August 13, 2008
Seattle’s Pike Place Market
One of the most famous national food markets that I’ve come across is Pike Place Market located in Seattle. Having just visited Seattle for my second time ever (thanks to my brother and his family for moving there), I had the pleasure of discovering the wonder that is Pike Place Market. Just off the coast of Elliot Bay, and located in a city with access to all sorts of bodies of water, this market’s specialty is undoubtedly: fish, and lots of it.
Particularly, the largest tourist attraction at Pike Place Market is the Pike Place Fish Co.’s flying fish. With every order of fish, the name of that fish is called out to be wrapped and then flung through a distance with just seconds warning. The fish is then wrapped and thrown back out to the fish monger. Think “3 mussels and 1 rockfish” being yelled out and flung in the air. Two seconds later, “2 Alderwood Salmon” and the crowd ducks. Something about fish flying through the air is entertaining, to say the least.
See a short clip after the jump!
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