Our Story

Your Yaki Papis are Hideki, Louis, and Zion. Bound by a mutual love of music, food, and culture, the three started cooking yakitori in 2018 out of a desire to eat good food. We’ve been hosting backyard barbeques for a couple years while we test recipes and refine cooking techniques, and we’re ready to start bringing the experience to you!

With all the animosity and lack of understanding that exists in today’s society, our goal as Yaki Papis is to use the food we make as a vehicle for connection and compassion with other human beings. We all have other careers that occupy most of our time, so whenever we cook it’s purely for fun and community building.