POULSBO — Tizley’s Europub and the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek Salmon Hatchery are featured in a five-part culinary guide to Washington by the New York-based Munchies website and digital video channel.
The edgy series hosted by chef Tarik Abdullah takes viewers from Seattle to the San Juan Islands to the slopes of Mount Rainier and features the state’s most iconic and unusual foods, including salmon, geoduck and lutefisk.
It debuted in August. The program’s target audience is millenials; the language and some of the content is not for the easily offended.
The 14- to 16-minute videos feature shots of the Suquamish Veterans Memorial and Chief Seattle’s grave, as well as extensive footage of Poulsbo’s waterfront and Front Street storefronts, including Crimson Cove, Sluys Bakery, and Tizleys, where Abdullah tastes lutefisk for the first time.
Although he professes doubts before trying the traditional Norwegian dish, he has nothing but praise after digging in to a plate of the lye-soaked cod. “This is good. It’s really clean,” he said. Noting the jelly-like texture, he added: “It’s crazy light.”
He was presented with a “Lutefisk: Bad to the Bone” T-shirt by Slippery Pig Brewery owner Dave Lambert.
Tizley’s co-owner Tammy Mattson said the exposure is a huge opportunity for the restaurant. “This was a fantastic thing for Kitsap and we’re just riding the wave.”
Visit Kitsap Peninsula Executive Director Patricia Graf-Hoke steered the Munchies crew to Poulsbo while working with segment producer Devon Dunlap on location shoots in Suquamish.
Tizley’s segment
Hatchery segment