Submitted by Tacoma Buddhist Temple.
After three years as a drive-up-only event, the Tacoma Buddhist Temple Fall Bazaar returns in person on Sunday, Nov. 12.
Visitors can enjoy Japanese-style beef curry and steamed white rice or a bowl of hearty, thick udon noodles, to-go. The beef curry and udon must be pre-ordered by 10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at www.tacomabt.org and picked up at the bazaar on Nov. 12. The cost is $13 each.
Udon is a perfect fall soup made of thick noodles, a mild broth, and garnished with bok choi cabbage, tsukemono pickled vegetables and slices of kamaboko fish cake and egg.
A bazaar favorite, the beef curry includes cut-up vegetables, and is savory, slightly sweet, and less spicy, than Indian curry.
The day of the bazaar, visitors can browse through a bake sale featuring homemade whole pies, cookies, and other treats. Specialties will include our temple-prepared daifuku mochi, a pastry made of smooth, sweet rice filled with sweet red bean paste, and kuri manju, a baked pastry, also filled with sweet bean paste. Get there before they sell out!
Meanwhile, our always-popular rummage sale will offer Japanese dishware, dolls, artwork and gifts.
Tacoma Buddhist Temple Fall Bazaar
When: Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Tacoma Buddhist Temple, Social Hall,
1717 S. Fawcett Ave., Tacoma, WA
More info: www.tacomabt.org, 253-627-1417
Questions: emmainge17@gmail.com
Many years ago when I had a Sunday off from preaching at Lakewood Presbyterian Church, I visited the Tacoma Buddhist Temple. The day is remembered as one of the best worship experiences of my life. The warmth and generosity of the pastor (not sure the right name for the leander of the congregation) and the community was beautiful. The history of the facility in rehoming the Japanese families after the internment camps created during WWII is among the best examples of living into faith I have ever hard of.
If you have never visited the Temple, I highly recommend you take advantage of this opportunity.