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| - Making our way to the restaurant we discovered that Tako was out of business and replaced with a new sushi place Matsuda. Like a lot of new restaurants there was a lot of attention to style and design. The entrance was moved from the side to the front of the building facing out to Don Mills road. The entry consisted of lots of glass and a large Japanese drum. Behind this the actual restaurant was really dark with stone walls and lots of pinspot lighting. Along the back wall was the sushi bar with all the sushi chefs visible to the restaurant. There was selection of tables separated by short walls and a couple of teppanaki tables in separate rooms at the front of the restaurant. Before being seated we were asked if we were there for all you can eat, something that is being adopted by all sushi places across Toronto. Because none of us were that hungry we opted for the a la carte menu, but changed our minds when we saw the prices. The AYCE was priced at $ 28.00 dollars per person, with a la carte options priced seemingly to make the AYCE more attractive. So in the end we opted for the AYCE based solely on price.
The service was at time abrupt and other times just plain rude. Unlike other AYCE places where you order dim sum style on a sheet of paper, this place wanted you to order from the menu through the wait staff. This meant as customers you were dependent on the server coming back to the table and taking your orders. This would be fine if the service was attentive. Sadly, too often we had to flag someone down who then made us feel like we were making their life difficult. But as they say, the proof is in the pudding. Sadly, in the end, the food was disappointing and not worth the high price.
AYCE restaurants are never known for the quality of their food and my expectations were low, but Matsuda disappointed even these low expectations. Too often the food that arrived bore no relation to how it was described in the menu. The standout misnomer, was a golden scallop that turned out to be a tiny pumpkin soufflé with a small bay scallop hidden at the bottom of the ramekin. It was too say the least, odd. Another disappointment were the grilled Jumbo shrimps which turned out to be extra small shrimps. By the end of the meal we found ourselves, the absurdity of the place had us and the table beside us laughing at the place. There was nothing really to do but sit back and laugh at a place that will not last very long.
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