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| - Whenever I'm in Hong Kong, I often visit Yoshinoya, aka the McDonald's of Japanese Beef Bowls. For about $30HKD (equivalent to $4 CAD), I would have a delicious bowl of melt in your mouth beef + rice.
Like Uniqlo for clothes, I'm dismayed we've yet to see Yoshinoya appear in Toronto. Thus, I could not resist a visit to Gyugyuya when I walked by it one day. Could this be the North American Yoshinoya I've been waiting for?
The answer is: sort of
In terms of decor, I'd say the shop is done right. The colors are bright. I like that water is served in metallic mugs. Service was good, although understaffed. I ordered the curry+beef, which was good. The beef was excellent and authentic tasting. The curry tasty, although I'm not a Japanese curry expert so you can't trust what I'm writing. The portions were ok sized, but I eat too much.
All in all, I would say Gyugyuya is like Yoshinoya in terms of tastyness but nowhere near in value (perhaps unfair comparing it to a chain in Asia...). I plan to return here in the future to try the Beef Bowl without the curry, which I think is the best bang for the buck. However, with tax+tips, I don't think this place is a particularly good value for what you get, which I think is what really holds it back from being a place I would visit more frequently.
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