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| - Came back for the first time in a long while since I graduated from university and don't have any reason to go to Toronto as much as I used to. I always look forward to coming downtown so I can eat some good sushi. Anyways, I had a concert to attend in Toronto last Saturday (GD in case you were wondering), so what better chance could I get to stop by here and eat my fill of sushi?
The food was top notch and everything came at lightning speed. I've been here quite a lot over the years, so I know sometimes the service is slow, sometimes the food isn't as fresh as it is other times, and the food just in general varies per visit. However, this time they were on their A-game and I was very satisfied.
We came in at around 2:30pm on a Saturday. We ordered tonkatsu, chicken teriyaki, garden salads, shrimp tempura rolls, and (my personal eternal favourite) salmon sushi. The tonkatsu was light and crisp and the chicken teriyaki was fried perfectly (so perfect I ordered a second one but they gave too little sauce the second time T_T). I knew the salmon sushi here had thicker salmon in comparison to other sushi places; it was thick enough that you could actually taste salmon and not just rice. I was very happy to see that that hasn't changed. Everything felt very fresh, everything was steaming hot (the miso soup, for example), and cooked perfectly.
My favourite thing about Kyoto House is their salad. It's divine. I have no idea whats in the sauce, but its creamy, thick, sweet and tangy, and absolutely delicious. I eat at least 3 salads every time I come here. It's my favourite salad out of all the places I've ever been and all the salad sauces I've tried.
I don't really understand why Kyoto gets so much hate. Again, it's an AYCE sushi place for $13.99, the place I go to in Mississauga has worse food for $16.99. So for me, Kyoto House is fantastic. Of course, if you go in expecting 5 star level pay-per-roll non-AYCE sushi quality stuff, you'd be disappointed. But for me, Kyoto has good quality food, good service (for the most part lol, and even when it doesn't, the food makes up for that), and good pricing. What more can you ask for?
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