food stuff
one of the nice things about Seattle I don't think anyone would expect is, on top of the gigantic Uwajimaya in the International District, there's a little Japanese grocery in Georgetown, which is a very blue collar/grimy/ignored part of town. They have a lunch area with korroke, donburi, etc.
My interview was down around there so I stopped at the grocery store and got a spam musubi (this didn't even survive HALF the trip home), saba shioyaki (theirs is awesome) and an egg fu yung (I realize about as Chinese as I am, but I like the stuff and never make it).