“ I recently stopped by Oishii and ordered the Tuesday lunch combo (to go), which came with rice, noodles, salad, teriyaki chicken, popcorn chicken, and some kind of white aioli. After hiking all morning long, I was super hungry. I've had some disappointing experiences with other restaurants lately, so I decided to go somewhere I KNEW I could trust to make good food. That place was Oishii Teriyaki. First of all, when I picked up my combo box, it felt hefty. I knew right away that I wouldn't be able to finish it all in one sitting, based on the weight alone. The white rice was on point. Perfectly cooked. A little sticky. When I daydream about teriyaki chicken, it tastes like Oishii's teriyaki chicken. It's not drenched in sauce, but the flavor is right. The "popcorn" chicken satisfied my fried chicken craving, although the pieces of chicken were closer to the size of strips than popcorn. I'm unsure what kind of sauce it was dressed in, but it was sweet, tangy, and delicious. The salad was fresh, but it was literally just undressed American salad mix. When I mixed some aioli into it, it tasted like coleslaw. As anyone who knows me (or who has been reading my reviews for a long time) would know, I am mildly allergic to shellfish. In the past, I've had numerous bad experiences with cross-contamination at other teriyaki joints. The number one most important aspect of my teriyaki meal is that it needs to not taste like fish. I shouldn't taste any fish, at all, ever, because I definitely didn't order any. Oishii is pretty good overall, but they messed up a little bit today. My chicken didn't taste like it was cooked on the same grill or in the same oil as the fish, but a very specific area of my to-go box tasted like fish. To someone who eats seafood regularly, I doubt this would have been noticeable, but to me, it was gross. Luckily, only a few bites were affected. Based on my many years of experience in the restaurant industry, I hypothesize that the following scenario probably occurred: the rice, salad, and chicken were put into the box using utensils, but the noodles were grabbed using a glove that had touched sushi. The contaminated hand patted the top of my food down (to make it fit right) before closing it shut. This would explain why a specific hand-sized area of various foods tasted like fish. This doesn't mean that the kitchen is dirty or gross, but simply that the cook failed to change their gloves between touching sushi and touching my food. The guest before me had ordered sushi rolls, so maybe they were being prepared at the same time. In a restaurant that serves both sushi and teriyaki, I'm sure it gets irritating to have to change your gloves every time you go back and forth, but this is why it matters. Overall, most of my meal was good. This has been my only subpar experience with Oishii so far, and I've eaten here a few times. I would still come back here again. ”