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| - ** Review for Winterlicious $28 Lunch **
This is by far the best -licious event I've tried, because I was blown away by not only the amazing taste of my food, but how much value I got through this Winterlicious deal.
I knew when I saw the line-up for Winterlicious that I was going to give Miku a try so I made my reservation on OpenTable.com on the day when the reservations start. Apparently the maximum you can book is for table for 4 on OpenTable, but we were able to get another table for 2, so we just called them to combine both reservations. Later on we realized that there were seats available for walk-in customers for lunch, but obviously the seats weren't as good.
Environment:
Miku is located inside of an office building at Bay/Queens Quay, which you can take the subway to Union station and walk here or drive and park at the basement of the building. Unfortunately, we were informed that Miku will not reimburse the parking fee.
The interior of the restaurant was spacious, beautiful decorated, and very classy. It definitely gave out a high-end vibe but not too formal. They provide coat checks at the door. We were seated at a window seat with comfy couches and bright natural light to take lots of good photos. So yeah, it is still highly recommended to get reservations so you get the best seats.
There was a open chef's table on the outside where you can see them preparing the sashimi, and near the door you can look into the open kitchen where they prepare the majority of the food.
Food:
For $28 you get a really good deal for the meal considering how expensive everything is normally (yes we totally compared prices when we were shopping around Winterlicious restaurants). Heck, even the freaking miso soup would set you back $4 but we got it for free.
The most popular Winterlicious lunch combo was: Miku Zen + Aburi Sushi + Green Tea Opera, but I decided to get give the Sashimi a try.
Before we were served our appetizer, we received our free miso soup, which tasted super salty, but my friend told us that this is how people in Japan like their miso...so I guess it's authentic? Our appetizers came out beautifully and I was happy with how quickly the food came out. The Miku Zen was the better value because you get 4 different dishes to try but I think the Sashimi Plate had a better presentation and all of the fish tasted fresh. There were 2 types of soy sauce to dip the Sashimi in, one sweeter and another with stronger flavour, I prefer the sweeter soy sauce more.
We all got the Aburi Sushi Plate and it was another good looking plate of food, so more picture time!! Between the 6 different pieces of sushi that we got, my favourite were the Salmon Ochi, Saba Ochi, and the Shrimp Nigiri. Even though 6 pieces didn't look like much, but I ended up pretty full after I finished everything. We also had the regular lunch menu with us and this Aburi Sushi Plate would have costed around $17 normally.
Lastly, we all chose the Green Tea Opera for dessert. The layered cake came with a small scoop is green tea ice cream. The ice cream was definitely above your average store bought green tea ice creams as it had stronger matcha flavour and had a much thicker and smoother texture. The layered cake was made with layers of green tea wafer, red bean paste, chocolate mousse, and topped with a layer of green tea gloss. It tasted so good that I didn't want the tasting experience to end. This would cost you $14 normally, which further proves how the Winterlicious deal is such a good value.
Service:
Our server Hein was amazing. He was very patient and attentive, and he was super knowledgeable of each of the dishes. He came to check up on us about 10 times in total and his quality of service was not compromised even though we all ordered from the cheaper Winterlicious menu. Our table was really satisfied with his service, Hein totally deserves the praises and the great tips
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