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| - Miku is a known Japanese restaurant from Vancouver with lots of good praises from Vancouver, so when they opened their Toronto store, I told myself I HAVE to come here!
Booking was easy as they are on OpenTable, but just remember when you book, you are booking the Toronto and not Vancouver location (they have different websites!). Including myself with 4 other friends, we made a booking for Friday at 730pm. As we walked in, we had people immediately greeting us, offering coat checks and quickly seated at our booth table. First impression, decoration is very modern, upscale, bright and beautiful. Our booth seats were very intimate and comfortable.
After browsing through the menu, we ordered:
Smoked Soy Grilled Octopus, Pan Seared Scallops, AAA Sterling Silver Prime Rib, all three Aburi Oshi Sushi (Salmon, Ebi, Saba), Miku Roll, Miku Signature Sushi Selection, Green Tea Opera and Fuji Apple Tatin. We also ordered Gold Omachi and Nakano Ume Sake!
Appetizers (good for 4 people per order):
The Octopus from the Smoked Soy Grilled Octopus appetizer was grilled to perfection, the tentacles were very tender and easy to chew. The other ingredients blended in well with the octopus. The Pan Seared Scallops on the other hand, although beautifully displayed and large, the taste lacks a little flavour.
Entree (Good for 6 people):
AAA Sterling Silver Prime Rib (10oz) was a lot larger than expected, it comes auto medium rare which was perfect for me. Prime Rib was juicy and the sauce was great. The side baked potatoes and mushrooms were also equally as impressive! I highly recommend.
Sushi:
Out of all the three Aburi Oshi Sushi, I highly recommend the Saba and Salmon as both had great amount of oil from the blowtorching and the sauce pairing were tremendous! I recommend eating the Salmon before the Saba as the latter has a much stronger flavour that will overshadow the salmon.
Mike Roll was decent, but was not superbly impressive, still worth a try if you are feeling for rolls with Uni (Sea urchin) and don't actually taste it much. In terms of the Nigiri we got from the Miku Signature Sushi Selection, I though the Nigiri was the weakest link in terms of their sushi lineup. The fish was just normal as it didn't give me the "wow" moment compare to my first bite on the Abrui Oshi Sushi.
Desserts:
Out of the two we ordered, I preferred the Green Tea Opera more. It comes with a VERY strong matcha (green tea) ice cream with match cake on the side. Both were very delicious and 5 of us did fight for this dessert more than the Fuji Apple Tatin.
Sake:
Large selection of Sake, but they were EXPENSIVE and tasted good! The Ume Sake was a little too fruity and sweet for me (plum sake) so I preferred the Gold Omachi more (suited for warm drinking sake style). The Gold Omachi was VERY smooth and I really enjoyed it.
Overall, I really enjoyed my dinner experience on Friday. I would give this 4.5 if yelp allows, but since it can't and I have to pick between a 4 or 5, I had to give this restaurant a 4. The 1 missing start is because this restaurant was a bit weak on the Nigiri sushi we had, and I think for a Japanese restaurant, Nigiri is and should be one of their better items on the menu. Having said that, I will definitely come here again for another meal!!
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