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Teriyaki was invented in Seattle by a Japanese immigrant named Toshihiro Kasahara in 1976. It was quite literally a hole in the wall on Lower Queen Anne.
(We're talking the dish not the sauce)
And the venture was kind of a failure until a positive restaurant review by the Seattle Times caused the restaurant to become an overnight sensation.
(Newspapers used to matter!)
It's no mystery why Seattlites flocked to Toshi's Teriyaki. For $1.85, you'd get a meal of chicken or beef teriyaki with sides of CalRose rice and a salad.
A quick lunchtime meal that was really a sort of comfort food. It was nothing fancy but an absolute change of pace from your normal routine.
There are probably hundreds teriyaki restaurants in Seattle now and more up and down the West Coast. Like all cuisine you have fusions with Korean influence or traditional Japanese or "American" takes.
That's great!
Teriyaki is a truly AMERICAN ethnic cuisine.
Theres things I enjoy about both of the countries. 20 year old me still exists somewhere within the emotional hits haha. I think its just current world events also part of the comparative outbursts idk