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| - Teara Lab recently opened up near University and College, and hearing that it offered "Japanese-fusion sandwiches", I was immediately intrigued and had to give it a go.
The food menu is spartan, in a really good way, offering six unique sandwiches or burgers. We wanted to try almost everything, but we settled on the teriyaki chicken burger, yuzu teriyaki fish burger, soy glazed pork belly sandwich, and red wine braised shortrib sandwich. We also grabbed a lemon dada (lemon and green tea, with a whole honkin' lemon in the drink) and an Okinawan Milk Tea.
The sandwiches at Teara Lab are great: unique twists using Japanese ingredients and flavours that provide real pop with every bite. I found that the yuzu teriyaki fish burger was the least delicious of the bunch; offering a visually intriguing look with its black hamburger bun, but not offering much in terms of flavour or texture. My personal favourites were the pork belly and the shortrib, both served in a hot dog bun, and both incredibly well cooked and well made. It was a bit tough to finish four sandwiches between two people, but we gave it a go.
Overall, we had a great experience at Teara Lab: it offers something new in the Toronto food scene and it would be great to see more unique takes on Japanese ingredients and flavours in sandwiches.
I'd love to go back and try the last two sandwiches that we didn't have room for.
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