The Man who Invented Chicken Teriyaki

You can find an extended version of this interview on my Patreon page. No payment is necessary, just a free subscription. Here it is: https://ift.tt/lHJsmyL This is a very special episode of my teriyaki series–my ongoing quest to visit every teriyaki shop in Seattle. You can find most of my teriyaki reviews/videos on my Instagram or my other YouTube profile, @JKenjiLopezMain. My Instagram: https://ift.tt/NlwtFy6 “It’s not a passion!” Toshi Kasahara insists, waving off the suggestion as I sit outside his Mill Creek teriyaki shop — the one where, at 76 years old, he still trims, marinates, and grills chicken thighs five nights a week. It’s just a business. For someone who has been grilling what’s arguably Seattle’s most iconic dish for nearly half a century, it’s a striking thing to hear. I recently had the chance to meet him — the man who pioneered chicken teriyaki as we know it — and to taste his version of it, made by his own hands.


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