yakitori
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A small Japanese restaurant that sells grilled chicken skewers
- noun
- /jɑːkɪˈtɔːri/
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yakitori
- The yakitori place down the street offers a variety of skewered chicken and dipping sauces.
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After a long day, we enjoyed delicious grilled chicken at the local yakitori restaurant.
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The project he embarked on was Yusho, a casual restaurant meant to evoke the Japanese izakaya and yakitori spots he fell in love with while traveling with his wife, architect Rachel Crowl.
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At the yakitori bar, we sampled different styles of grilled chicken, each with its own unique flavor.
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Etymology
Yakitori comes from the Japanese parts yaki 'grilled' and tori 'bird' or 'chicken'. A helpful way to remember the restaurant sense is to think of a 'pizzeria'—a yakitori is a small place known for serving grilled chicken on skewers.