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| - Came here on a friend's recommendation as we don't live in Calgary. The restaurant itself has a nice feel to it - clean and visually appealing. My boyfriend and I were seated at a table that was next to the open kitchen so it was good to look over once in a while to see what was happening. We ordered the miso kimchi ramen bowl, the lobster california roll, a rainbow roll, and an order of hamachi sashimi. The miso ramen bowl came out first, i wasn't expecting it be brigh orange in color. The broth was good, very thick though, and the pork belly (2 pieces) were succulent, moist and delicious. The rolls, however, were nothing to write home about. Smaller in size compared to most other Japanese restaurants, and the fish roe were large and fishy so we removed those from both our rolls. The "rainbow roll" did not come with tempura bits like we anticipated. Instead, they were filled with a variety of finely chopped greens (ie cucumber and avocado). My boyfriend (who usually loves rainbow rolls) was not thrilled with the green filler inside so he picked it all out and was left with a small bit of rice and sad looking sashimi. The lobster california roll was not great either - i couldn't taste the lobster since the garlic sauce overpowered the roll - it ended up being an overpriced california roll of which I've had way better. As for the yellow tail sashimi, I wasn't sure how many pieces it came with as the menu did not specify so when it arrived with just 2 pieces I was a bit surprised since it cost $6.50 for that small portion. All in all, nothing special about this place in my opinion.
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