Nasai Teriyaki

Ryan and I are close to concluding our tour of Redmond Teriyaki joints. After the Nasai, we only know of one more. Nasai was a good, if dull, penultimate meal.

Ambiance: Strip mall teriyaki joint; white tile ceilings; big lanterns that hung too low-- I bonked my head on one. The place was clean. The bathroom was clean. Sigh. I long for some excitement in teriyaki ambiance.

Seating: Ample. There were about a dozen booths and tables. The place was just about full as we left.

Beverages: A full line of Snapple, and two diet Cokes. Yawn. Been there, done that.

Quantity: Large quantity. Chicken special came with four gyoza.

Price: Chicken with gyoza was $4.95; as was Ryans’ Chicken without gyoza or salad.

Presentation: Clean plate with a pattern.

Blow Out: None! Is it just me, or is my digestive system adjusting to Teriyaki. I haven’t had a teriyaki blowout is so long. I’m bitter.

Bathroom: Clean. Boring.

Biggest disappointment. The art was normal. The pink lamps were odd, although they went well with Ryan's hair. The menu contained some good engrish phrases, but my camera blurred the picture up too much to read.

Taste: "It exploded in my mouth." Nasai conforms to the generally accepted teriyaki taste. Actually, I think the vat was fresh when we were served; Nasai is conformant plus.

e-Teriyaki

With a name like e-Teriyaki, my expectations were high. How could the restaurant taste as good as it's name implied?

Ambiance: Strip mall teriyaki joint that only used the equipment of previous owners-- "Hey look, this closed Japanese Restuarent left everything behind. I've got it! We can open a Teriyaki joint!"

Seating. Ample. There were about a dozen booths and tables. We were the only ones there.

Beverages: A full line of Snapple, and two diet Cokes. Ryan had to zip next door to the 7-11 to get a bottle of real coke. To be fair, as we were leaving, they brought in several cases of pop.

Quantity. Large quantity. They did not serve goyza. Ryan ordered without the salad, and got an extra scoop of rice.

Price: A bit expensive, but well worth it, especially considering the large quantity. The #1 was $5.25. Chicken-Beef combo was $6.45

Presentation: The food was presented on overlarge white china plates. The plates dwarfed the food, and made you think you were getting less than you actually did.

Blow Out: I thought there was going to be one, but it never happened. I'm suprised-- the Teriyaki sauce was so rich and... well... whatever it is teriyaki sauce is.

Bathroom: Is home to wonderful large plastic plant, and a step stool.

Biggest dissapointment. With a name like e-Teriyaki, you'd think they'd be in touch with the whole net thing, yet I found this: "Online order is not available at this time. Please order by fax, e-mail or phone.Thanks". Bah! Another bait and switch marketing ploy.

Taste: "It exploded in my mouth." e-Teriyaki conforms to the generally accepted teriyaki taste.

Truly worthy of a re-visit.