Same, I'm in Vegas now and we have everything except Seattle style teriyaki. There is a chain called teriyaki madness but it's definitely not the same and it's tiny portions
I've lived in Seattle for over 25 years and remember a conversation where my friend asked me, "Did you know that teriyaki in Seattle in unique to Seattle?" I had lived in Seattle for many years at this point. He went on to explain it was not normal to have a teriyaki restaurant on every corner but in Seattle, that's just normal. I had no idea this was abnormal. Both him and I assumed this was how things were down the west coast.
Born and raised. I didn’t realize it was a Seattle thing until I moved out of state because I grew up with it thinking it was the norm. It’s the first thing we eat whenever we visit home! Nothing beats it!
Nope just Seattle, bikini coffee stands too lol. Vegas doesn't have either of them but we have everything else. We do have lots of Hawaiian spots and the teriyaki is good but not the same
Teriyaki Madness on 100th in Juanita was my favorite for years and years. They shut down over COVID and it was so sad. I feel like they never got the respect they deserved.
I follow Kenji!! The teriyaki I grew up with in Hawaii and that my father taught me to make is different than Toshi's and is beef because back in the 60's in Hawaii, there weren't chicken teriyaki huts in Hawaii. I still prefer beef and my way of making it but love Toshi's! ❤❤
I moved from Seattle to San Jose, CA IN 1994. I never found a decent teriyaki place in the Bay Area. I moved back in WA in ‘23, and so happy to get their version of teriyaki again!
I've lived in Seattle since the 1970s and I have never had Teriyaki. I'm so ashamed. My mission, once Thanksgiving is over, is to try the Teriyaki places recommended in these comments. Woo hoo!
As someone who grew up in the suburbs of Seattle and went to Western Washington University but now lives in Las Vegas. I FEEL this! We have so much better (overall) food here in Vegas, food from all over the world, Top Chef’s and restaurants throughout the whole Valley not just the tourist zones. You can never visit them all. But the one thing they don’t have is a mom and pop teriyaki spot on basically every corner. That’s Mexican food here and don’t get me wrong. We love it! 24 hour access to Mexican food right down your block is awesome, but I do miss my local Seattle teriyaki joints! They can’t be replaced! They can’t be beat!!
It really is hard to find in other towns. There are Japanese restaurants that will have it as an item on the menu, but it's hit and miss with the sauce, with it often being a mild pour-over. The Hawaiian BBQ places have it but there's usually too much black from grill and the taste is primarily from the soy marinade. For me, it has to be a sweet glaze on the chicken.
Seattle native. I find it’s seasonal. Warm weather is teriyaki and Bahn mi. Wet weather is pho. But I’m going to my parents’ house for Thanksgiving and know that we’ll pregame on Wednesday with teriyaki. Maybe we’re the only ones, but we teriyaki because you can eat it family style.
I’m not sure those are quite comparable in their respective uniqueness-to-place. NorCal, SoCal and even gulf coast area have Vietnamese cultures significantly bigger than Seattle’s.
@pushalice I have a home in San Francisco too, but there are not nearly as many pho places there compared to Seattle, and the majority I have tried are not as good!
It’s a take on the teriyaki that we used to eat in Hawaii but nobody in Hawaii would call this teriyaki. Teriyaki chicken is typically marinated for a long time in a marinade and then grilled never any sticky sweet sugary sauce on it……
1984 my uncle opened Nikos in Kent, featuring Hawaiian style teriyaki with Mac salad and kimchi. It later became Hawaiian Express and is currently called Tokyo Town, still has the same menu because customers demand it. 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
I never thought I would live in Seattle as when I lived in San Francisco it was so similar but during the pandemic I moved here. I love the weather and access to water and the mountains but it's taking me forever to figure out where to find a good hot chili or certain Pacific island or Asian foods. Maybe it's because I Move here during the pandemic but just not a lot of great buzz. I'm going to compare your Restaurants with names people have given me because I do love teriyaki! _Cheers from Seattle!_
After moving here I noticed how it's everywhere. And I'd say 9 out of 10 places I've walked into, the owners and/or people behind the counter are Korean Americans (I speak Korean), so I just order in Korean at this point LOL.
So interesting... never heard of Seattle-style teriyaki until I saw this video. Even the few times I visited Seattle, my friends who lived there never mentioned it.
After moving to the mid west for 5 years, my first night back in the Seattle area was to get Teriyaki. I couldn't find Teriyaki back there, although it seemed every corner had a pizza shop.
Teryaki rules... Ichiban in Yelm is phenomenal..large portions.. a smaller Chinese food menu featuring sweet n sour chicken etc...finally something in the news positive about Seattle lol
I remember as a kid in the 80's my family would always go to Toshi's for teriyaki, because it was the best. I didn't realize until much later that it was also the first
I live in the Seattle area. Had no idea. Now that I think about it, there is just about as many teriyaki places as there are coffee stands around here 🙂
The best spot for me was down under the Alaskan Way viaduct on like Marion or Madison. I ate there more in the 90s than I did at my own home. It was $4 for two large portions barely held in a styrofoam container with rubber bands. I can still think of the smell. When I moved to the east coast and the requisite NW gallon of yoshida’s teriyaki sauce wasn’t in every fridge, or even available at a retailer besides very large Asian groceries, I felt like I had moved to another country. A sad, teriyaki-less country.
John's Wok downtown on Western. Gone but not forgotten. Used to be a line down the block for it every weekday at noon. Chicken teriyaki with so much flavor.
Seattle once had a coffee cart on every block and a teriyaki carry-out every couple of blocks. Eastlake had Tommy's Sushi, whose teriyaki rocked. Now we are a bit of a teriyaki desert...
Buxx Teriyaki next to the Chevron and Torta shop over in the corner of Boulevard Park before you hit the ramp to downtown and Beacon Hill. Been the jam for over 22 years :)
@calinator51 fr fr! I've been moving back and forth since '08 and it's just as fresh as it was back in '01 when I first found it. No matter how many years I've been in a different city, it's one of the best parts of moving back home periodically, Buxx chicken special plate.
There was a story in the Seattle Times in the late eighties/early nineties about Seattle Teriyaki and how there were more Teriyaki restaurants in the Puget Sound than McDonald's. I don't if that is still the case, but every strip mall seems to have a Teriyaki restaurant in it.
Seattle native here. Our teriyaki is basically bulgogi sauce on chicken thighs; it's neither Japanese nor Korean, but closer to the latter. My Seattleite friends and family who have visited Japan have been _shocked_ to discover that no such thing exists there. 😂
Interesting. On the north end pretty much everyone runs a very traditional Japanese style, just soy sauce, wine, sugar. Much more viscous than the cornstarch topping they have shown in the video.
@robertwhitten265 not Seattle style. Japanese style can't touch Seattle. The only thing that comes close to Seattle is Hawaii but it's a different sauce and smaller pieces
I certainly didn't expect Terriyaki was authentic Japanese, but I had no idea until the past few years that Terriyaki in Seattle was a thing. I puzzled why I could only occasionally find it wandering the US. I had figured Terriyaki existed everywhere. Must be because I grew up here, went to Seattle in 1986 and subsisted on Terriyaki, Dicks burgers, and picking Huckleberries; and mouth-watering now for a good order of chicken terryaki with gyoza.
what makes it different from regular teriyaki? what do the people in Seattle put in their sauce that sets it apart? thought we would find out what makes it "seattle style", do they add rain water to the mix?
I used to live in Seattle but live in Houston now. It's the sauce and the short grained rice. When I'm jonesing for some Toshi's at home now I reach for Kikoman Teriaki glaze but I think the Seattle sauce is not quite as thick and has some orange juice in it.
@@marlinmixon3004 I'm from Seattle, lived in Houston for two years, then moved back home. It's REALLY tough to find down there. Many have no clue what it is!
Back in the early 80's I was vacationing with my father in downtown Toronto there was a small shop by the hotel they served chopped up Teriyaki Duck very thick sauce was in a foil pan with white paper lid rubber bands holding together! It was fatty and so good I kept volunteering to get more I think I had about four of them my father was shocked because I never had duck before! I still dream of finding somewhere near me in Michigan that sells it!
I've been to Seattle a few times. The Seattle-style teriyaki is the same as the ones i had in Japan, Bay area CA, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Gardena, Torrance, San Diego, Las Vegas, etc. My ex girlfriend made me teriyaki chicken and beef a while back. She told this is Seattle style. I asked what's the difference. She said it's from Seattle. I was like OHHHHHH LOL
In this video he talks about TERIYAKI in Seattle, but I don't like the JAPANESE style TERIYAKI, because it's made with MIRIN,which is JAPANESE rice wine vinegar, so I make it Hawaiian style, with soy sauce, light brown sugar, sesame oil,fresh ginger, and garlic, thicken with a blend of flour and water, and here in ELMHURST QUEENS it was an instant hit, for the community and for the businesses around the area, and it's fast and cheap, with CHINESE/HAWAIIAN vegetable,fried rice and I made it very affordable for everyone, and you can eat it at any time of the day just add a protein, and I was brought up with it, growing up in Honolulu Hawaii.
What's so special about the seattle teriyaki? When i go to panda express, i get the teriyaki chicken and always add extra sauce packet on it. I love it. Is it sweeter or thicker in seattle? What brand of sauce do they use?
Think of it as ghetto terriyaki. These were hole in the walls early on. The chicken is cooked ahead of time and just reheated on the grill and slapped with sauce. It's hit or miss on moistness. The taste is like chicken skewers but chopped up. Lot of people in Seattle like it because because it used to be cheap and a lot of people grew up with it. So it's nostalgic. Is the teriyaki terrible? No. Is it oh my God? No. Would you eat it again? Yes. This is a unique Seattle thing.
I love chicken teriyaki! The closest thing to "Seattle style" teriyaki chicken that I had growing up was the closest shopping mall food court where they have teriyaki chicken/beef with rice/noodles. It's not exactly the same, and yes, it's a bit random to go out of your way to go to a mall food court to get teriyaki, but it's delicious nonetheless!
Let's call it as it is. Seattle teriyaki joints are 90% Korean owned. They are not Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese owned. When was the last time you ever went into a Vietnamese owned teriyaki joint? Go try to find one, I dare you. I don't know why this guy is an expert, he is erasing the hard work of what Koreans have been doing all over the Seattle area to deliver delicious teriyaki and nobody ever fact checks him on this simple fact.
A Vietnamese family used to own the Mexican restaurant in the small town I grew up in, there is no retirement that the ethnicity of the owner needs to match the ethnicity of the food served.
You are correct. Vietnamese filks own Vietnamese places to dine at...Kenji says these things and it's baffling. The teriyaki place he likes the most is Korean owned. Sheesh.
I don't think there really is difference. I think it's just that it's a boxed meal. Maybe the food person will give some distinctions in his additional reporting?
When I think about what I'm hungry for, l most often think of culture and nationality. I don't catch myself saying, out loud, that I'm craving American food. Immigrants use the entire flavor wheel!
The best all over the pacific NW now. Toshi thank you sir you are a hero
As an former Washingtonian I STILL get the craving for speciffically Happy Teriyaki’s teriyaki.
The one in Puyallup Wa? That’s my favorite 😍
@ Lacey, on College Street for me. Also Tumwater….
@@sonhuynh8222River Road Happy is the absolute best! 🎉
@@Gogogordy1 Well hello neighbor. I too have frequented that specific Lacey establishment all my life.
Same, I'm in Vegas now and we have everything except Seattle style teriyaki. There is a chain called teriyaki madness but it's definitely not the same and it's tiny portions
I've lived in Seattle for over 25 years and remember a conversation where my friend asked me, "Did you know that teriyaki in Seattle in unique to Seattle?" I had lived in Seattle for many years at this point. He went on to explain it was not normal to have a teriyaki restaurant on every corner but in Seattle, that's just normal. I had no idea this was abnormal. Both him and I assumed this was how things were down the west coast.
Born and raised. I didn’t realize it was a Seattle thing until I moved out of state because I grew up with it thinking it was the norm. It’s the first thing we eat whenever we visit home! Nothing beats it!
And a Starbucks on every corner. That’s not normal as well.
Nope just Seattle, bikini coffee stands too lol. Vegas doesn't have either of them but we have everything else. We do have lots of Hawaiian spots and the teriyaki is good but not the same
Didn't realize this is not normal until watching this video.
Teriyaki Madness on 100th in Juanita was my favorite for years and years. They shut down over COVID and it was so sad. I feel like they never got the respect they deserved.
What a Seattle legacy! Shut em down in one of the freshest air cities in the world.
Teriyaki First, on NW 85th St at 8th in Greenwood Seattle.
Takes 30-45 mins after ordering. Reliable, tasty, well prepared.
Oh damn I have been on 85th in Greenwood for almost a year now and haven't gone. Time to take a Sunday stroll.
Closed on Sundays. Bummer
Lived a block away for 5 years, this was my go-to!
40 minutes to cook chicken? lol
@@realbosstakea Long wait if you show up in person but since op's telling you now, look up their number and call ahead.
Seattlite here, we take Teriyaki for granted until we leave the area and realize how rare it is across the country...
I once compared it to moving someplace that had never heard of mac & cheese.
He's right. I live an hour outside of Seattle in Kitsap County. We love it here too.
Same! There’s a good place in port orchard (kim’s) but they are no longer open on Sundays and mondays.
It's an unwritten rule out here; strip malls have to have at least one of the following, a dry cleaners, a nail salon and/ or pho or teriyaki place.
More people need to go to Toshi’s in Mill Creek. It’s the one in this video and the only one with Toshi
Definitely. Another one of the best is Oishi's Teriyaki up north a bit in Everett
Agreed. Toshi’s is still the best in town.
I love learning about niche little food things across the country
I love teriyaki so maybe I'd like Seattle.
teriyaki nasai near university village has been my families go to for almost two decades!!
Our family is also fond of Nasai. I don't like their yakisoba but no denying their teriyaki is great.
Totally. Nasai is the best.
They're still there? I haven't been there since 2001. Crazy
@@CatWhiskering I happen to love the chicken yaki. Go figure haha
I follow Kenji!! The teriyaki I grew up with in Hawaii and that my father taught me to make is different than Toshi's and is beef because back in the 60's in Hawaii, there weren't chicken teriyaki huts in Hawaii. I still prefer beef and my way of making it but love Toshi's! ❤❤
Same. I'm from Ewa Beach. Learned my Teriyaki recipe from my Step Mom : pure Japanese. My sauce is ono!
I moved from Seattle to San Jose, CA IN 1994. I never found a decent teriyaki place in the Bay Area. I moved back in WA in ‘23, and so happy to get their version of teriyaki again!
I've lived in Seattle since the 1970s and I have never had Teriyaki. I'm so ashamed. My mission, once Thanksgiving is over, is to try the Teriyaki places recommended in these comments. Woo hoo!
It's very overrated, you're not missing anything. It's like soy sauce and sugar.
@@youtubecensors5419you’re crazy, your favorite food is probably crackers and water
I've lived in metro Seattle for 54 of my 56 years. I love teriyaki and it is extremely popular here!
“I Love You Teriyaki” is the best!
Growing up in Washington this is just a normal thing. Then I traveled and found out its a special thing.
Teriyaki joints are everywhere in the PNW, it’s awesome.
As someone who grew up in the suburbs of Seattle and went to Western Washington University but now lives in Las Vegas. I FEEL this!
We have so much better (overall) food here in Vegas, food from all over the world, Top Chef’s and restaurants throughout the whole Valley not just the tourist zones. You can never visit them all.
But the one thing they don’t have is a mom and pop teriyaki spot on basically every corner.
That’s Mexican food here and don’t get me wrong. We love it! 24 hour access to Mexican food right down your block is awesome, but I do miss my local Seattle teriyaki joints! They can’t be replaced! They can’t be beat!!
LOVE teriyaki. No one in the country quite makes it as good as asian emigrees in California, the Pac NW and the Pacific rim.
Sunny Teriaki in Ballard is our go-to 'cause it's close. But definitely need to get to Toshi's!
It really is hard to find in other towns. There are Japanese restaurants that will have it as an item on the menu, but it's hit and miss with the sauce, with it often being a mild pour-over. The Hawaiian BBQ places have it but there's usually too much black from grill and the taste is primarily from the soy marinade. For me, it has to be a sweet glaze on the chicken.
Pho is the other big Seattle food, but teriyaki is having its moment with Kenji’s videos.
Seattle native. I find it’s seasonal. Warm weather is teriyaki and Bahn mi. Wet weather is pho. But I’m going to my parents’ house for Thanksgiving and know that we’ll pregame on Wednesday with teriyaki. Maybe we’re the only ones, but we teriyaki because you can eat it family style.
@@GreySkyLadyagree!!
Pho is even bigger in Alaska, the best Pho I ever had was in the Dutch Harbor Airport that lady kills it.
I’m not sure those are quite comparable in their respective uniqueness-to-place. NorCal, SoCal and even gulf coast area have Vietnamese cultures significantly bigger than Seattle’s.
@pushalice I have a home in San Francisco too, but there are not nearly as many pho places there compared to Seattle, and the majority I have tried are not as good!
It’s a take on the teriyaki that we used to eat in Hawaii but nobody in Hawaii would call this teriyaki. Teriyaki chicken is typically marinated for a long time in a marinade and then grilled never any sticky sweet sugary sauce on it……
Mix the Sriracha in it for the spicy teriyaki. Soooo good
I've never been to Toshi's.
My favorite is Buck's teriyaki in Kent. You should try.
Teriyaki and drive-thru bikini espresso stands are the two things that are everywhere in Seattle but are hard to find outside of the PNW.
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So happy to see Luke and Kenji enjoying the teriyaki at Rainier Teriyaki (1:45). It’s my local teriyaki joint and it’s the best in town.
Rainier Teriyaki is quite good however for my taste, the sauce is a bit too sweet and viscous. *Korean owned, Latino kitchen operation.*
1984 my uncle opened Nikos in Kent, featuring Hawaiian style teriyaki with Mac salad and kimchi. It later became Hawaiian Express and is currently called Tokyo Town, still has the same menu because customers demand it. 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
Good luck finding one open on a Sunday.
Actually a lot more are staying open Sundays and closed Mondays
@Livnglrg meh. It's a religious thing. I live in Edmonds. Sunday means ZERO teriyaki.
Teriyaki is what I miss the most foodwise since moving from Seattle to AZ. Will someone PLEASE bring Seattle style teriyaki to Mesa? 😋
I never thought I would live in Seattle as when I lived in San Francisco it was so similar but during the pandemic I moved here.
I love the weather and access to water and the mountains but it's taking me forever to figure out where to find a good hot chili or certain Pacific island or Asian foods.
Maybe it's because I Move here during the pandemic but just not a lot of great buzz.
I'm going to compare your Restaurants with names people have given me because I do love teriyaki!
_Cheers from Seattle!_
After moving here I noticed how it's everywhere. And I'd say 9 out of 10 places I've walked into, the owners and/or people behind the counter are Korean Americans (I speak Korean), so I just order in Korean at this point LOL.
Nasai Teriyaki in the University District is my go-to favorite. It's off of the light rail station.
So interesting... never heard of Seattle-style teriyaki until I saw this video. Even the few times I visited Seattle, my friends who lived there never mentioned it.
im proud of your friends for keeping the secret from you, good seattleites
Teriyaki time in tukwilla by Westfield aka South center Mall is undefeated
After moving to the mid west for 5 years, my first night back in the Seattle area was to get Teriyaki. I couldn't find Teriyaki back there, although it seemed every corner had a pizza shop.
Omg 😱 baby Luke! 😂😢🎉❤
Teryaki rules... Ichiban in Yelm is phenomenal..large portions.. a smaller Chinese food menu featuring sweet n sour chicken etc...finally something in the news positive about Seattle lol
It's true. So many wonderful spots in and around Seattle 🍻
I remember as a kid in the 80's my family would always go to Toshi's for teriyaki, because it was the best. I didn't realize until much later that it was also the first
Teriyaki on 2nd & pike street was the 🔥. Sadly, it’s no longer there😞
I started eating there in 2000. It was only $2.99 and was amazing! I miss it.
*When I had an office downtown we used to call that place (Osaka Teriyaki) "scary Teriyaki".*
I live in the Seattle area. Had no idea. Now that I think about it, there is just about as many teriyaki places as there are coffee stands around here 🙂
There's a great munchies series that showcases all of the dope food Seattle is known for and they give love to teriyaki
The best spot for me was down under the Alaskan Way viaduct on like Marion or Madison. I ate there more in the 90s than I did at my own home. It was $4 for two large portions barely held in a styrofoam container with rubber bands. I can still think of the smell.
When I moved to the east coast and the requisite NW gallon of yoshida’s teriyaki sauce wasn’t in every fridge, or even available at a retailer besides very large Asian groceries, I felt like I had moved to another country. A sad, teriyaki-less country.
John's Wok downtown on Western. Gone but not forgotten. Used to be a line down the block for it every weekday at noon. Chicken teriyaki with so much flavor.
Slow down Kenji, I can't hear you at 1x speed.
Seattle once had a coffee cart on every block and a teriyaki carry-out every couple of blocks. Eastlake had Tommy's Sushi, whose teriyaki rocked. Now we are a bit of a teriyaki desert...
Buxx Teriyaki next to the Chevron and Torta shop over in the corner of Boulevard Park before you hit the ramp to downtown and Beacon Hill. Been the jam for over 22 years :)
That is my number one. It's close by and I've given them thousands of dollars over the past 2 decades!
@calinator51 fr fr! I've been moving back and forth since '08 and it's just as fresh as it was back in '01 when I first found it. No matter how many years I've been in a different city, it's one of the best parts of moving back home periodically, Buxx chicken special plate.
@PNWSquatch Go try Sarku Japan on the second floor of Southcenter Mall too. Amazing!!!
Glad you specified "Seattle style". Wouldn't want Japanese style teriyaki adherents to get mad.
There was a story in the Seattle Times in the late eighties/early nineties about Seattle Teriyaki and how there were more Teriyaki restaurants in the Puget Sound than McDonald's. I don't if that is still the case, but every strip mall seems to have a Teriyaki restaurant in it.
It look so delicous. Would like to see Takoyaki shops open soon. Such good foods.
Buxx Teriyaki and also Sarku which is on the second floor of Southcenter Mall. Both are top tier.
Fast, affordable, DELICIOUS, and healthy!
Love teriyaki, didn't know about Seattle teriyaki.
Ichiban in Kenmore…I still crave it even though I moved to Utah 11 years ago.
Portland has tons of Teriyaki too. It's great and affordable
Seattle native here. Our teriyaki is basically bulgogi sauce on chicken thighs; it's neither Japanese nor Korean, but closer to the latter. My Seattleite friends and family who have visited Japan have been _shocked_ to discover that no such thing exists there. 😂
Good to know, I couldn't tell what made it "Seattle-style"
Interesting. On the north end pretty much everyone runs a very traditional Japanese style, just soy sauce, wine, sugar. Much more viscous than the cornstarch topping they have shown in the video.
Most of the shops in Seattle are korean owned
What are you on about? There are tons of restaurants in Japan that serve teriyaki chicken.
@robertwhitten265 not Seattle style. Japanese style can't touch Seattle. The only thing that comes close to Seattle is Hawaii but it's a different sauce and smaller pieces
Give some love to Glaze in NYC who has been serving Seattle-style teriyaki now for YEARS!
I remember the early days of Toshi''s Teriyaki on Greenlake. At that time the chicken was served in hind quarter sections.
if you drive through centralia, fuji and kobo are the best.
I certainly didn't expect Terriyaki was authentic Japanese, but I had no idea until the past few years that Terriyaki in Seattle was a thing. I puzzled why I could only occasionally find it wandering the US. I had figured Terriyaki existed everywhere. Must be because I grew up here, went to Seattle in 1986 and subsisted on Terriyaki, Dicks burgers, and picking Huckleberries; and mouth-watering now for a good order of chicken terryaki with gyoza.
what makes it different from regular teriyaki? what do the people in Seattle put in their sauce that sets it apart? thought we would find out what makes it "seattle style", do they add rain water to the mix?
I used to live in Seattle but live in Houston now. It's the sauce and the short grained rice. When I'm jonesing for some Toshi's at home now I reach for Kikoman Teriaki glaze but I think the Seattle sauce is not quite as thick and has some orange juice in it.
@@marlinmixon3004 I'm from Seattle, lived in Houston for two years, then moved back home. It's REALLY tough to find down there. Many have no clue what it is!
I ❤ Teriyaki in Georgetown.
Happy Express Teriyaki in Auburn WA is my go to teriyaki place.
Back in the early 80's I was vacationing with my father in downtown Toronto there was a small shop by the hotel they served chopped up Teriyaki Duck very thick sauce was in a foil pan with white paper lid rubber bands holding together! It was fatty and so good I kept volunteering to get more I think I had about four of them my father was shocked because I never had duck before! I still dream of finding somewhere near me in Michigan that sells it!
I've been to Seattle a few times. The Seattle-style teriyaki is the same as the ones i had in Japan, Bay area CA, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Gardena, Torrance, San Diego, Las Vegas, etc. My ex girlfriend made me teriyaki chicken and beef a while back. She told this is Seattle style. I asked what's the difference. She said it's from Seattle. I was like OHHHHHH LOL
In this video he talks about TERIYAKI in Seattle, but I don't like the JAPANESE style TERIYAKI, because it's made with MIRIN,which is JAPANESE rice wine vinegar, so I make it Hawaiian style, with soy sauce, light brown sugar, sesame oil,fresh ginger, and garlic, thicken with a blend of flour and water, and here in ELMHURST QUEENS it was an instant hit, for the community and for the businesses around the area, and it's fast and cheap, with CHINESE/HAWAIIAN vegetable,fried rice and I made it very affordable for everyone, and you can eat it at any time of the day just add a protein, and I was brought up with it, growing up in Honolulu Hawaii.
there’s a Toshi’s Teriyaki in Lynnwood / Edmonds Hwy 99. So delicious 😋
What's so special about the seattle teriyaki?
When i go to panda express, i get the teriyaki chicken and always add extra sauce packet on it. I love it. Is it sweeter or thicker in seattle? What brand of sauce do they use?
Kenji has a fantastic voice for radio or a podcast.
He sounds like a little kid
Lived my whole life in Portland. Never heard of it as "Seattle style." To me it's just Teriyaki.
Othello Teriyaki and Wok has generous portions, great teriyaki, really good katsu, and you can sub fried rice for steamed.
Think of it as ghetto terriyaki. These were hole in the walls early on.
The chicken is cooked ahead of time and just reheated on the grill and slapped with sauce. It's hit or miss on moistness. The taste is like chicken skewers but chopped up.
Lot of people in Seattle like it because because it used to be cheap and a lot of people grew up with it. So it's nostalgic. Is the teriyaki terrible? No. Is it oh my God? No. Would you eat it again? Yes.
This is a unique Seattle thing.
Rainier Teriyaki and Toshi's Teriyaki is where it's at!
Here in the Kirkland/Redmond eastside ‘burbs, it’s everywhere and usually great
I ate Suns Teriyaki in Graham at least 100 times growing up
I love chicken teriyaki! The closest thing to "Seattle style" teriyaki chicken that I had growing up was the closest shopping mall food court where they have teriyaki chicken/beef with rice/noodles. It's not exactly the same, and yes, it's a bit random to go out of your way to go to a mall food court to get teriyaki, but it's delicious nonetheless!
I’m currently marinating pork and chicken for tomorrow ..
I do my own … Super easy …
Okinawa Teriyaki on Western >>>
Yesssss Okinawa is 🔥
It’s chicken with teriyaki sauce. Big whoop. They’ve had it in Toronto forever as well.
Let's call it as it is. Seattle teriyaki joints are 90% Korean owned. They are not Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese owned. When was the last time you ever went into a Vietnamese owned teriyaki joint? Go try to find one, I dare you. I don't know why this guy is an expert, he is erasing the hard work of what Koreans have been doing all over the Seattle area to deliver delicious teriyaki and nobody ever fact checks him on this simple fact.
A Vietnamese family used to own the Mexican restaurant in the small town I grew up in, there is no retirement that the ethnicity of the owner needs to match the ethnicity of the food served.
You are correct. Vietnamese filks own Vietnamese places to dine at...Kenji says these things and it's baffling. The teriyaki place he likes the most is Korean owned. Sheesh.
Goofy Goose in Tacoma is one of the first and greatest. Absolutely a must if you're in The Grit City
It would have been helpful to describe how Seattle style is different than “standard” teriyaki. That’s not mentioned.
I think they mentioned the type of Teriyaki sauce as the signature difference in that story.
@ yeah, I heard that. A sweet sauce doesn’t tell me anything considering most in the States are. (Btw I live in Seattle lol)
I don't think there really is difference. I think it's just that it's a boxed meal.
Maybe the food person will give some distinctions in his additional reporting?
😮😮😮 I'm from Tacoma and never developed a taste for Teriyaki. I'm a fish and chips gal myself. Lol.
I know it's a chain, but I always love me some Ichi teriyaki in SW Washington.
'Meet me at the corner. there's a Starbucks, a Bank of America and a teriyaki joint.' Dude... you have to be more specific.
In cali its served with fried rice over white rice
Yummy Teriyaki in Redmond! 🔥
Open a restaurant in New York and call it Seattle=style teriyaki... could be a self fulfilling prophesy.
Seattle has more Thai restaurants than anywhere else too.. what we don’t have a lot of is seafood.. surprisingly.
Thai is everywhere
did Kenji Lopez Alt just lose hella weight?
Spicy teriyaki and Gyoza you don’t know what you’re missing
@01:30 The mailman is asian, too! Adorable.
Idky i felt like the story is taking place in asia town lol
I wish that immigrants got the respect that they deserve.
When I think about what I'm hungry for, l most often think of culture and nationality. I don't catch myself saying, out loud, that I'm craving American food. Immigrants use the entire flavor wheel!
Chicken with teriyaki sauce and rice. I must be missing something. It's served like that all over the west coast 😅
Any of you owners of teriyaki restaurants in Seattle should come here to Phoenix. Its like a license to print money!
I live here and have no idea we were known for teriyaki 😂
Covington teriyaki. Spicy chicken and egg rolls.
Toshio’s is the best to me because it has the skin on. Very good stuff.
I suppose for it to be "Seattle-style," is teriyaki there notably different than teriyaki elsewhere?