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Chef Mutsuko Soma is celebrating two years of success at Wallingford’s Miyabi 45th this upcoming week. And you are the lucky duck here as there will be $2 specials from Monday the 9th through Thursday the 13th. Specials include kushi katsu (on a stick), shiso miso baked oysters (dinner only), Sapporo and house hot sake. Come in for some handmade soba and foie gras tofu while you’re at it.

If you are weary of all the Valentine’s Day hype and are looking forward to the Lunar New Year, then you’ll be happy to learn that Monsoon is celebrating Tet on Thursday, Feb. 19. Those of you born in the Year of the Goat (and your friends) are sure to be pleased by a broad selection of Vietnamese dishes including traditional banh tet with mung bean and pork belly (also available for takeaway) and cha lua (steamed pork mousse) with sticky rice and pickled vegetables.

The Potala Marketplace is scheduled to open in the next six weeks in Everett, which will bring with it a new space to connect local agricultural businesses with our fine citizens. The space will include a year-round farmers market akin to the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver, with a wide range of purveyors focused on produce, meat, and prepared foods. The developers also have had a hand in similar large-scale food projects such as San Francisco’s Ferry Building and Napa Valley’s Oxbow Market, so big things are expected up here in Everett.