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| - Having only recently discovered Poke, and not entirely getting what this craze, that seemed to be sweeping the city up was all about, i decided that it was high-time that I tried some. I did a quick search for "best Poke in Toronto" and immediately came across North Poke on Blogto. The Kensington location was in reasonable proximity to my place of work, so one bright sunny afternoon a few months back I decided to venture out and take the Poke plunge....
Needless to say, North Poke was worth the review. I haven't been on Yelp in quite some time, and was waiting for a bit of inspiration, and found it in the form of raw fish. There is nothing that I can say that hasn't already been said, and I am no doubt reiterating what you may have already heard, but I will nonetheless say it once more, North Poke is a MUST.
On my first visit I had the Big Wave, which consisted of albacore tuna with a jalepeno citrus marinade, black garlic mayo and bits of tenkasu. The latter which I had to wiki and found that it is essentially deep fried flour-batter, which provided a satisfying crunch.
Full disclosure, I went back the next three days straight. On subsequent visits I had both the salmon, and Ahi tuna Molokai, which was a bit on the spicy side, but spicy in the best of ways. I can't believe that I waited as long as I have for Poke, now it is all that I think about.
If anyone is in doubt, don't be NP is the real deal!
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