expo (Food Tasting, Sake Tasting, Beer Sampling, Shochu, etc)NEW

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Date: Saturday, 22 September, 2018       Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Pasadena Convention Center
300 E. Green St.
Pasadena, CA 91101
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Map of Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St.

The Annual Mutual Trading Food & Restaurant Expo comes to Pasadena Convention Center Hall.  Largest Showcase of Japanese Food, Sake, & Specialty Supplies. A Trade Show for Trade Professionals

The show hall is broken into different areas:
1) Seminar Area 
2) Beer & Sake tasting
3) Supplier tasting: sushi, udon, ramen, green tea, etc.

Date
September 22, 2018

Time
9 am - 4pm

Must See | Learn | Taste

MTC Pavilion:
Special Sale Up to 20% OFF - Dashi 101: Perfecting Konbu and Katsuo Umami

ULTS Super-Frozen Seafood:
 Tuna Cuts, Sizes and Varieties - Feel, Taste, and Discover the Ideal

Beer:
Taste the Largest Collection of Japanese Craft Beers in America! Don't Miss This Chance!!

Shochu:
New Trend Alert: Aged Shochu

Wine:
Japan's Indigenous Koshu and Muscat Bailey A - Hidden Gems Uncorked

Restaurant Supplies

Quality Chef's Tools, Made in Japan - 1,200+ Professionals Tools of the Trade and Restaurant Supplies, One-Day Expo Sale, Up to 25% OFF

Japanese Ceramic-Ware - Blow Out Sale 50% OFF Factory Direct Prices

Tsukiji Masamoto Special: 30% OFF - Customized Engraving by Hocho Master Hirano (with purchase)

Expo-Exclusives Chef's Knives: One Day Show Special! (Limited Quantity)

White Chinaware Exclusive 30% OFF

Seminar Schedule

10:00 - 10:40 - Introducing the Most Underrated Wagyu Cuts and its Best Usage

by Nobuo Fukuda, James Beard Award Winner, Chef & Owner, Teeter House

11:00 - 11:40 - Whole Bluefin Tuna De-Boning & Carving

by Katsuya Uechi, Executive Chef & Owner, Katsuya

12:00 - 12:40 - Jizake and Food Pairing with Miyazaki Beef and Bluefin Tuna

by Antony Moss MW, Director of Strategic Planning, Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET)

13:00 - 13:40 - Hocho Service Center Presents: Knife Sharpening Lecture & Demo

by Misao Hirano, CEO, Tsukiji Masamoto

Registration
Required at www.lamtc.com or at Convention Center. Please check.

Location
Pasadena Convention Center, Exhibition Hall B.

Parking
Approx $12. Park at Convention Center
* Additional parking on green street. 

EXPO IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR TRADE PROFESSIONALS ONLY, and is not open to the general public.
No one under the age of 16 will be admitted.

Expo Organizer reserves the right to DECLINE ADMISSION and/or EJECT ATTENDEES from venue.

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Saturday, 22 September, 2018



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