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| - I first came here when it opened and was pleasantly surprised by the quality and service provided by the owners. It's run by a Korean family who clearly takes pride in what they do. The restaurant is tucked away in an odd location (beside a car garage) but inside the restaurant is a quaint and clean traditional Japanese styled space.
The service is always prompt, courteous, and warm. You're greeted by the owner/chef with a smile and you can seat at the bar or at one of the 9 smaller tables nearby. The menu is mostly Japanese but it does have a fair number of Korean dishes. For lunches, they have set boxes that are good value. The prices range from 8.95 to 12.95 and this includes real authentic green tea (with rice pieces!), salad, miso soup, fruit (honeydew slice), sushi rice, and variety of entrees. I've had the bulgogi (sliced beef in a sweetened soy sauce), salmon teriyaki, chicken teriyaki, and tempura options. Everything is freshly made, hot, and good tasting. Portions are not large but is a good value for the price. The salmon is fresh, succuluent, and has good charred bits. The bulgogi is flavourful and not dry. The tempura is not oily or heavy.
You can quickly get your lunch and finish within 30 minutes but the atmosphere is relaxed and calm with the classic jazz being played over the speakers. I highly recommend this place to try if you're in the area for lunch!
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I want to update this review. I came here over the weekend for sushi and unfortunately it doesn't live up to the cook foods as much. The sushi chef is great... he's attentive, kind, and is really interested in taking care of his clients. I think the problem is that he doesn't have a lot of traffic so he can't offer a large variety of sushi at a good quality. He offers good quality but really low selection. In my set, I usually get at least 8 or so different types in a 20+ piece order. I only got 4 selections and in that 4, it was predominantly salmon and tuna. The salmon sashimi was great. Smooth, melt in your mouth, and good sizes. The tuna was not great... not chewy but not at all flavourful. The butter or oily fish was tiny. The yellow tail wasn't plentiful either.
I did see him make a few orders of the maki rolls and they were generous in size and also look great in terms of what's inside. The people who ordered were raving about the taste and textures. So it sounds like this chef really excels at maki rolls.
If you're wanting making rolls or a la carte sushi, try this place out. I think it'll be good. If you're wanting sushi or sashimi sets with variety and quality, I can't really recommend this place (even though I BADLY want to... they're such great owners and I always want to help local businesses out).
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I returned back for lunch and I wanted to note that the maki rolls are where it is at! They're LARGE and really well crafted. They're not full of rice. Instead there are plentiful of good fish and vegetables and well crafted. They don't fall apart and one roll practically fills me up. It's the size of 2 rolls in most restaurants! I recommend Sushi in Sushi roll for those who love a bit of spice and tuna.
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