tonkotsu · no. 01
A Seattle shop for tonkotsu ramen & charcoal teriyaki — broth first, everything else follows.
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our story
We started Okinawa Teriyaki with two obsessions and not much else: a pork broth we would happily drink on its own, and chicken glazed over real charcoal until the edges catch. The ramen side of the menu comes from long, quiet mornings — bones, aromatics, and a pot that never quite stops moving. The teriyaki side comes from Okinawan home cooking, where sweet-savory glaze meets plain steamed rice and nothing needs to show off. Seattle gets the rain; we handle the steam. Everything is made to order, the noodles are springy, the rice is hot, and the first sip of broth should tell you why we bothered.
Read the menuIf you only try three things here, make it these. Each one is the reason a different regular keeps coming back.
The tonkotsu, after dark. Same milky pork broth, finished with black garlic oil and a pinch of toasted sesame. It looks dramatic and tastes like it means it — deep, roasted, a little wild around the edges.
Comes with chashu, marinated egg, kikurage mushrooms and nori. The broth clings to the noodles the way it should: completely.
Before there was a ramen menu, there was this bowl. Chicken thighs over real charcoal, glazed and re-glazed until the skin turns to lacquer, over rice that soaks up every drop.
Pickled cucumber cuts the sweetness; scallion keeps it fresh. Simple on paper, hard to stop eating in practice.
Our nod to the islands. Pork spare ribs braised until they surrender, laid over flat noodles in a clear, gentle broth. Pickled ginger on the side, the way it is served back home.
It is the quietest bowl on the menu and, for a lot of our Okinawan customers, the one that tastes like somebody's kitchen.
We are a small counter-style shop in Seattle — walk in, order at the counter, and your bowl lands minutes later, steaming. Takeout travels well; the broth is packed separately so the noodles arrive the way they left.
CALL — (555) 010-2030
SERVICE — lunch through late, daily
FIND US — Seattle, WA