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| - Yay for the Izakaya trend coming to Toronto. I am no longer held ransom to long waits at Guu. The food is interesting and tasty here, I love that they take reservations and the space is more spacious that Guu yet still have an Izakaya feel.
Most of the dishes I tried were great but a few were average, there were no bad dishes. The excellent dishes that we tried were :
Sea Urchin Shooter, it was fresh and had yam and rice underneath with a quail egg, very yummy.
Stewed pork hot stone rice bowl (forgot the exact name), I loved this dish, the pork was flavorful, moist and soft and the rice was not too mushy, the dish was just saucy enough, simply delicious, I can eat 3 of these.
Beef Tongue Ramen: Pretty good, the beef tongue was tender, but the broth was not flavorful enough for me, the noodles were great and al dente, but the broth underwhelms, the bowl is also significantly smaller than other ramen places, so know that a bowl of ramen would not full you.
Tantan Pork Ramen - spicy miso pork ramen, this was pretty average, the broth again was not flavorful enough and it came out lukewarm, I like my ramen hot in temperature. The noodles again were nice but the broth underwhelms, again the bowl was pretty small for a ramen so it is not fulling.
Overall, I really like this place, there are lots of dishes I want to return to try since they look pretty interesting. I like that they take reservations and that the seating is not as cramped as Guu. The noise level is also quieter than Guu. Service was good, quick and attentive.
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