This piece is part of The Stranger’s 2017 Guide to Food and Drink (International Edition), which includes recommendations of more than 100 restaurants serving tastes from around the globe.
If you’ve been to one food court, you’ve been to them all—a bunch of cafeteria-style food joints all plopped inelegantly into one spot, usually in the middle of a shopping mall. Harried patrons take a break from overpaying for retail to have a bite from Chipotle or Chick-fil-A or Panda Express or that steak sandwich shop that keeps changing names and ownership but always seems to serve up the same six hoagie combos.
Uwajimaya Village Food Court is a step up from the mundane. Sure, it’s still cafeteria dining, but its very location—in Seattle’s International District, located near a transportation hub and within the Uwajimaya grocery store—brings a measure of quality to the selections, not to mention added authenticity and wider global breadth.
