As Seattle gears up for the Super Bowl, we are excited to share in the celebration with our special Touchdown Sushi Platter! Also this month, the popularity of happy hour continues, and we debut additional sushi offerings. While football is taking center-stage, our dine-in and takeout options are great additions to a sports-filled February with the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, Seattle Mariners reporting for Spring Training, and Seattle Kraken battling for playoffs!

Shiro’s Touchdown Platter

Football fans can look beyond pizza and chips for Super Bowl Parties with our Touchdown Platter! Available now through Feb 8, we are adding to our 40-piece nigiri and gunkan-style Winter Sushi Platter with tempura and chicken karaage. Both featuring signature batters and precise cooking methods for crisp, clean tempura and karaage, with both items added as complimentary on our Winter Sushi Platter for a limited time. We are celebrating success with these two no-cost add-ons and cheering on our home team in the process!

Price is $195 +tax. This special is offered now through Feb 8. Orders can be placed online, by phone or via email. For Feb 8 pick-up only, please place orders by Feb 7 to pick-up before kickoff; all orders placed day-of on Feb 8 will be available for pickup 1-4pm.

Valentine’s Weekend Platter

Lucky in love! We are celebrating Valentine’s Day the entire weekend of Feb. 13-15 (Fri-Sun) with our special Valentine’s Weekend Platter. Whether you’re celebrating with that special someone, having a friend soiree or family dinner, this platter will nourish the heart with nigiri and sashimi offered as 12 carefully selected kinds of fish, including:

24 pieces sushi (2 pieces each): Akami, Zuke, Fatty tuna, Kinmedai (golden eye snapper), Hata (grouper), Shima aji (striped jack), Hokkaido Hotate, Hirame (flounder), Sockeye salmon, Hokkaido Uni gunkan, Crab and Ikura gunkan, Ankimo Monaka

26 pieces sashimi (2 pieces each, 4 pieces for Salmon and Ankimo): Akami, Medium fatty tuna, Madai (seabream), Hata (grouper), Buri, Fuji salmon, Salmon, Kurodai (black seabream), Botan ebi (spot prawn), Albacore, Ankimo (monk liver)

Warabi Mochi: special shareable dessert

The Valentine’s Weekend Platter is available for pre-orders only, placed two days prior to your desired pick-up date. Pickup is only available Feb 13, 14 and 15 between 3-5 pm each day. Availability is limited to 10 platters per day.

– Price: $185 +tax
– Order by phone or email

Shiro’s Happy Hour

Our incredible happy hour continues throughout February! Every Mon-Thurs, 4:30-6pm, we offer great deals on our expertly prepared sushi, including $70 for our 19-piece sushi course, and $45 for our 12-piece sushi course. Happy Hour drinks are all priced under $8 and great deals for add-on dishes are available, too! Whether you’re heading home from work, going to games and concerts at Climate Pledge Arena, or simply in need of a sushi break, this is a delicious deal that will feed your palate and ease your wallet.

Global Evolution of Sushi

When a food is introduced to other countries it is often localized to suit local tastes and made more accessible to a broader audience. Well-known examples include pizza in the U.S. or curry in Japan.

Sushi has undergone a similar evolution. Sushi rolls are a great example of this localization. In Japan, when people refer to sushi, they typically mean nigiri. In the U.S., however, many people think of sushi rolls. Traditional Japanese sushi rolls feature the seaweed wrapped on the outside, whereas in the U.S., seaweed is wrapped on the inside. This creative evolution made sushi rolls more accessible to Americans who initially were not particularly fond of seaweed. That being said, the rise of nigiri in the U.S. is indisputable and at Shiro’s, we don’t see any signs of that slowing down.

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