History
Noriki Tamura started Japadog in January 2005, and its first location, still a trailer at 899 Burrard Street, stands in downtown Vancouver. A second stand opened in 2009, and in 2010 a sit-in restaurant joined the three stands; it is now the shop at 530 Robson Street. Japadog opened its first US location in 2011, and its media page lists Anthony Bourdain among the celebrities who have eaten there. The menu offers the Terimayo on all-beef, wagyu and spicy cheese smokie sausages.
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Common allergens: Gluten, Egg
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 4 kurobuta pork or all-beef hot dog sausages
- 4 soft white hot dog buns
- 4 tablespoons Japanese teriyaki sauce
- 4 tablespoons Kewpie mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons dried nori seaweed flakes, kizami nori
- Neutral oil for the griddle
- Pickled ginger to garnish, optional
Method
- Heat a heavy skillet or griddle over medium heat with a thin film of neutral oil.
- Score each sausage diagonally three times. Cook on the griddle 3 minutes per side until charred and split.
- Split the buns horizontally without cutting through. Toast cut-side down for 30 seconds on the griddle.
- Lay a sausage in each bun. Drizzle teriyaki sauce in zigzag across the top.
- Pipe Kewpie mayonnaise alongside the teriyaki. Sprinkle kizami nori across the surface.
- Eat hot at the counter with a side of pickled ginger if you have it.
Tip from the editors. Kewpie mayonnaise (the egg-yolk-rich Japanese version) is essential. Standard mayonnaise tastes flat against the umami of teriyaki.
Where to eat japadog
Japadog in Vancouver
Japadog ★ 4.5
Japadog's Robson Street store at 530 Robson St in Vancouver sells hot dogs with Japanese savory toppings, from Kurobuta Terimayo to Oroshi and Okonomi.
TryKurobuta Terimayo hot dog
TipDownload the Japadog app to order ahead, pay by phone and pick up quicker.
Japadog Burrard cart ★ 4.5
Japadog's Burrard Street trailer at 899 Burrard St is its first location, selling hot dogs with Japanese savory toppings such as Terimayo and Oroshi.
OrderThe Oroshi or the All Beef Terimayo hot dog.
TipDownload the Japadog app to order ahead, pay by phone and pick up quicker.
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- Medina Cafe Brunch, about 100 m away
- Straight Brooklyn Pizza Pizza, about 150 m away
- Glowbal Casual dining, about 150 m away
- Donair Town Budget eating, about 200 m away
- Lupo Italian, about 250 m away
- Roxy Burger Burger, about 250 m away
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