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| - After another long day at work, my sister and I decided to head over to Takumi for dinner. We were both exhausted and cooking dinner was the last thing we wanted to do. Takumi is conveniently located along Yonge Street just a little north of College. It has a small storefront, so it may be easy to miss if you were just casually walking down Yonge street. Takumi has a hard task of winning over the average customer as there's simply just too many Japanese options around this area.
We knew what we wanted for dinner so deciding was rather quick. We both wanted a bento box that would give us a mix of everything. My sister ordered the Sirloin Teriyaki bento box and I order the chicken katsu bento box. Both our bentos came with spring rolls, shrimp and veg tempura, salad, miso soup and some salmon and california rolls. Ordering was quick and the food started rolling in within 5 mins or so.
The first was the salmon and california rolls with miso soup. 5 mins later came the bento box. The rolls weren't bad, nothing special. I felt the miso soup was a little bit better than the average which is usually just way too salty. The bento box came and at first, didn't look too bad. The tempura was freshly fried and had a good batter to shrimp ratio. The vegs didn't appear to have the same delicate touch as some were done well and some were pretty bad. The spring roll was a veggy spring roll and was very lightly packed. Salad didn't have enough dressing and was rather watery. Now onto the main, the chicken katsu was done alright. The chicken was in thin slices and was fresh. My own personal preference would have been to have them cut thicker, but my sister like it. I tried her steak and it wasn't good at all. The steak was tough and was just a bad grade of steak. I would recommend avoid this option for the bento boxes.
Overall, I would have to say Takumi is slightly below average. I mean, out of all the Japanese options in the area, I wouldn't find myself coming back. The food and decor isn't bad. It's kinda cute, but the food just wasn't up to par with what's being offered. And with the beauty of choice in this area of Yonge Street, you can skip places like this. I would have to say pass.
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