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| - My most recent experience with Tokyo Kitchen was getting a takeout meal, though I've dined in the restaurant numerous times.
Nestled in the same building as a municipal parking lot, you might miss it entirely if you weren't paying attention. Its recent renovation gives it a modern chic look, and is perhaps motivated by the two new condos that are soon to be full of potential customers. To be honest, I kinda miss the atmosphere of the old decor which gave it a warmer, homier feeling. They even had "natto" hand-written in kanji on a piece of paper taped to the wall. When you order it, the wait staff may regard you with surprise especially if they know you're not Japanese, but if you persist, they'll serve it to you. Ask for natto with egg yolk and scallions.
They serve both cooked foods and raw sushi, though the sushi selection is necessarily limited to ensure high turn over and therefore freshness. Don't expect much beyond salmon and tuna most days. That being said, the offerings I had were always fresh.
The cooked foods are uniformly good, including most of their fried dishes like karaage, kaki fry and tempura. I also like their donburi a lot; their katsudon comes with breaded porkchop that is nonetheless moist and flavourful if a little too salty sometimes. Their curry rice is pretty good as well. They used to have an omelette curry and a "hamburg" curry which I don't seem to see any more. Maybe I'll try asking for it anyway the next time I drop by for dinner. And I echo Ryan R.'s appraisal about the croquettes... very, very good.
Notes: I mention that they take credit card, but it's actually Visa only. Also, the washroom is outside of the restaurant and you need to bring a key with you. I believe it's part of the parking lot building, so this might put some people off.
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