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| - I always crave sushi. Another sushi love and I came here a couple weeks ago on a Friday night. It was a full house, although the restaurant is not big itself. We were sitting next to a birthday party of about 10-12 people, and halfway through dinner, the staff dimmed the lights to bring out a cake with candles while Happy Birthday was playing over the speakers. I thought that was kind of neat! The decor is nothing fancy, just plain with tables and chairs. When I dine a sushi restaurants, I ALWAYS get sashimi, and then seek for rolls that is signature to that restaurant. I rarely go for the typical rolls. Why would I? So many better things to try? We had a hard time, but finally decided with the aid of the server's recommendation.
Tornado Roll: (5/5 stars)
-Spicy tuna| tempura shrimp| cream cheese| avacado| cucumber w crunch| "special" sriracha sauce.
I don't usually like sushi with cream cheese in it. But there was so much going on with this roll that you barely even notice the heavy cream cheese. You can definitely taste it along with everything else, but somehow it all worked together! The spicy sauce on top was just the perfect finish!
Legend Roll: (5/5 stars)
The server recommended this one, and we were completely satisfied. There's a variety of fish sashimi atop a spider roll. It was delicious, but much lighter than the Tornado roll. Thus, some of the flavours were masked by the bold Tornado flavours.
Sashimi & Tempura Combo: (5/5 stars)
We EACH got one of these for our appetizers. What a great deal! 6 pieces of salmon sashimi + 2 shrimp tempura and some vegetable tempura as well!
Service: (3/5 stars)
The ladies were very friendly. However, I couldn't really understand them with their thick accents. Service is also a little slow. Our server actually only gave us one serving of the sashimi till I asked her for the second order. She apologized and came back along w the missing tempura. Halfway through dinner, she also came back to ask if we got our amuse-bouche, which we did not. So she served us our amuse-bouche in the middle of dinner. Oh well, food was delicious!
The prices are pretty fair as well. Very casual atmosphere with delicious sushi on the busy Queen St West of Toronto. Definitely going back!
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