No substitutions. No frills. No custom orders. The rules are simple — and written on top of every page of the menu. And don’t forget them or you will see why chef Takayuki Masumoto named his ...

What’s up with that? “I’m focused,” Masumoto said. “Not grouchy. That’s the name of the restaurant.” Masumoto is the chief cook and bottle washer at the tiny eatery that embodies his unflinching ...

I’ve met plenty of grouchy chefs in my day, but few are willing to own up to it, let alone advertise the fact. Then I met Takayuki Masumoto, though I didn’t exactly introduce myself. Had the Grouchy ...

Before you get to the menu, you first have to get through the manifesto. It’s a binder of rules presented to diners at Mukilteo’s Grouchy Chef restaurant. No shoveling food in your mouth like at some ...