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.
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.
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 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!_
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!
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!
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.
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 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! ❤❤
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 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.
Seattle teriyaki has a few really good places and many many bad ones. The worst part is that when you eat poultry or pork teriyaki most of the times you can taste the ugly meat juices that make meat stinky for sitting in the fridge in raw meat juice too long. Or when you order and your teriyaki is ready in 1 minute, if it's ready so fast you already know it's a bad place, plus your dish will be cold, warm at best, repeated offenders with cold stinky food is Teriyaki Madness, although their ribs are good or fresher. There are many others that are stingy with the rice or even the napkins, although it may be a cultural thing where they want to charge every penny possible. Unfortunately one of the freshest Teriyaki is the cheap Sakura inside malls because they're cooking nonstop so its fresh. The best imo closed down years ago, it was KIKU at the U district.
My favorite spot is Teriyaki Time near Southcenter Mall in Tukwila (,WA). Not 'Seattle style' as they don't cover it with the thick sauce after they char-grill the meat.
You should start promoting this message more to people.: to stop shopping and to stop eating out at restaurants. Let the economy collapse by bankrupting more companies until predatory price gouging ends.
You should start promoting this message more to people.: to stop shopping and to stop eating out at restaurants. Let the economy collapse by bankrupting more companies until predatory price gouging ends.
this kenji character thinks we forgot when he said no trump supporters in his restaurant allowed..idgaf about politiks but fk this fkboy wokey I wanna see that energy one day when we see him lol
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!
I love learning about niche little food things across the country
I love teriyaki so maybe I'd like Seattle.
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! 🎉
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Toshio’s is the best to me because it has the skin on. Very good stuff.
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!_
Omg 😱 baby Luke! 😂😢🎉❤
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!
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.
Toshi is the best! I was shocked when I moved to St Louis and there were no teriyaki joints! I thought everybody had teriyaki.
“I Love You Teriyaki” is the best!
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".*
LOVE teriyaki. No one in the country quite makes it as good as asian emigrees in California, the Pac NW and the Pacific rim.
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!
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.
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
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.*
Good luck finding one open on a Sunday.
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.
It's true. So many wonderful spots in and around Seattle 🍻
Okinawa Teriyaki on Western >>>
Yesssss Okinawa is 🔥
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!
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
Growing up in Washington this is just a normal thing. Then I traveled and found out its a special thing.
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!
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.
Teriyaki is what I miss the most foodwise since moving from Seattle to AZ. Will someone PLEASE bring Seattle style teriyaki to Mesa? 😋
I've never been to Toshi's.
My favorite is Buck's teriyaki in Kent. You should try.
Slow down Kenji, I can't hear you at 1x speed.
Kenji has a fantastic voice for radio or a podcast.
He sounds like a little kid
Wonderful piece. Which Toshi’s Teriyaki Grill is Toshi standing in front of?
Toshi works the Mill Creek shop.
@@luigiberner4628 thanks!
Here in the Kirkland/Redmond eastside ‘burbs, it’s everywhere and usually great
Buxx Teriyaki and also Sarku which is on the second floor of Southcenter Mall. Both are top tier.
Seattle has more Thai restaurants than anywhere else too.. what we don’t have a lot of is seafood.. surprisingly.
there’s a Toshi’s Teriyaki in Lynnwood / Edmonds Hwy 99. So delicious 😋
Oh fremont... choped bone in. Thanks
Othello Teriyaki and Wok has generous portions, great teriyaki, really good katsu, and you can sub fried rice for steamed.
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 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!
In cali its served with fried rice over white rice
Nikko’s in West Seattle is the best.
Correct. Accept no substitutes.
I’m currently marinating pork and chicken for tomorrow ..
I do my own … Super easy …
After watching, still don't know what makes Seattle style different from regular style teriyaki...
Been in Seattle 20yrs, and obviously we have tons of teriyaki shops, but I didn’t realize it was its own “style”… do other US cities have their own?
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.
Seattle teriyaki has a few really good places and many many bad ones. The worst part is that when you eat poultry or pork teriyaki most of the times you can taste the ugly meat juices that make meat stinky for sitting in the fridge in raw meat juice too long. Or when you order and your teriyaki is ready in 1 minute, if it's ready so fast you already know it's a bad place, plus your dish will be cold, warm at best, repeated offenders with cold stinky food is Teriyaki Madness, although their ribs are good or fresher. There are many others that are stingy with the rice or even the napkins, although it may be a cultural thing where they want to charge every penny possible. Unfortunately one of the freshest Teriyaki is the cheap Sakura inside malls because they're cooking nonstop so its fresh. The best imo closed down years ago, it was KIKU at the U district.
Fr 🕺🏾
Hmmmmmmm cant have it enough
did Kenji Lopez Alt just lose hella weight?
The population is largely asian given its proximity to those countries
The kind of terikayki you can get in a grocery store or somewhere cheap isn't very good....maybe the stuff in Seattle is better.
Sugared meat. I never go for it.
Teriyaki sauce is too damned sweet...
When I'm feeling that way, I go for the yakisoba noodles with beef 🙂
I make my own teriyaki sauce. It only has four ingredients.
My favorite spot is Teriyaki Time near Southcenter Mall in Tukwila (,WA). Not 'Seattle style' as they don't cover it with the thick sauce after they char-grill the meat.
😋😋😋
The sauce has too much sugar in it......bad for diabetics! So, I avoid eating teriyaki nowadays
Chungs:)
I wonder which has more locations in the Seattle area: Teriyaki joints or Starbucks stores.
Asian-Americans open teriyaki shops and donut shops... ;-P
Henry's is the best!
I would not say that it is affordable anymore.
You should start promoting this message more to people.: to stop shopping and to stop eating out at restaurants. Let the economy collapse by bankrupting more companies until predatory price gouging ends.
Its not affordable no more its like 15 dollars thats bad please lower the price
That's just an inflation adjustment. Employees get paid more and ingredients cost more ala have to charge more. Sucks but true.
You should start promoting this message more to people.: to stop shopping and to stop eating out at restaurants. Let the economy collapse by bankrupting more companies until predatory price gouging ends.
Just go outside the city limits. If you go to Shoreline or Burien or Everett you can get teriyaki for cheaper.
Most of them are terrible up here. A few good ones.
this kenji character thinks we forgot when he said no trump supporters in his restaurant allowed..idgaf about politiks but fk this fkboy wokey I wanna see that energy one day when we see him lol
Big tough internet proud boy 😂